Model number:Â GAT-X105+AQM/E-X03
Code name:Â Launcher Strike Gundam
Unit type:Â prototype all-purpose multi-mode mobile suit
Manufacturer:Â Morgenroete, Inc
Operator(s):Â Earth Alliance; Three Ships Alliance
First deployment:Â 25 January C.E. 71
Accommodation:Â pilot only, in standard cockpit in torso
Dimensions:Â head height 17.72 meters
Weight:Â max gross weight 83.7 metric tons
Armor materials:Â unknown
Powerplant:Â ultracompact energy battery, power output rating unknown
Propulsion:Â unknown
Equipment and design features:Â sensors, range unknown; Phase Shift (PS) armor; hardpoints for mounting Striker packs
Fixed armaments:Â 2 x “Igelstellung” 75mm multi-barrel CIWS, mounted in head; 2 x “Armor Schneider” combat knives, stored in hip armor, hand-carried in use; “Agni” 320mm hyper impulse cannon, power rating unknown, mounted behind left arm, hand-carried in use; combo weapon pod (120mm anti-ship vulcan gun, 2 x 350mm gun launcher), mounted on right shoulder
Optional hand armaments:Â none
The GAT-X105+AQM/E-X03 Launcher Strike Gundam was equipped for long-range combat similar to the GAT-X103 Buster Gundam. Its main weapon was the “Agni” 320mm impulse cannon, which was powerful enough to blast through a space colony’s wall. Additionally, the Launcher Strike Gundam was equipped with a combination weapons pod on its right shoulder, which included a 120mm anti-ship vulcan gun and 350mm gun launchers. The Launcher Striker was the first Striker pack to be used in battle by Kira Yamato and proved to be too powerful for inner colony battle when it damaged Heliopolis. Like the other Striker packs, the Launcher Striker could be docked with the FX-550 Sky Grasper support fighter.
Pilot(s):Â Kira Yamato, Mu La Flaga
First appearance: Mobile Suit Gundam SEED
Original mechanical designer(s):Â Junichi Akutsu (principal design), Kunio Okawara (cleanup)
N/A
Director:
Mitsuo Fukuda
Writer(s):
Chiaki Morosawa
Hiroyuki Yoshino
Hiroshi Ohnogi
Shigeru Morita
Akinori Endo
Yuuichi Nomura
Akemi Omode
Mechanical Designer(s):
Kunio Okawara
Kimitoshi Yamane
Junichi Akutsu
Character Designer:
Hisashi Hirai
Musical Composer:
Toshihiko Sahashi
Format:
50 episodes (original); 48 episodes (HD); 1 short; 3 compilation movies
Airdates (Original):
Japan 10.05.2002 – 09.27.2003
U.S. 04.17.2004 – 04.15.2005
Airdates (HD Remaster):
Japan 01.xx.2012 – 11.xx.2012
Video Release (SE):
Japan 08.27.2004 – 10.22.2004
U.S. 07.11.2005 – 11.22.2005
MAHQ is now officially on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/mahqdotnet.bsky.social.
Our future on this cursed app is unclear, but expect more posts over there.
Cutaway diagram of the VF-1J Valkyrie Fighter Mode from “This is Animation Special: Macross Plus”(1995). Larger versions on my DA profile:
https://www.deviantart.com/marchly/art/Macross-VF-1J-Valkyrie-Cutaway-Diagram-detailed-973372931
https://www.deviantart.com/marchly/art/Macross-VF-1J-Valkyrie-Cutaway-Diagram-clean-973371729
Art by Kiyomi Tanaka. Original concept by unknown Macross fan. Image built by me
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