HFA-78-3 Heavy Full Armor 7th Gundam

The HFA-78-3 Heavy Full Armor 7th Gundam (also FHA-78-3 Heavy Full Armor 7th Gundam) first appeared as a part of Kunio Okawara's Missing Mobile Suit Variations, or M-MSV and later in the Mobile Suit Gundam Battlefield Record UC 0081(2009) | Sony Playstation 3 video console game. An upgraded armor unit inntended to be installed on the FA-78-3 Full Armor 7th Gundam for additional protection, It never made it beyond the planning stage, though it could be said that the concept of the armed-base RX-78GP03D Gundam "Dendrobium Orchis" was inspired by this machine.

Trivia

 * On its first SD Club appearance (but also on MS Encyclopedia 2003 / 2006) this mecha is labeled HFA-78-3; later sources usually indicate it FHA-78-3 (e.g. EB 46, EB MS Encyclopedia Vol. 8.).