Model number:Â F90II-L
Code name:Â Gundam F90II L-Type
Unit type:Â super-long-range shot mobile suit
Manufacturer:Â Strategic Naval Research Institute
Operator:Â Earth Federation Forces
First deployment:Â March UC 0121
Accommodation:Â pilot only, in panoramic monitor/linear seat cockpit in torso
Dimensions:Â head height 15.1 meters
Weight:Â empty 11.5 metric tons; max gross 27.2 metric tons
Armor materials:Â Gundarium alloy ceramic composite
Powerplant:Â Minovsky type ultracompact fusion reactor, output rated at 4,290 kW
Propulsion:Â rocket thrusters: 109,980 kg total (4 x 22,560 kg, 2 x 9,870 kg); vernier thrusters/apogee motors: 58
Equipment and design features:Â sensors, range unknown; 11 x hardpoint, used for mounting external weapons, armor, and equipment, 1 located on each leg, 1 located on each hip armor plate, 1 located on each front skirt armor plate, 1 located on each forearm, 1 located on each shoulder, 1 located on backpack; weapon mount, used to carry weapons or equipment, located on rear skirt armor plate; bio-computer system; composite precision targeting sensor, mounted on backpack, deployed over head’s main sensors in use; thermoscope, mounted on left shoulder
Fixed armaments:Â 2 x vulcan gun, mounted in head; 2 x beam saber, stored in recharge racks mounted on right shoulder hardpoint, hand-carried in use; 2 x 2-tube missile launcher, mounted on forearms; long rifle, dual-use beam and shell-firing weapon, powered by replaceable e-pac in beam rifle mode, clip-fed in shell-firing rifle mode, 6 rounds per clip, base of rifle mounted on backpack hardpoint, hand-operated in use, 1 spare clip stored on left hip armor hardpoint, 2 spare e-pacs stored on leg hardpoints
Optional hand armaments:Â none
One of several F90II Gundam F90II optional armament variations developed by the Earth Federation Forces’ SNRI during the early UC 0120s, the F90II-L Gundam F90II L-Type (Long Range)) was designed to operate as an extreme-range sniper unit. To carry out this task, the L-Type was armed with a long rifle, which could fire both solid shell ammunition and mega particle beams, with the rifle fed by an ammo clip and a e-pac for each respective firing mode. A special external targeting sensor unit was also provided, which, when deployed over the Gundam’s usual main sensors, allowed the L-Type to accurately acquire and hit targets up to 100 kilometers away in shell-firing mode or even farther in beam-firing mode. The standard and targeting sensors were also aided by a powerful thermoscope mounted on the left shoulder, which helped the Gundam to track otherwise hidden targets by following their heat signatures.
First appearance: Mobile Suit Gundam F90
Original mechanical designer: Kunio Okawara
Gundam F90 Info
Writer:
Hiroshi Yamaguchi (manga)
Artist:
Rei Nakahara (manga)
Format:
1 volume
Manga Release:
Japan 09.01.1990 – 04.01.1991
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Cutaway diagram of the VF-1J Valkyrie Fighter Mode from “This is Animation Special: Macross Plus”(1995). Larger versions on my DA profile:
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Art by Kiyomi Tanaka. Original concept by unknown Macross fan. Image built by me
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