XM-03 Ebirhu-S

Model number: XM-03
Code name: Ebirhu-S
Unit type: reconnaissance mobile suit
Manufacturer: Crossbone Vanguard
Operator: Crossbone Vanguard
First deployment: UC 0123
Accommodation: pilot only, in panoramic monitor/linear seat cockpit in torso
Dimensions: head height 13.2 meters
Weight: empty 6.8 metric tons; max gross 16.7 metric tons
Armor materials: titanium alloy high ceramic composite
Powerplant: Minovsky type ultracompact fusion reactor, output rated at 3,090 kW
Propulsion: rocket thrusters: 67,860 kg total (2 x 22,540 kg, 2 x 11,390 kg); vernier thrusters/apogee motors: 66
Equipment and design features: sensors, range unknown; advanced sensor/camera suite, located in left shoulder; beam flag emitter, mounted on backpack
Fixed armaments: shot lancer, 2 round charge, mounted on left forearm; 4 x heavy machine gun, mounted in left forearm; 4-finger shot claw, can be launched at target, with spare shot claw, mounted on left forearm; 3-slot grenade rack, mounted on left shoulder; beam saber, recharge rack/storage location unknown, hand-carried in use
Optional fixed armaments: shield, mounted on right forearm
Optional hand armaments: beam spray gun, powered by rechargeable energy cap
Remote weapons: remote-controlled/automated reconnaissance pod, stored on right shoulder storage rack, equipped with advanced sensor and camera systems, armed with unknown automated defensive weapons

Derived from the basic XM-01 Den’an-Zon, the XM-03 Ebirhu-S was the smallest mobile suit built by the Crossbone Vanguard. Designed specifically for reconnaissance missions, the Ebirhu-S was equipped with an extra bank of advanced sensor and camera systems in its left shoulder. Unlike most other Crossbone Vanguard mobile suits, the Ebirhu-S was not equipped with a beam shield, as its operation interfered with the reception of the sensitive sensor systems. The Ebirhu-S was also quite heavily armed for a recon unit, mounting a shot lancer, four machine guns, a grenade rack, a hand-carried beam spray gun, and a 4-fingered shot claw, which could be launched like a projectile at a target. To aid in its reconnaissance role, the Ebirhu-S also carried a remote reconnaissance pod equipped with additional sensors. This pod could either be directly remote-controlled or, in the case of Minovsky particle interference, be pre-programmed to operate on its own. In case the recon pod encountered resistance, it was also armed with weapons for automated self-defense.

First appearance: Mobile Suit Gundam F91
Original mechanical designer: Kunio Okawara

Beam spray gun

Cockpit

Cockpit hatch

Head

Rear view

Reconnaissance pod

Shield

Shot claw