RX-160S-2 Byarlant Custom 02

Model number: RX-160S-2
Code name: Byarlant Custom 02
Unit type: custom close combat mobile suit
Manufacturer: Earth Federation Forces
Operator: Earth Federation Forces
First deployment: unknown
Accommodation: pilot only, in panoramic monitor/linear seat cockpit in torso
Dimensions: head height 20.6 meters
Weight: empty 40.2 metric tons; max gross 63.5 metric tons
Armor materials: Gundarium alloy
Powerplant: Minovsky type ultracompact fusion reactor, output rated at 2,040 kW
Propulsion: rocket thrusters: 117,450 kg total
Performance: unknown
Equipment and design features: sensors, range 11,200 meters; 2 x movable binder; optional booster unit
Fixed armaments: 2 x aero armor, mounted on shoulders; 2 x long rifles, can also function as long beam sabers, mounted on forearms; 2 x beam cannon, mounted on movable binders
Optional hand armaments: none

The RX-160S-2 Byarlant Custom 02 was the second incarnation of the RX-160S Byarlant Custom, which itself was a refined version of the Titans’ Gryps War-era RX-160 Byarlant. The RX-160S-2 was further modified with movable binders that featured built-in beam cannons. Compared to the Byarlant and the Byarlant Custom, the RX-160S-2 used standard human-style five fingered manipulators. The Custom 02 also mounted small aero armor shields above its long rifles that reduced air resistance during high-speed flight. The RX-160S-2 could also mount a booster unit previously utilized by the Titans’ ORX-005 Gaplant. The RX-160S-2’s long rifles could also function as long beam sabers. In UC 0096, two RX-160S-2 units saw combat when Zeon remnants attacked the Earth Federation Forces’ Torrington Base in Australia. The first unit, with a blue and white color scheme, was piloted by Bier Quatrieme. The second, with a black and gray color scheme, was used by Londo Bell pilot Riddhe Marcenas.

Pilot(s): Bier Quatrieme, Riddhe Marcenas
First appearance: Mobile Suit Gundam UC MSV
Original mechanical designer: Hajime Katoki

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