RGM-119 Jamesgun

Model number: RGM-119
Code name: Jamesgun
Unit type: mass production general purpose mobile suit
Manufacturer: Anaheim Electronics
Operator: Earth Federation Forces
First deployment: UC 0119
Accommodation: pilot only, in panoramic monitor/linear seat cockpit in torso
Dimensions: head height 14.7 meters
Weight: empty 7.1 metric tons; max gross 16.3 metric tons
Armor materials: Gundarium alloy ceramic composite
Powerplant: Minovsky type ultracompact fusion reactor, output rated at 3,860 kW
Propulsion: rocket thrusters: 66,810 kg total (3 x 22,270 kg); vernier thrusters/apogee motors: 16
Equipment and design features: sensors, range unknown
Fixed armaments: 2 x vulcan gun, mounted in head; beam shield, mounted on left forearm; 2 x beam saber, stored in recharge racks on hips, hand-carried in use
Optional hand armaments: beam rifle, powered by rechargeable energy cap

Developed by Anaheim Electronics, the RGM-119 Jamesgun was commissioned by the Earth Federation Forces as the successor to its aging general purpose RGM-109 Heavygun. Anaheim revamped the Jamesgun’s design during development in response to SNRI’s Formula series. The plan was to develop two mobile suits: a ground/space colony unit (the Jamesgun) and a space unit (the RGM-122 Javelin). Despite its smaller size, the Jamesgun used some of the same design elements as the older RGM-89 Jegan. The Jamesgun’s armaments included standard vulcan guns, a pair of beam sabers, a beam shield and a beam rifle. The Jamesgun was rolled out in UC 0119, but due to production delays only seven Early Type units participated in the fight against the Crossbone Vanguard in UC 0123. The Jamesgun saw wide deployment across Earth and space for the next three decades. This included a ground combat variant, the RGM-119D Desert Type Jamesgun. However, this aging suit proved to be a poor match against the modern (and far superior) mobile suits employed by the Zanscare Empire during their Earth invasion in UC 0153.

First appearance: Mobile Suit Victory Gundam
Original mechanical designer: Junya Ishigaki

Beam rifle

Beam saber

Cockpit hatch

Head

Linear seat

Rear view