FA-78-1 Gundam Full Armor Type
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| Unit Type | |
| Prototype General Purpose Mobile Suit | |
| Profile | |
| Model Number |
FA-78-1 |
|---|---|
| Manufacturer |
Earth Federation Forces |
| Operator |
Earth Federation Forces |
| Known Pilots |
Heinz Baer |
| General Characteristics | |
| Overall Height |
19.5 meters |
| Head Height |
18.5 meters |
| Max Weight |
93.1 metric tons |
| Standard Weight |
62.5 metric tons |
| Power-plant |
Minovsky Ultracompact Fusion Reactor |
| Power Ouput |
1380 kW |
| Armaments | |
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| Optional Equipments | |
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2-barrel hand beam gun, powered by rechargeable energy cap | |
The FA-78-1 Gundam Full Armor Type is an Earth Federation Forces mobile suit from the Gundam anime series. It never appeared in any actual animated form, but it is an official Mobile Suit Variation.
As the RX-78-2 Gundam continued to score victory after victory against the Zeon forces in the One Year War, the Earth Federation Forces engineers began to devise several different upgrades to supplement and further increase the combat capabilities of the Gundam. The upgrade program, called the Full-Armor System and Weapon System (FSWS), developed several options packs to increase the Gundam's already considerable power. One of these designs was the Gundam Full Armor Type, which vastly increased the Gundam's firepower and armor.
New weaponry consists of a large rocket-firing cannon mounted over the Full Armor Gundam's right shoulder, four missile launchers, two mounted in the upper torso and two more in the knees, and a new twin-barreled beam gun secured to the right arm. The Gundam Full Armor Type also had several removable armor modules that could be placed over the Gundam's existing armor. These new armor modules also incorporated several additional thrusters and maneuvering verniers.
However, due to the Full Armor Gundam's massive increase in weight, it suffered a sharp drop in mobility which the new thrusters could not sufficiently compensate for. It was deemed that the loss in speed and maneuverability would be unacceptable and the Gundam Full Armor Type never left the development stages. The Gundam Full Armor Type would never be built, and only existed on paper. However the plans for the unit would later be used as the basis of creating the FA-78-2 Heavy Gundam. However, the Gundam Full Armor Type is featured in the game Mobile Suit Gundam: Encounters In Space. In a "what-if" mission for Shin Matsunaga's Ace Pilot mode, the Full Armor Type is piloted at the Battle of A Baoa Qu by Lieutenant Heinz Baer, and is destroyed after a heated battle against Matsunaga's custom MS-14Jg Gelgoog Jager.
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