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The Mecha of The War
In Mobile Suit Gundam, the main weapon that both the Federation and the Zeon employ are humanoid fighting vehicles called mobile suits. Mobile suits were powered by Minovsky fusion reactors. Mobile suits were originally developed by the Zeons to offset the numerical superiority of the Earth Federation.

During the One Year War, the versatility of the mobile suits became apparent. The Federation quickly tried to replicate the technology that the Zeon fielded. By the end of the war, mobile suits will become an indispensable part of both sides' military arsenal.

 

Federal Forces
During the events of Mobile Suit Gundam, the Federation had just started to research Mobile Suit technology to do battle against the Zeon Mobile Suits.

As the mobile suits were experimental platforms and prototypes, they were all painted in "display colors", hence the gaudy color schemes.


rx-78-2 gundam RX-78-02 GUNDAM
Overall height : 18.5 m
Head height : 18.0 m
Base weight : 43.4 t
Full weight : 60.0 t

Armor materials:
Luna titanium alloy

Standard armament:
60mm vulcan gun x 2
beam saber x 2
beam rifle x 1

The Gundam was developed as a close combat mobile suit, hence, it was equipped with a melee weapon, the beam saber. it was also given a shield to further protect itself.

In Mobile Suit Gundam, the Gundam is piloted by Amuro Ray.

 

rx-77-2 guncannon RX-77-02 GUNCANNON
Overall height : 18.1 m
Head height : 17.5 m
Base weight : 51.0 t
Full weight : 70.0 t

Armor materials:
Luna titanium alloy

Standard armament:
60mm vulcan gun x 2
240mm cannon x 2 (20 rounds)
beam rifle x 1

The Guncannon was developed after the Guntank as the first fully humanoid Mobile Suit. The main mission for the Guncannon was mid-range support so no melee weapons were equipped on the Guncannon.

In Mobile Suit Gundam, the Guncannon is piloted by Kai Shiden.

 

rx-75 guntank RX-75 GUNTANK
Overall height : 15.6 m
Head height : 15.0 m
Base weight : 56.0 t
Full weight : 80.0 t

Armor materials:
Luna titanium alloy

Standard armament:
180mm cannon x 2
4 x missile launcher x 2

The original mobile suit designed by the Federation to go against the Zeon forces, the Guntank requires two pilots, a driver who sits in the torso and a gunner who sits in the head. It was later modified to require only one pilot.

In Mobile Suit Gundam, the Guntank is piloted by Hayato Kobayashi.

 

rgm-79 gm RGM-79 GM
Overall height : 18.5 m
Head height : 18.0 m
Base weight : 41.2 t
Full weight : 58.8 t

Standard armament:
60mm vulcan x 2

beam saber x 1
beam spray gun x 1

The GM (pronounced as Jim) is the mass production mobile suit of the Federation. It's production was based on the results gathered from the data gathered from the three experimental Mobile Suits.

The GM is a simplified version of the Gundam, sharing it's humanoid form and close combat capabilities. Like all mass produced units however, the GM's ability was greatly affected by the quality of it's pilot.


Zeon Forces
The Zeon has used used mobile suits years before The Federation developed their own. As such, Zeon deploys a lot of different mobile suits for different tasks.

One unique feature of Zeon mobile suits is that they only have one "eye". As to why this is so, it's up to fans to think about and debate over.

 

ms-06f zaku II MS-06F ZAKU II
Head height : 18.0 m
Base weight : 58.1 t
Full weight : 73.3 t

Standard armament:
120mm machine gun x 1 (100 rounds)

Options:
280mm bazooka
heat hawk

The Zaku is the workhorse mobile suit of the Zeon forces. Both space and land versions were developed with only cosmetic differences.

Technology wise, the Zaku is far behind the Gundam, as it doesn't employ energy weapons. But the sheer number of Zakus available during the start of the War gave the Zeons a distinctive advantage with a weapon that was both dangerous and versatile.

 

ms-06s zaku II MS-06S ZAKU II
Head height : 18.0 m
Base weight : 56.5 t
Full weight : 75.2 t

Standard armament:
120mm machine gun x 1 (100 rounds)

Options:
280mm bazooka
heat hawk

The MS-06S is a special mobile suit that is assigned to commanders or aces. The only visible difference is the antenna array on the head.

There are literally dozens of variants of the Zaku, all adapted to the needs of the mission.

This specially colored Zaku II is piloted by Zeon ace, Char Aznable, nicknamed the "Red Comet".

 

ms-07b gouf MS-07B GOUF
Overall height : 18.7 m
Base weight : 58.5 t
Full weight : 75.4 t

Standard armament:
5 x 75mm machine gun x 1

heat rod x 1

Options:
heat saber
120mm machine gun (100 rounds)

The Gouf was an attempt by the designers of the Zaku to create a land-use mobile suit. Unlike the Zaku, the Gouf was designed with internal weapons.

Only a few dozen Goufs (the design ultimately lost to the Dom) were constructed  and these were heavily sought by Zeon aces.

The Gouf in Mobile Suit Gundam is piloted by ace Ranba Ral.

- info adapted from The Gundam Project -

 

ms-09 dom MS-09 DOM
Head height : 18.6 m
Base weight : 62.6 t
Full weight : 81.8 t

Standard armament:
360mm giant bazooka x 1 (10 rounds)

scattering beam gun x 1
heat saber x 1

Towards the middle of The War, Zeon adopted the Dom as it's main land-use mobile suit.

What sets the Dom apart from other mobile suits is that the Dom capable of hovering above the ground with speeds of up to 240 km/h, making it very fast and hard to target.

The Dom is also armed with a heat saber, a sword version of  the Zaku's heat hawk.

 


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