Me02R-F01 Messer Type-F01

Model number: Me02R-F01
Code name: Messer Type-F01
Unit type: mass production heavy mobile suit
Manufacturer: Anaheim Electronics
Operator: Mafty
Rollout: unknown
First deployment: April UC 0105
Accommodation: pilot only, in panoramic monitor/linear seat cockpit in head
Dimensions: head height 23.0 meters
Weight: empty 29.1 metric tons; max gross 65.4 metric tons
Armor materials: Gundarium alloy
Powerplant: Minovsky type ultracompact fusion reactor, output rated at 3,340 kW
Propulsion: rocket thrusters: 80,000 kg total
Performance: unknown
Equipment and design features: sensors, range 19,300 meters
Fixed armaments: 6 x vulcan gun, mounted in head; 2 x beam saber, stored in recharge racks in unknown location, hand-carried in use
Optional hand armaments: long beam rifle; large shield, stores additional beam sabers and E-packs, mounted on left arm

The Me02R-F01 Messer Type-F01 was a general purpose mobile suit developed by Anaheim Electronics in UC 0105 for the anti-Federation military group Mafty. The Messer series was created as part of the same line as older Neo Zeon mobile suits developed by Anaheim, including the AMS-119 Geara Doga and MSN-04 Sazabi. The Messer incorporated Zeon-like design elements like rounded armor and spiked shield, presumably to hide Anaheim’s connection to Mafty, but it also featured elements like chest-mounted air intakes from Earth Federation Forces mobile suits. The Messer mounted heavy armor across its body, but it featured high maneuverability and mobility thanks to the main thrusters on its back and sub thrusters on the legs and hips. The Messer’s armaments included vulcan guns, beam sabers (the same type as the RGM-89 Jegan), a long beam rifle and a large shield that could store additional beam sabers and E-packs for the rifle. In April UC 0105, several Messer units attacked the Philippine city Davao where several Federation cabinet ministers were staying ahead of a government conference in Adelaide.

Pilot(s): Gawman Nobile, Rod Hein
First appearance: Mobile Suit Gundam Hathaway
Original mechanical designer(s): Hajime Katoki, Seiichi Nakatani
Note: Based on the Me02R Messer from the Hathaway’s Flash novels

Beam rifle

Cockpit

Cockpit hatch

Controls

Foot

Rear view

Shield