Model number:Â RGC-80
Code name:Â Prototype GM Cannon
Unit type:Â experimental artillery mobile suit
Manufacturer:Â Earth Federation Forces
Operator:Â Earth Federation Forces
First deployment:Â October UC 0079
Accommodation:Â pilot only, in standard cockpit in torso
Dimensions:Â head height 18.0 meters
Weight:Â base weight 48.9 metric tons
Armor materials:Â unknown
Powerplant:Â Minovsky type ultracompact fusion reactor, power output rating unknown
Propulsion:Â rocket thrusters: total output unknown
Equipment and design features:Â sensors, range unknown
Fixed armaments:Â 2 x 60mm vulcan gun, mounted in head; 2 x 240mm cannon, variable independent-fire, 20 round magazine each, mounted over shoulders
As the Earth Federation Forces began mass production of its RGM-79 GM mobile suits in the last months of the One Year War, it became obvious that they needed a mid-range fire support unit to complement its close combat GMs. Rather than straining their resources by designing a new mobile suit and setting up new assembly lines, the EFF decided instead to develop a GM variant to fill the roll. Their first attempt in this venture was the RGC-80 Prototype GM Cannon, which was a standard GM that had a modified back structure to mount a pair 240mm shoulder cannons. The prototype units also mounted the head of the RX-77-2 Guncannon prototype. The first unit was rolled out in October UC 0079 at Jaburo and underwent firing tests. It was discovered that mounting the heavy cannons on top of a light mobile suit frame created balance and recoil problems when the cannons were fired. The unit went back to the drawing board, evolving into the final, standard RGC-80 GM Cannon model.
First appearance: MSV
Original mechanical designer: Kunio Okawara
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Cutaway diagram of the VF-1J Valkyrie Fighter Mode from “This is Animation Special: Macross Plus”(1995). Larger versions on my DA profile:
https://www.deviantart.com/marchly/art/Macross-VF-1J-Valkyrie-Cutaway-Diagram-detailed-973372931
https://www.deviantart.com/marchly/art/Macross-VF-1J-Valkyrie-Cutaway-Diagram-clean-973371729
Art by Kiyomi Tanaka. Original concept by unknown Macross fan. Image built by me
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