HFA-78-3 Heavy Armed FA Gundam

Model number: HFA-78-3
Code name: Heavy Armed FA Gundam (aka Heavy Full Armor Gundam)
Unit type: full armor heavy assault 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 39.2 metric tons; max gross 120.8 metric tons
Armor materials: Luna Titanium alloy
Powerplant: Minovsky type ultracompact fusion reactor, output rated at 3,110 kW
Propulsion: rocket thrusters: 95,450 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 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; mega beam cannon, mounted on add-on unit; 2 x 3-tube missile pod, mounted on left shoulder; 2 x cannon, mounted on hips
Optional hand armaments: beam rifle, power rating unknown; shield

The HFA-78-3 Heavy Armed FA Gundam (aka Heavy Full Armor Gundam) was the ultimate evolution of the RX-78-7 Gundam 7th. This unit was the FA-78-3 Full Armor Gundam 7th with the addition of a mega beam cannon unit and a “second armor” system. The cannon unit gave it the same power as a battleship and was equipped with a large-sized generator, propellant tanks and additional verniers. The massive size of the HFA-78-3 made it difficult to maneuver and ill-suited for melee combat. 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. Hugues used the HFA-78-3 during an operation to stop the Invisible Knights’ Tears of Varuna plan.

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

Auxiliary propulsion unit (Version 1)

Beam cannon (Version 1)

Mega beam cannon (Version 1)

Rear view (Version 1)

Shoulder (Version 1)

Torso