Mobile Suit Gundam
MSV
Mobile Suit Gundam
Model number:Â N/A
Code name:Â Samson
Unit type:Â mobile suit transport truck
Manufacturer:Â Principality of Zeon
Operator(s):Â Principality of Zeon; Earth Federation Forces
First deployment:Â unknown
Accommodation:Â 1 driver in cab in Samson Top
Dimensions:Â unknown
Weight:Â unknown
Propulsion:Â unknown
Performance:Â unknown
Equipment and design features:Â sensors, range unknown
Fixed armaments:Â 2 x 2-barrel machine gun, mounted on Samson Top
The Samson was a mobile suit transport truck used by the Principality of Zeon on Earth during the One Year War in UC 0079. The Samson had a carrying capacity of one mobile suit. The truck’s cab, called the Samson Top, could detach and function as an attack hovercraft armed with a pair of 2-barrel machine guns. During the war, Ramba Ral’s forces used a Samson to transport his MS-07B Gouf through a neutral desert town.
First appearance: Mobile Suit Gundam
Original mechanical designer: Kunio Okawara
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Director(s):
Yoshiyuki Tomino
Ryoji Fujiwara (movie 1)
Writer(s):
Yoshiyuki Tomino
Masaru Yamamoto
Kenichi Matsuzaki
Yoshihisa Araki
Hiroyuki Hoshiyama
Mechanical Designer(s):
Kunio Okawara
Yoshiyuki Tomino
Character Designer:
Yoshikazu Yasuhiko
Musical Composer(s):
Yuji Matsuyama
Takeo Watanabe
Airdates:
Japan 04.07.1979 – 01.26.1980
U.S. 07.23.2001 – 09.12.2001
Theatrical Release:
Japan 03.14.1981 – 03.13.1982
Yoshifumi Ushima, the singer of Mobile Fighter G Gundam opening themes Flying in the Sky and Trust You Forever, has died at age 55. https://www.siliconera.com/mobile-fighter-g-gundam-singer-yoshifumi-ushima-has-died/
Mechanista in G – OZ-10VMSX Gundam Aesculapius http://scanlinemedia.com/2022/08/04/mechanista-in-g-oz-10vmsx-gundam-aesculapius/
Mobile Suit Gundam Cucuruz Doan's Island theatrical placeholder listing: September 27, 2022 https://www.amctheatres.com/movies/mobile-suit-gundam-cucuruz-doan-s-island-70648
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