Model number:Â XM-05
Code name:Â Berga-Giros Strengthen (aka Enhanced Armament Type)
Unit type:Â heavy assault mobile suit
Manufacturer:Â Crossbone Vanguard
Operator:Â Crossbone Vanguard
First deployment:Â UC 0123
Accommodation:Â pilot only, in panoramic monitor/linear seat cockpit in torso
Dimensions:Â unknown
Weight:Â unknown
Armor materials:Â titanium alloy high ceramic composite
Powerplant:Â Minovsky type ultracompact fusion reactor, power output rating unknown
Propulsion:Â rocket thrusters: total output unknown; vernier thrusters/apogee motors: unknown
Equipment and design features:Â sensors, range unknown; booster pack
Fixed armaments:Â beam shield, mounted on left forearm; 2 x beam saber, recharge rack/storage location unknown, hand-carried in use; 2 x 3-tube anti-ship missile launcher, mounted on legs; 2 x ASAT (Anti-SATellite) missile, mounted on backpack
Optional hand armaments:Â shot lancer with mounted 4-barrel heavy machine gun
The XM-05 Berga-Giros Strengthen (aka Enhanced Armament Type) was a modified version of the Crossbone Vanguard’s XM-05 Berga-Giros. The suit’s rear shelf nozzle was replaced with a booster pack, and a large thruster unit extended its cruising range. The suit’s armaments included a pair of ASAT (Anti-SATellite) missiles, two 3-tube anti-ship missile launchers, a pair of beam sabers, a beam shield and the standard issue Crossbone shot lancer.
First appearance: Mobile Suit Gundam F91 MSV
Original mechanical designer:Â Kunio Okawara
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Cutaway diagram of the VF-1J Valkyrie Fighter Mode from “This is Animation Special: Macross Plus”(1995). Larger versions on my DA profile:
https://www.deviantart.com/marchly/art/Macross-VF-1J-Valkyrie-Cutaway-Diagram-detailed-973372931
https://www.deviantart.com/marchly/art/Macross-VF-1J-Valkyrie-Cutaway-Diagram-clean-973371729
Art by Kiyomi Tanaka. Original concept by unknown Macross fan. Image built by me
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