MBD-1A Dragoon

Model number: MBD-1A
Code name: Dragoon
Unit type: mass production metal armor
Manufacturer: Earth Federation
Operator: Earth Federation
First deployment: AD 2087
Accommodation: pilot only, in standard cockpit in torso
Dimensions: head height 17.3 meters
Weight: empty 79.2 metric tons; max gross 116.8 metric tons
Armor materials: triple hardness type heavy coating; maximum thickness 250mm
Powerplant: IHI-301 miniaturized fusion reactor, power output rating unknown
Propulsion: 3 x main nozzle, 17 x attitude control nozzle; output: 280,000 pounds (dry); 340,000 pounds (CMP); afterburner +80,000 pounds; mass ratio: 1.199 (dry); 1.789 (CMP)
Performance: combat maximum power operation time: 46 seconds (max); CMP cool-down period: 2 seconds (CMP for 5 seconds or less); 12 seconds (CMP for 46 seconds); maximum velocity: Mach 0.98 (sea level); Mach 1.47 (32,000 feet); cruising range: 2,920 nautical miles (5,408 km)
Equipment and design features: Type TAS14 image sensors, range unknown; 2 x hardpoint, maximum load 8.7 tons
Fixed armaments: Type KGX-9 460mm railcannon, mounted over right shoulder, 240 rounds per minute, 120 rounds, uses standard ammunition, HE ammunition, and plasma ammunition; laser sword, mounted on left hip, hand-carried in use; 2 x 10-tube dual missile pod, mounted on flight unit
Optional hand armaments: Type LPS22 55.6mm hand railgun, 2,200 rounds per minute, 810 rounds, uses standard and HE ammunition

Pilot(s): Yammu, Light Newman, Tapp Oceano, Douglas, Langue Plato
First appearance: Metal Armor Dragonar
Original mechanical designer: Kunio Okawara

Cockpit

Head

Rear view

Type KGX-9 460mm railcannon