Model number:Â PVN.44/1
Code name:Â Weasel
Unit type:Â armored vehicle
Manufacturer:Â Principality of Zeon
Operator:Â Principality of Zeon
Rollout:Â unknown
First deployment:Â UC 0079
Accommodation:Â unknown
Dimensions:Â overall height 2.7 meters; overall length 6.9 meters; overall width 3.8 meters
Weight:Â unknown
Armor materials:Â unknown
Powerplant:Â unknown
Propulsion:Â unknown
Performance:Â unknown
Equipment and design features:Â sensors, range unknown; 2 x 3-tube smoke discharger, mounted on left and right sides of main body
Fixed armaments:Â 37mm machine cannon, mounted in cupola; MG74/S machine gun, mounted on left side of forward section
Optional fixed armaments:Â 12 x 4-tube missile launcher, mounted on main body
The PVN.44/1 Weasel was an armored vehicle used on Earth by the Principality of Zeon during the One Year War. The six-wheeled vehicle was armed with a machine cannon, a machine gun and a pair of smoke dischargers. The Weasel could also optionally mount up to 12 4-tube missile launchers. The Weasel was deployed to multiple fronts across Earth, including Southeast Asia and Eastern Europe before the Battle of Odessa.
First appearance: Mobile Suit Gundam: The 08th M.S. Team
Original mechanical designer: Kimitoshi Yamane
Gundam: The 08th M.S. Team Info
Director(s):
Takeyuki Kanda
Umanosuke Iida
Writer(s):
Akira Okeya
Hiroaki Kitajima
Mechanical Designer(s):
Kunio Okawara
Hajime Katoki
Kimitoshi Yamane
Character Designer(s):
Toshihiro Kawamoto
Tomoaki Kado
Musical Composer:
Kouhei Tanaka
Format:
12 episodes; 1 compilation movie
Video Release:
Japan 01.25.1996 – 07.25.1999
U.S. 07.03.2001 – 01.22.2002
Theatrical Release:
Japan 08.01.1998
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