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Model number:Â RX-78-4[Bst]
Code name:Â Gundam 4th Bst
Unit type:Â prototype space combat mobile suit
Manufacturer:Â Earth Federation Forces
Operator:Â Earth Federation Forces
First deployment:Â December UC 0079
Accommodation:Â pilot only, in standard cockpit in torso
Dimensions:Â head height 18.0 meters
Weight:Â unknown
Armor materials:Â Luna Titanium alloy
Powerplant:Â Minovsky type ultracompact fusion reactor, output rated at 1,550 kW
Propulsion:Â rocket thrusters: total output unknown
Equipment and design features:Â sensors, range 6,190 meters; 2 x extermal fuel tank, mounted on backpack
Fixed armaments:Â 2 x 60mm vulcan gun, mounted in head; 2 x beam saber, stored in recharge racks on backpack, hand-carried in use; 2 x hand beam gun, mounted on forearms; shield, mounted on left forearm
Optional hand armaments:Â hyper bazooka; hyper beam rifle; giant Gatling
As the focus of the One Year War shifted into space, the Earth Federation Forces began designing a new Gundam for high mobility space combat, and the end result was the RX-78-5 Gundam 5th. The Gundam 5th was intended to serve as an anti-ship combat unit capable of high speed attacks. The Core Block System implement in the RX-78-2 Gundam was removed, and the suit was equipped with a new backpack that featured additional thrusters. Near the end of the war, the Gundam 5th was upgraded into the RX-78-5[Bst] Gundam 5th Bst, which added more thrusters and a pair of external fuel tanks.
Pilot: Ford Romfellow
First appearance: Mobile Suit Gundam: Encounters in Space
Original mechanical designer: Hajime Katoki
At long last, Glow of Youth by @OZKai, a bit of #Gunpla history, is framed and on the wall. So happy to have it.
Should have done this ages ago, but here’s all the Victory Gundam settei scans that I received from @Gamer101_123 last year.
Character designs by Hiroshi Osaka with dates for most of them (contains some duplicates)
https://archive.org/details/vgundamsettei
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