GAT-01A1+AQM/E-X04 Gunbarrel Dagger

The Gunbarrel Dagger is a Mobile Suit in the manga series Gundam SEED Astray.

Combat Abilities
Besides the standard weaponry of the GAT-01A1 105 Dagger, the Gunbarrel Dagger mounts the AQM/E-X04 Gunbarrel Striker as a Striker Pack, granting the suit an additional M58E4 Gatling machine gun. Its most important improvement however are the four wire-guided gunbarrel pods, which each mount four GAU-758S railgun and eight M70AMSAT missiles. The big advantage of the Gunbarrel Dagger, as with the TS-MA2mod.00 Moebius Zero, is the fact, that the pods can only be utilized by a pilot with high spatial awareness, which is a rare feature.

History
After ZAFT stole four of the five prototype mobile suits produced as part of the Earth Alliance' G Project, the EA created a mass-produced version of the GAT-X105 Strike, which became known as the 105 Dagger. This series was able to mount the same Striker Packs as the original Strike and features several improved system features, which however made it difficult to mass produce, which resulted in the production of the GAT-01 Strike Dagger instead. Nevertheless, several 105 Daggers were produced with some of them using the Gunbarrel Striker as a Striker Pack. The pilot which became famous for using this pack was "Moonlight Mad Dog" Morgan Chevalier.

Over the years, Morgan piloted several Gunbarrel Daggers in many battles, among them the Second Battle of Jachin Due, during which he led a squad of seven other 105 Daggers (equipped with the Aile, Sword, and Launcher Striker packs) against a ZGMF-1017M GINN High Maneuver Type squad led by Mikhail "Doctor" Coast and also fought a YFX-600R GuAIZ Experimental Firearms Type, piloted by Heine Westenfluss. Before this battle he fought against the CAT1-X1/3 Hyperion Unit 1 piloted by Canard Pars at the Ptolemaeus lunar base, when Canard attacked the base to get a Neutron Jammer Canceller. He only survived this battle because of Prayer Reverie urging him to detach his Gunbarrel Striker.

After the war's end, Morgan piloted his Gunbarrel Dagger against rogue Alliance ace and South American revolutionary Edward "Ed the Ripper" Harrelson. After a short battle, Morgan defeated Ed by detaching his Gunbarrel Striker and used it to force Ed's GAT-333 Raider Full Spec deep into Earth's gravity well. Morgan however declined to take a killing shot and instead gave the "Hero of South America" the opportunity to prove himself by surviving the seemingly impossible situation, which Ed eventually did.

During the Second Bloody Valentine War, Morgan seems to eventually having abandoned the Gunbarrel Striker since he was seen piloting a more advanced [TS-MA4F Exus]] mobile armor.