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RX-75-4 Guntank

RX-75-4.JPG
Unit Type

Prototype Artillery Mobile Suit

Profile

Model Number
  • RX-75
Developed from
Developed into
First Seen 0075 U.C.
Last Seen 0079 U.C.
Manufacturer
Operator
Known Pilots

General Characteristics

Overall Height
  • 15.6 meters1,560 cm
    614.173 in
    51.181 ft
Head Height
  • 15.0 meters1,500 cm
    590.551 in
    49.213 ft
Max Weight
  • 80.0 tons72,574.78 kg
    159,999.956 lb
Standard Weight
  • 56.0 tons50,802.346 kg
    111,999.97 lb
Power-plant
Power Ouput
  • 878 kW0.878 MW
    1,177.417 hp
Sensor Range
  • 6000 meters19,685.039 ft
Accommodation
  • pilot/driver in standard cockpit in torso with Core Block System using FF-X7 Core Fighter
  • co-pilot/gunner in canopy-style cockpit in head
Armor
  • Lunar Titanium Alloy

Movement

Max Acceleration
  • 1.10 G
Max Speed
  • 70 km/h19.444 m/s
    43.496 mph
Propulsion
  • engine-driven caterpillar treads: 2; rocket thrusters: 88000 kg total
Armaments

    • 2 x 180mm Cannon

    • 2 x 4-tube 40mm Rocket Launcher

The RX-75-4 Guntank is a mobile suit in the series Mobile Suit Gundam.

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Technology & Combat CharacteristicsEdit

The main weapons of the guntank were twin 180mm recoil-less cannons, which were effective at both long and medium ranges. The Guntank's two arms ended in four-barrel missile launchers instead of hands. These weapons provided good cover fire against enemy tanks and aircraft, but were less effective against enemy mobile suits.

The major flaw in guntank is its inability to turn the torso. This mean the cannons can't aim horizontal and it's very hard to aim the cannons at moving target as Guntank must reposition itself.

ArmamentsEdit

  • 180mm Cannon
Two 180mm Cannon is equiped on the shouder of Guntank. The cannons are used for long range artillery and sniping.
  • 4-tube 40mm Rocket Launcher
Two 4-tube 40mm Rocket Launcher is loaded on Guntank's hand.As Guntank do not have any close range weapon, 4-tube 40mm Rocket Launcher is used as the primaly defence weapon.

HistoryEdit

The Guntank was the first prototype Earth Federation mobile suit developed in the Project V. However, the Guntank was hardly a mobile suit at all. The Guntank had the torso and arms of a mobile suit, but possessed tank tread-like legs. It also lacked any sort of hands and had a canopy-style cockpit on the head, along with the cockpit in the torso. Like all "V Project" mobile suits, the Guntank used the Core Block System.

The Guntank was developed when the first rumors of the Principality of Zeon's mobile suits reached the Federation. The Guntank was designed as an anti-mobile suit and artillery mobile suit. Although its performance in this role fell below expectations, it did pack a heavy punch.

At the attack on Side 7, only one of the RX-75-4 Guntanks survived the attack. The last prototype made its way to the Pegasus-Class assault cruiser White Base. The Guntank design fought alongside the RX-77-2 Guncannon and the RX-78-2 Gundam, but it was easily outclassed by them. However, after the death of the Guntank pilot Ryu Jose, the mobile suit was upgraded to be used by a single pilot in the canopy-style cockpit. The RX-75-4 Guntank was finally decommissioned at the Federation's General Headquarters at Jaburo, South America in November UC 0079.

VariantsEdit

  • Guntank Psycommu type - First appeared in parody Mobile Suit Gundam-san, this Guntank variant stems from Hayato Kobayashi's frustation of using Guntank in space and desire for something more flashy than Amuro Ray's RX-78-2 Gundam. His Guntank suddenly gains the ability to use the Psycommu System. Unfortunetly for Hayato, it is just dream sequence. Its Gundam War card reflects this perfectly, this card almost looks like it has [Psycommu(2)] ability.

Picture GalleryEdit

TriviaEdit

  • In the original Mobile Suit Gundam TV anime, the RX-75-4 Guntank was not decommissioned at Jaburo but continued service on board the White Base until it was destroyed at the Zeon space fortress A Baoa Qu. The discrepancy between the two versions of events exists because the Guntank was seen more as a 'super robot' genre mecha than the 'real robot' genre mecha that the series was aiming for. The movie version of events is considered more canonical, as it reflects the latest version of Tomino's vision.

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Facts about RX-75-4 GuntankRDF feed
ArmorLunar Titanium Alloy  +
EraUniversal Century  +
First Seen75  +
Head Height1,500 cm (15 m, 590.551 in, 49.213 ft)  +
Height1,560 cm (15.6 m, 614.173 in, 51.181 ft)  +
Last Seen79  +
ManufacturerEarth Federation  +
Max Speed19.444 m/s (70 km/h, 43.496 mph)  +
Max Weight80 tons (72,574.78 kg, 159,999.956 lb)  +
Model NumberRX-75  +
OperatorEarth Federation Forces  +
Page has default formThis property is a special property in this wiki.Mobile Weapon  +
ParentRTX-44 (Descendant)  +
PictureRX-75-4.JPG  +
PilotRyu Jose (?)  +, Hayato Kobayashi (?)  +, Kai Shiden (?)  +, Amuro Ray (?)  +, and Job John (?)  +
Powerplant Output878 kW (0.878 MW, 1,177.417 hp)  +
Powerplant TypeMinovsky Ultracompact Fusion Reactor  +
Production TypePrototype  +
Sensor Range6,000 m (19,685.039 ft)  +
SeriesMobile Suit Gundam (?)  +
Testengine-driven caterpillar treads: 2; rocket thrusters: 88000 kg total
Unit TypeSuit  +
UsageArtillery  +
Weight56 tons (50,802.346 kg, 111,999.97 lb)  +
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