F90P Gundam F90 P-Type

Model number: F90P
Code name: Gundam F90 P-Type
Unit type: atmospheric rushing mobile suit
Manufacturer: Strategic Naval Research Institute
Operator: Earth Federation Forces
Rollout: February UC 0112
Accommodation: pilot only, in panoramic monitor/linear seat cockpit in torso
Dimensions: head height 14.8 meters
Weight: empty 10.7 metric tons; max gross 32.5 metric tons
Armor materials: Gundarium alloy ceramic composite
Powerplant: Minovsky type ultracompact fusion reactor, output rated at 3,160 kW
Propulsion: rocket thrusters: 197,960 kg total (74,660 kg, 10 x 12,320 kg); vernier thrusters/apogee motors: 71
Equipment and design features: sensors, range unknown; advanced sensor suite, mounted on right shoulder hardpoint in mobile suit mode and on main body in fighter mode; 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 for mounting fighter mode equipment and fighter mode rudder, located on rear skirt armor plate; 2 x thruster pack, mounted on leg hardpoints, mounts additional thrusters and elevator control surfaces for fighter mode
Fixed armaments: 2 x vulcan gun, mounted in head; beam cannon, mounted on left shoulder hardpoint in mobile suit mode and on main body in fighter mode; 2 x shield, mounted on forearm hardpoints, double as lifting body wings and control surfaces in fighter mode
Optional hand armaments: none

One of many F90 Gundam F90 optional armament variations developed by the Earth Federation Forces’ SNRI during the early UC 0120s, the F90P Gundam F90 P-Type (Plunge) was designed to allow a normally spaceborne mobile suit the ability to quickly re-enter Earth’s atmosphere and perform aerial combat. The P-Type’s entire body was equipped with various packs which mounted additional thrusters and aerodynamic control surfaces to facilitate flight in its fighter mode. The lifting body surfaces mounted on the forearms not only served as the fighter mode’s wings, but also served as a shield to protect the Gundam during re-entry from space, and they also acted as shields for the mobile suit mode. Due to its configuration and the fact that the P-Type’s hardpoints were mostly used to carry the fighter mode equipment, the P-Type was very lightly armed, mounting only the fixed vulcan guns in the head and a beam cannon on the left shoulder that could also be used in fighter mode.

Pilot: Bergh Scred
First appearance: Mobile Suit Gundam F90
Original mechanical designer: Kunio Okawara

Rear view