RGM-79［E］ GM Early Type

The RGM-79[E] GM Precession Type is an early version of the RGM-79C GM Kai. It first appeared as a part of the Mobile Suit Gundam: The 08th MS Team series.

During the chaotic One Year War, the Federation attempted to mass produce a mobile suit to combat the Principality of Zeon's fearsome MS-06 Zaku II. With the RGM-79[G] GM Ground Type already deployed on Earth, the RGM-79[E] GM Precession Type would be deployed in space. Combined with the learning system from the RX-78-2 Gundam, the GM Precession Type would later be mass produced as the GM Kai. Since it was only deployed for testing purposes, the GM Precession Type was armed with only a machine gun and a beam saber.

The only known record of a GM Precession Type being used was during October UC 0079. Ace pilot Sergeant Terry Sanders, Jr. was leading a team of GM's when the entire team was wiped out singlehandedly by a MS-06RD-4 Zaku II Prototype. Sanders' GM was the only unit that survived the incident, but the GM itself was badly damaged and eventually rescued by Shiro Amada piloting a RB-79K Ball K Type.