G-Fighter

Template:Infobox/Mobile Weapon Ver.2The G-Fighter is a space and atmospheric fighter. It is the support unit to the RX-78-2 Gundam. It was featured in the original Mobile Suit Gundam TV series.

Technology & Combat Characteristics

The G-Fighter was a versatile assault fighter designed to support the Gundam. Because of its high speed flight capabilities the G-Fighter made for an excellent scout or as a harassing fighter. And with its heavy beam cannons the G-Fighter was just as dangerous to mobile suits as other machines of the Project V. When on Earth the G-Fighter served as an aerial jet that could be used to fight Zeon's Dopp Fighters while the Gundam fought against enemy mobile suits. In space the G-Fighter served as a long range anti-mobile suit fighter.

Armaments

• Beam Cannon

• 2-tube Missile Launcher

History

During the One Year War, the already impressive RX-78-2 Gundam had a design drawback in terms of mission versatility. To correct this problem, the Earth Federation designed the G-Modules as various support parts for the Gundam in the form of G-Parts A (the main cockpit and caterpillar treads armed with a double barrel mega particle cannon above the pilot and missile launchers stored in the nose) and B (the four engine fuselage). The G-Fighter is the combination of G-Parts A and B. It can be used in both space and on Earth, and can use both of the G-Modules weapons. This was the main configuration of the G-Modules used during the One Year War. One G-Fighter was lost during the Battle of Solomon when Sleggar Law kamikazed his fighter into the underside of the massive MA-08 Big Zam in order to cripple the mobile armor's beam-deflecting I-field. The second G-Fighter is thought to have been destroyed along with White Base during its destruction in the battle of A Baoa Qu.

The G-Fighters were only present in the original anime series. In subsequent movie and game adaptations, the G-Modules were scrapped in favor of the more realistic FF-X7-Bst Core Booster design.

Variants

• G-Fighter Space Type

• G-Fighter Bomber Type

• G-Fighter Assault Landing Type

• G-Fighter Real Type

A G-Fighter that appeared with a different color scheme in a tactical computer simulation.

• G-Fighter II

• G-P.A.R.T.S DELTA G-Bomber

Gallery

G-Fighter Real Type

G-Fighter as it appears in Mobile Suit Gundam: Federation vs Zeon

Gunpla

1/144 Original G-Armor (1981): box art

1/144 HGUC G-Armor (G-Fighter & RX-78-2 Gundam) (2004): box art

1/100 MG G-Fighter (2009): box art

1/250 Original G-Armor (1984): box art

Action Figures

G-Fighter as part of Mobile Suit in Action (MSiA / MIA) "RX-78 Gundam & G-Fighter" double set (North American release; 2001): package front view.

G-Fighter as part of MSiA / MIA "RX-78 Gundam & G-Fighter" double set (North American release; 2001): package rear view.

Robot Damashii "G-Fighter Ver. A.N.I.M.E." (2017): package front view

Robot Damashii "G-Fighter Ver. A.N.I.M.E." (2017): product sample

Gundam Fix Figuration (GFF) #0004 "G-Armor (RX-78 Gundam + G-Fighter) figure set (2001): package front view

GFF #0004 "G-Armor (RX-78 Gundam + G-Fighter) figure set (2001): package rear view

GFF #0007 "G-3 G-Armor (RX-78-3 G-3 Gundam + G-Fighter) figure set (2002): package front view

GFF #0007 "G-3 G-Armor (RX-78-3 G-3 Gundam + G-Fighter) figure set (2002): package front view

GFF "G-Armor (RX-78 Gundam + G-Fighter)"(Translucent Model) figure set as part of "Gundam Fix Deluxe Box" (Limited release; 2002): product sample

GFF "G-Armor (Translucent Model)" figure set (Limited release; 2002): package front view

GFF "G-Armor (Translucent Model)" figure set (Limited release; 2002): package rear view

Gundam Fix Figuration Metal Composite (GFFMC) "G-3 Limited [RX-78-3 G-3 Gundam "Ver. Ka" + G-Fighter (G-3 version)]" figure set (Limited release; 2007): package front view.

GFFMC "G-3 Limited [RX-78-3 G-3 Gundam "Ver. Ka" + G-Fighter (G-3 version)]" figure set (Limited release; 2007): package rear view.

GFF #0004 "G-Armor (RX-78 Gundam + G-Fighter) figure set (2001): product sample

GFF "G-Armor (Translucent Model)" figure set (Limited release; 2002): product sample - G-Fighter (left) and RX-78-2 Gundam (right)

GFF #0007 "G-3 G-Armor (RX-78-3 G-3 Gundam + G-Fighter) figure set (2002): product samples - G-3 Gundam & G-3 G-Fighter

GFF #0007 "G3 G-Armor" (2002): product sample - G-3 G-Armor

GFF #0007 "G-3 G-Armor" (2002): product sample - G-3 G-Fighter

Notes and Trivia

• In the video game Mobile Suit Gundam: Encounters in Space, during the White Base TV Mode, the MA-08 Big Zam was seen catching the G-Fighter with it's feet claws and crushing it instead of the G-Fighter crashing into the Big Zam, with the close-proximity explosion implying to have damaged the Big Zam's I-field.

References

G-Fighter Real Type - Technical Data/Design

See also

• G-Armor
• G-Bull
• G-Sky
• RX-78-2 Gundam + B-Parts

External links

• G-Fighter profile on MAHQ.net
• G-Fighter Real Type on MAHQ