Mobile Suit Gundam
08th M.S. Team
MS IGLOO
Model number: N/A
Code name: Gaw
Unit type: atmospheric attack carrier
Manufacturer: Principality of Zeon
Operator: Principality of Zeon
First deployment: UC 0079
Dimensions: overall height 72.4 meters; overall length 147.4 meters; wingspan 159.4 meters
Weight: max gross 690.4 metric tons
Armor materials: unknown
Powerplant: unknown
Propulsion: 18 x jet engine: total output unknown
Performance: unknown
Equipment and design features: sensors, range unknown
Fixed armaments: 3 x twin mega particle gun, mounted in main body; many x bombs
Mobile suits: 3
Fighters: 8
The Gaw was an atmospheric attack carrier deployed by the Principality of Zeon’s Earth Attack Force during the One Year War. The Gaw had a dual function as both a transport and carpet bomber. Its armaments included bombs and a trio of mega particle guns. Thanks to its large size, the Gaw could transport eight Dopp fighters and up to three mobile suits. The Gaw was widely used throughout Earth, including during Zeon’s carpet bombing and eventual invasion of the Earth Federation Forces’ Jaburo headquarters in South America. Famously, Earth Attack Force Commander Garma Zabi was killed while piloting a Gaw in a kamikaze attack on the White Base after being betrayed by Char Aznable. Following the rollout of the EFF’s combat ready mobile suits, the Gaw became an easy target for them.
First appearance: Mobile Suit Gundam
Original mechanical designer(s): Kunio Okawara (Mobile Suit Gundam version), Kimitoshi Yamane (08th M.S. Team version)
N/A
Director(s):
Yoshiyuki Tomino
Ryoji Fujiwara (movie 1)
Writer(s):
Yoshiyuki Tomino
Masaru Yamamoto
Kenichi Matsuzaki
Yoshihisa Araki
Hiroyuki Hoshiyama
Mechanical Designer(s):
Kunio Okawara
Yoshiyuki Tomino
Character Designer:
Yoshikazu Yasuhiko
Musical Composer(s):
Yuji Matsuyama
Takeo Watanabe
Airdates:
Japan 04.07.1979 – 01.26.1980
U.S. 07.23.2001 – 09.12.2001
Theatrical Release:
Japan 03.14.1981 – 03.13.1982
At long last, Glow of Youth by @OZKai, a bit of #Gunpla history, is framed and on the wall. So happy to have it.
Should have done this ages ago, but here’s all the Victory Gundam settei scans that I received from @Gamer101_123 last year.
Character designs by Hiroshi Osaka with dates for most of them (contains some duplicates)
https://archive.org/details/vgundamsettei
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