F71 G-Cannon

Template:Infobox/Mobile Weapon Ver.2The F-71 G-Cannon is a mass-produced artillery mobile suit, it was featured in the anime movie Mobile Suit Gundam F91.

Technology & Combat Characteristics

Although manufactured by Anaheim Electronics, the G-Cannon was based on the designs of the F70 Cannon Gundam by SNRI. G-Cannon inherits the ability to remove the back-mounted machine cannons and function as a close combat mobile suit, but its overall performance is still inferior to Cannon Gundam. Nevertheless, this miniaturized mobile suit largely outperforms the Federation's RGM-109 Heavygun, and this is because any features not required for its artillery support role are removed in order to reduce its weight and increase its performance.

G-Cannon also utilizes the weapons system derived from the F90 Gundam Formula 90's mission pack. The machine cannons can be replaced by various equipment including the VSBR, a 200mm long range cannon and beam cannons. The most complex variant is the Powered Weapon Type.

Armaments

• Vulcan Gun

A standard armament of the mobile suits that are descended from the Earth Federation Forces's RX series is a pair of head mounted vulcan guns. These shell firing weapons have a high-rate of fire, but little power and can't damage the thick armor of a mobile suit, though it can damage lightly armored areas such as the sensors. They are ideal for shooting down small, lightly armored targets such as missiles, attack vehicles, etc.

• Quadruple Machine Cannon

The most identifying weapon of the F71 G-Cannon is the pair of shell firing quadruple machine cannons mounted on the unit's back that rise up over the shoulders. It is equipped with these rapid firing, medium caliber weapons instead of large caliber cannons in consideration of combat within space colonies. These cannons are also effective in anti-air combat.

• Double Beam Gun

A small-caliber beam weapon attached to both forearms.

• Beam Saber

The F71 G-Cannon is equipped with two beam sabers for melee combat. The beam sabers are powered by rechargeable energy capacitors and stored in storage racks when not in use.

• Beam Rifle

A standard hand carried ranged beam weapon is the beam rifle. Capable of firing concentrated mega particles, attacks from a beam rifle are can damage any ordinary armor that has not been specially treated to resist it.

• Shield

A type of defensive armament used by many mobile suits. The shield is a thick sheet of armor designed to take severe punishment that would normally destroy a mobile suit. Since the introduction of beam weaponry, shields have been treated with an anti-beam coating to withstand several beam shots before the coating wears off. Typically, physical shields can only take so much damage before they succumb to the pressure and break.

History

The G-Cannon is the first mass production mobile suit derived from SNRI's Formula Project and was first rolled out in April of UC 0115. In combat, it typically serves the role as a fire-support unit for the RGM-109 Heavygun and Jegan mobile suits.

A number of G-Cannons served as part of the Earth Federation Forces' colony defense when the Crossbone Vanguard invaded the colony Frontier IV in UC 0123. However the G-Cannons, as well as all of the Earth Federation's other mobile suits, were overwhelmed by the newer beam-shield equipped mobile suits of the Crossbone Vanguard, though it is unknown if the technology difference was truly that great or if the 30 years of peace hadn't dulled the Earth Federation's piloting standards.

Variants

• F71 G-Cannon Powered Weapon Type
• F71 G-Cannon VSBR Type
• F71B G-Cannon Magna
• F71B type S.D. G-Cannon Magna Super Destroid

Gallery

Cockpit Hatch

Cockpit

Cockpit - color art

Beam Rifle

Shield

F71 G-Cannon Lineart

A G-Cannon firing its Quadruple Machine Cannons

Gunpla

1/100 Original F71 G-Cannon (1990): box art

External links

• F71 G-Cannon on MAHQ.net