FA-78-3 Full Armor Gundam 7th

Model number: FA-78-3
Code name: Full Armor Gundam 7th
Unit type: full armor mobile suit
Manufacturer: Earth Federation Forces
Operator: Earth Federation Forces
First deployment: UC 0081
Accommodation: pilot only, in panoramic monitor/linear seat cockpit in torso
Dimensions: head height 18.3 meters
Weight: empty 47.8 metric tons; max gross unknown
Armor materials: Luna Titanium alloy
Powerplant: Minovsky type ultracompact fusion reactor, output rated at 1,850 kW
Propulsion: rocket thrusters: 78,450 kg total
Equipment and design features: sensors, range 6,130 meters
Fixed armaments: 2 x 60mm vulcan gun, mounted in head; 2 x beam saber, stored in recharge racks in backpack, hand-carried in use; 2 x hand beam gun, mounted in arms; beam shot cannon, mounted on back, hand-carried in use; 4 x micro missile, mounted on back; 2 x 4-tube missile pod, mounted on chest; 2 x 3-tube missile missile pod, mounted on legs
Optional fixed armaments: 2 x 2-barrel beam spray gun, mounted in forearms; 2 x 2-tube grenade launcher, mounted in forearms; shield, mounted on left forearm
Optional hand armaments: beam rifle

The FA-78-3 Full Armor Gundam 7th was the armor-equipped space combat version of the RX-78-7 Gundam 7th. Unlike the previous FA-78-1 Full Armor Gundam, the Full Armor Gundam 7th was able to fight without any drop in performance. This is accomplished with the addition of sub generators and propellant tanks in the Full Armor components. The emphasis of the Full Armor components was offensive power rather than defensive. This was reflected in the armaments, which included vulcan guns, beam sabers, hand beam guns and a beam shot cannon. The Full Armor Gundam 7th’s armaments and armor could be further expanded with the HFA-78-3 Heavy Armed FA Gundam. The Gundam 7th was not completed until after the end of the One Year War. In UC 0081, the suit was assigned to Hugues Courand, a pilot with the Phantom Sweeper unit that was tasked with hunting down the Zeon remnant group known as the Invisible Knights.

Pilot: Hugues Courand
First appearance: M-MSV
Original mechanical designer(s): Kunio Okawara (M-MSV version), Hajime Katoki (Battlefield Record UC 0081 version)

Beam rifle (Version 1)

Grenade launcher (Version 1)

Rear view (Version 1)

Rear view (Version 2)

Torso (Version 1)