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Template:Infobox/Mobile Weapon Ver.2The FD-03 Gustav Karl is a mass-produced general purpose mobile suit introduced in the Mobile Suit Gundam: Hathaway's Flash novels. Redesigned versions appeared in Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn and Mobile Suit Gundam Narrative.

Technology & Combat Characteristics

A direct successor to the RGM series, the Gustav Karl is developed by the Earth Federation as a next generation, mass production general-purpose mobile suit. However, it is developed along separate lines from the RGM-89 Jegan and is designed with a focus on enhanced operability under gravity.

The Gustav Karl is bigger and more heavily armored than the Jegan, but this did not hinder its versatility. To counteract the added weight, the suit has a higher output reactor, and multiple thrusters and attitude control verniers are placed throughout its body to maintain mobility and maneuverability. On paper, its specifications are much better than the Jegan's. The Gustav Karl has a simple armament consisting of vulcan guns, two beam sabers, a beam rifle, a grenade launcher, and a flexible shield.

When operating in the atmosphere, it can board the BJ-K232 Kessaria sub-flight system. Early version of the Gustav Karl was deployed in UC.0096 at certain Earth Federation Ground Force facilities, under the pretext of functional testing.

Armaments

Vulcan Gun: Depending on the version of Gustav Karl depicted, it has one or two vulcan guns mounted on the left side of its head. These shell firing weapons have a high rate of fire but little power, however, they are effective at close range and are commonly employed to deter an enemy mobile suit from getting too close. They are also ideal for shooting down small, lightly armored targets such as missiles, attack vehicles, etc.

2-tube Grenade Launcher: Mounted on the left forearm, the grenades fired are moderately powerful self-propelling explosives that can deal significant damage to a mobile suit.

Beam Saber: The standard close range armament for most mobile suits, it is a small device held in the mobile suit's hands when operated and is powered by a rechargeable energy capacitor. The beam saber emits a blade of plasma contained by an I-Field and can cut through most armor not treated with anti-beam coating. The Gustav Karl is equipped with two beam sabers stored in the side armor.

Beam Rifle: A standard hand carried ranged beam weapon, the Gustav Karl used the same beam rifle as the Jegan. It has a short barrel for ease of handling, and is most effective in mid-close range combat due to its short firing range. Although its output is reduced, it has an excellent rate of fire, and can eliminate enemy accurately during melee combat when utilize in conjunction with the composite sensor at the top of the rifle.

90mm Short Machine Gun: Used by the Gustav Karl in Gundam Narrative, it is an improved version of the older HFW-GMG·MG79-90mm Bullpup Machine Gun. It uses a new magazine that enhances the weapon's balance and carries more ammunition.

Flexible Shield: Depending on the version of Gustav Karl depicted, its shield is mounted on a backpack linked movable arm or directly attached to the left shoulder armor. Regardless of the attachment point, the flexible shield can swivel 180 degrees, offering protection straight forward, straight backward, and from any angle that is left or right.

History

Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn

An early version of the Gustav Karl was deployed by the Earth Federation Forces in U.C. 0096 in certain ground facilities such as the Cheyenne base. During Bright Noa's investigation of said base, one of the Tri-Stars team's RGM-96X Jestas disarmed a guarding Gustav Karl by covering its head and cutting off its forearm with a beam saber in a surprise attack.

Mobile Suit Gundam Narrative

In U.C. 0097, the Gustav Karl was deployed alongside some RAS-96 Ankshas and RGM-89D-ESC Jegan Type D Escort Types to escort Martha Vist Carbine. After an attack led by Michelle Luio with several MSK-008 Dijehs, most of the Gustav Karls were destroyed.

Mobile Suit Gundam: Hathaway's Flash

It was used to defend Federation cabinet members in Adelaide, Australia from a terrorist attack led by Mafty Navue Erin (Hathaway Noa). The Earth Federation Forces used the Gustav Karl alongside the RX-104FF Penelope to counter the terrorist group's Me-02R Messer and Mufti's powerful RX-105 Ξ Gundam. As mobile suits were entering the age of miniaturization, the Gustav Karl was produced in limited numbers.

Gallery

Gunpla

Gashapon

Notes & Trivia

The original novel design was done by Yasuhiro Moriki. It later appeared in the video game SD Gundam G Generation and was redesigned by Kazumi Fujita.
The original backstory for the Gustav Karl indicated it was developed from the RGM-89 Jegan, but later works such as Gundam Narrative dropped this detail.
The Gustav Karl gets its name from the real-life Carl Gustaf anti-tank rocket launcher system.
In the draft designs for the game SD Gundam G Generation-F the Gustav Karl was stated as a commander-type unit, with the Dora Karl (identical to the Gustav Karl in design except for its head antenna) being the regular unit. However, this difference was not present in Hathaway's Flash or the final game itself.
In Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn, the cockpit monitor of a Gustav Karl shows an allied Zeta Plus A1 erroneously as "Zeta Plus C1".

References

External Links

FD-03 Profile on the official Gundam UC Re:0096 website (English)

Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn Mechanics
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Earth Federation Forces/Londo Bell/ECOAS
Mobile Weapon
Mobile Suit D-50C Loto \| FD-03-13 Gustav Karl Type-13 \| Petite-Mobile \| MSA-003 Nemo \| MSA-004K Nemo III \| MSA-005K Guncannon Detector \| MSN-001A1 Delta Plus \| MSZ-006A1 Zeta Plus A1 \| NZ-666 Kshatriya Besserung \| NZ-666 Kshatriya Repaired \| RAG-79 Aqua GM \| RAS-96 Anksha \| RGM-86R GM III \| RGM-89A2 Jegan Type-A2 (GR) \| RGM-89D Jegan D Type \| RGM-89De Jegan (ECOAS Type) \| RGM-89DEW EWAC Jegan \| RGM-89S Prototype Stark Jegan \| RGM-89S Stark Jegan \| RGM-96X EWAC Jesta \| RGM-96X Jesta \| RGM-96X Jesta Cannon \| RGZ-91 Re-GZ \| RGZ-95 ReZEL \| RGZ-95C ReZEL Commander Type \| RGZ-95C ReZEL Type-C (Defenser a-Unit) (GR) \| RGZ-95C ReZEL Type-C (Defenser b-Unit) (GR) \| RGZ-95C ReZEL Type-C (GR) \| RMS-106 Hizack \| RMS-179 GM II \| RMS-179 GM II Semi-Striker \| RMV-1 Guntank II \| RX-0 Full Armor Unicorn Gundam \| RX-0 Unicorn Gundam \| RX-0 Unicorn Gundam 02 Banshee \| RX-0(N) Unicorn Gundam 02 Banshee Norn \| RX-160S Byarlant Custom

Ship / Submarine Juneau-class \| LCAC
Aircraft / Spacecraft Base Jabber \| Dish \| FF-S3 Saberfish \| Salamis
Transporter / Supply Ship C-88 Medea \| Columbus-class
Cruiser / Mother Ship Clop-class \| Dogosse Giar-class \| Garuda-class \| Irish-class \| Ra Cailum \| Salamis-class \| SCVA-76 Nahel Argama
Neo Zeon/Zeon Remnants
Mobile Weapon
Mobile Suit AMS-119 Geara Doga \| AMS-119 Geara Doga Heavy Armed Type \| AMS-129 Geara Zulu \| AMS-129 Geara Zulu (Angelo Sauper Use) \| AMS-129 Geara Zulu (Guards Type) \| AMS-129M Zee Zulu \| AMX-003 Gaza-C \| AMX-004G Qubeley Mass Production Type \| AMX-006 Gaza-D \| AMX-008 Ga-Zowmn \| AMX-009 Dreissen \| AMX-011 Zaku III \| AMX-101 Galluss-J \| AMX-101E Schuzrum-Galluss \| AMX-101K Galluss-K \| AMX-102 Zssa \| AMX-107 Bawoo \| AMX-109 Capule \| MS-05L Zaku I Sniper Type \| MS-06D Desert Zaku \| MS-06D Zaku Desert Type \| MS-06FZ Zaku II Kai \| MS-06K Zaku Cannon \| MS-06V Zaku Tank \| MS-06V-6 Zaku Tank Green Macaque \| MS-07C-3 Gouf Heavy Arms Type \| MS-08TX/S Efreet Schneid \| MS-09F/trop Dom Tropen \| MS-09G Dwadge \| MS-12 Gigan \| MS-14A Gelgoog \| MS-14D Desert Gelgoog \| MS-14J ReGelgu \| MS-21C Dra-C \| MSM-04G Juaggu \| MSM-07 Z'Gok \| MSM-08 Zogok \| MSN-03 Jagd Doga \| MSN-06S Sinanju \| NZ-666 Kshatriya \| RMS-108 Marasai \| RMS-119 EWAC Zack \| RMS-192M Zaku Mariner \| YAMS-132 Rozen Zulu
Mobile Armour AMA-X7 Shamblo \| NZ-999 Neo Zeong

Ship / Submarine Mad Angler-class
Aircraft / Spacecraft Base Jabber \| Dodai YS \| Dodai II \| Luggun
Support Weapon Skiure
Transporter / Supply Ship Fat Uncle \| Garencieres
Cruiser / Mother Ship Chivvay-class \| Endra-class \| LMSD-76 Gray Phantom \| Musai Kai-class \| Musaka-class \| Rewloola-class
Republic of Zeon
Mobile Weapon
Mobile Suit MS-05L Zaku I Sniper Type \| RMS-106 Hizack \| RMS-106CS Hizack Custom \| RMS-119 EWAC Zack

Cruiser / Mother Ship Chivvay-class \| Musai Kai-class
Vist Foundation
Mobile Weapon
Mobile Suit AMX-004G Qubeley Mass Production Type \| ARX-014 Silver Bullet \| RX-0 Unicorn Gundam \| RX-0 Unicorn Gundam 02 Banshee \| RX-0(N) Unicorn Gundam 02 Banshee Norn

Transporter / Supply Ship Klimt
Civilians
Mobile Weapon
Mobile Suit TOLRO-800 "Torohachi"
Mobile Worker Med

Mobile Suit Gundam Narrative Mechanics
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Earth Federation Forces/Luio & Co.
Mobile Weapon
Mobile Suit FD-03-13 Gustav Karl Type-13 \| MSK-008 Dijeh \| MSN-001A1 Delta Plus \| RAS-96 Anksha \| RGM-89A2 Jegan Type-A2 (GR) \| RGM-89D-ESC Jegan Type D Escort Type \| RGM-96Xs Jesta (Shezarr Type) \| RGZ-95C ReZEL Type-C (GR) \| RX-0 Unicorn Gundam 03 Phenex \| RX-9 Narrative Gundam \| RX-9/A Narrative Gundam A-Packs \| RX-9/B Narrative Gundam B-Packs \| RX-9/C Narrative Gundam C-Packs
Aircraft / Spacecraft Base Jabber
Transporter Rosebud
Cruiser / Mother Ship Clop-class \| Dogosse Giar-class \| Irish-class
Republic of Zeon
Mobile Weapon
Mobile Suit AMS-129 Geara Zulu (Ellic Custom) \| AMS-129 Geara Zulu (Guards Type) \| AMX-009 Dreissen \| MSN-06S-2 Sinanju Stein
Mobile Armour NZ-999 II Neo Zeong
Cruiser / Mother Ship Chivvay-class
Mineva Faction
Mobile Weapon
Mobile Suit ARX-014S Silver Bullet Suppressor
Transporter Garencieres Junior

Hathaway's Flash Mechanics
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Mafty
Mobile Weapon
Mobile Suit Me-02R Messer \| RX-105 Ξ Gundam

Aircraft / Spacecraft Galcezon
Earth Federation
Mobile Weapon
Mobile Suit FD-03 Gustav Karl \| RX-104FF Penelope

Aircraft / Spacecraft BJ-K232 Kessaria
Mother Ship Garuda-class

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 Fd-03.jpg;Front (SD Gundam G Generation)
-Gustavback.jpg;Rear (SD Gundam G Generation)
+Gustav Karl Back.png;Rear (SD Gundam G Generation)
-FD-03 Gustav Karl Novel Version.jpg;Hathaway's Flash
+FD-03 Gustav Karl Novel Version.jpg;Front (Novel)
+MSUC18_MOBILE_SUITS_OF_CHEYENNE_BASE(from_Mobile_Suit_Gundam_UC);Video
 |transformable=No
-|production=Limited Production
+|production=Mass Production
 |usage=General-Purpose
 |type=Suit
 |OfficialName=Gustav Karl<br>グスタフ・カール
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-|archetype=RGM-89 Jegan
 |first=0096
 |era=Universal Century
 |mechdesigner=Yasuhiro Moriki~Novel, Kazumi Fujita~SD Gundam G Generation, Hajime Katoki~Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn, Eiji Komatsu~Mobile Suit Gundam Narrative
-|series=Mobile Suit Gundam: Hathaway's Flash, Gundam MS Graphica, Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn~7~7, Mobile Suit Gundam Narrative,
+|series=Mobile Suit Gundam: Hathaway's Flash (Novel), Mobile Suit Gundam: Hathaway's Flash, Gundam MS Graphica, Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn~7~7, Mobile Suit Gundam Narrative,Mobile Suit Gundam F90: Fastest Formula, Mobile Suit Gundam Narrative (Manga)
-|manufacturer=Earth Federation Forces
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 |operator=Earth Federation Forces
 |pilot=Eiren
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 |propRocketThrusters=79500
 |paccommodation=Pilot only~in panoramic monitor/linear seat cockpit in torso
-|armaments=2 x Vulcan Gun
+|armaments=1-2 x Vulcan Gun
 -tube Grenade Launcher
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 |OptionalEquip=Beam Rifle
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-}}The '''FD-03 Gustav Karl''' is a mass-produced general purpose [[mobile suit]], that is based on the [[RGM-89 Jegan]]. It was featured in the 3 volume novel series ''[[Mobile Suit Gundam: Hathaway's Flash]]''.
+}}The '''FD-03 Gustav Karl''' is a mass-produced general purpose [[mobile suit]] introduced in the ''[[Mobile Suit Gundam: Hathaway's Flash (Novel)|Mobile Suit Gundam: Hathaway's Flash]]'' novels. Redesigned versions appeared in ''[[Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn]]'' and ''[[Mobile Suit Gundam Narrative]]''.
 ==Technology & Combat Characteristics==
+A direct successor to the RGM series, the Gustav Karl is developed by the Earth Federation as a next generation, mass production general-purpose mobile suit. However, it is developed along separate lines from the [[RGM-89 Jegan]] and is designed with a focus on enhanced operability under gravity.
-The '''FD-03 Gustav Karl''' combat abilities are reminiscent of its predecessor the [[RGM-89 Jegan]], however it is far larger. The Gustav Karl stands several meters above the head of the RGM-89 Jegan and features heavier armor. The Gustav Karl's larger size allows it to be equipped with a more powerful Minovsky ultracompact nuclear reactor than any model of Jegan to ever exist. For combat the Gustav Karl was equipped with a very simple armament consisting of a head mounted vulcan guns, a pair of beam sabers, a beam rifle, a grenade launcher, and a flexible shield. When operating in the atmosphere it can board the [[BJ-K232 Kessaria]] sub-flight system for transport. A commander version, the Dora Karl, is fitted with different communication equipment.
+The Gustav Karl is bigger and more heavily armored than the Jegan, but this did not hinder its versatility. To counteract the added weight, the suit has a higher output reactor, and multiple thrusters and attitude control verniers are placed throughout its body to maintain mobility and maneuverability. On paper, its specifications are much better than the Jegan's. The Gustav Karl has a simple armament consisting of vulcan guns, two beam sabers, a beam rifle, a grenade launcher, and a flexible shield.
+When operating in the atmosphere, it can board the [[BJ-K232 Kessaria]] sub-flight system. Early version of the Gustav Karl was deployed in UC.0096 at certain Earth Federation Ground Force facilities, under the pretext of functional testing.
 ==Armaments==
 ;*Vulcan Gun
-:Mounted on the left side of the head, 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 they 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.
+:Depending on the version of Gustav Karl depicted, it has one or two vulcan guns mounted on the left side of its head. These shell firing weapons have a high rate of fire but little power, however, they are effective at close range and are commonly employed to deter an enemy mobile suit from getting too close. They are also ideal for shooting down small, lightly armored targets such as missiles, attack vehicles, etc.
 ;*2-tube Grenade Launcher
-:The Gustav Karl is equipped with a 2-tube grenade launcher mounted on the left forearm. The grenades are moderately powerful self-propelling explosives that can deal significant damage to a mobile suit, but are particularly effective against machines with heavy defenses against beam weapons. While grenade launchers used during the One Year War fired unguided grenades, later versions launch homing missiles with their own optical guidance systems.
+:Mounted on the left forearm, the grenades fired are moderately powerful self-propelling explosives that can deal significant damage to a mobile suit.
 ;*Beam Saber
-:The standard close range armament for most Federation mobile suits, it is a small cylindrical device held in the mobile suit's hands when operated and is powered by a rechargeable energy capacitor. The beam saber is capable of cutting through any metal not treated with anti-beam coating. The Gustav Karl is equipped with two beam sabers stored in the thigh.
+:The standard close range armament for most mobile suits, it is a small device held in the mobile suit's hands when operated and is powered by a rechargeable energy capacitor. The beam saber emits a blade of plasma contained by an I-Field and can cut through most armor not treated with anti-beam coating. The Gustav Karl is equipped with two beam sabers stored in the side armor.
 ;*Beam Rifle
-:A standard hand carried ranged beam weapon is the beam rifle. The Gustav Karl used the same beam rifle as the Jegan's. It has a short barrel for ease of handling, and is most effective in mid-close range combat due to its short firing range. Although its output is reduced, it has an excellent rate of fire, and can eliminate enemy accurately during melee combat when utilize in conjunction with the composite sensor at the top of the rifle.
+:A standard hand carried ranged beam weapon, the Gustav Karl used the same beam rifle as the Jegan. It has a short barrel for ease of handling, and is most effective in mid-close range combat due to its short firing range. Although its output is reduced, it has an excellent rate of fire, and can eliminate enemy accurately during melee combat when utilize in conjunction with the composite sensor at the top of the rifle.
-;*90mm Short Machine Gun (Narrative Ver.)
+;*90mm Short Machine Gun
+:Used by the Gustav Karl in Gundam Narrative, it is an improved version of the older HFW-GMG·MG79-90mm Bullpup Machine Gun. It uses a new magazine that enhances the weapon's balance and carries more ammunition.
 ;*Flexible Shield
-:The shield of the Gustav Karl is mounted on the shoulder. This is not a fixed mount and is capable of swiveling the shield 180 degrees, offering protection straight forward, straight backward, and from any angle that is left or right. Because the shield is mounted on the shoulder, it cannot be brought up to defend the center of the torso.
+:Depending on the version of Gustav Karl depicted, its shield is mounted on a backpack linked movable arm or directly attached to the left shoulder armor. Regardless of the attachment point, the flexible shield can swivel 180 degrees, offering protection straight forward, straight backward, and from any angle that is left or right.
 ==History==
 ===Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn===
-The FD-03 Gustav Karl is an [[Earth Federation Forces]] mobile suit put into service 3 years after the [[Second Neo Zeon War]]. It was used to defend the Federation's Cheyenne base during the Laplace conflict. During [[Bright Noa|Bright Noa's]] investigation of the base the Tri-Stars team disarmed a Gustav Karl by covering its main camera and cutting off its forearm with a beam saber in a surprise attack.
+An early version of the Gustav Karl was deployed by the [[Earth Federation Forces]] in U.C. 0096 in certain ground facilities such as the Cheyenne base. During [[Bright Noa]]'s investigation of said base, one of the Tri-Stars team's [[RGM-96X Jesta]]s disarmed a guarding Gustav Karl by covering its head and cutting off its forearm with a beam saber in a surprise attack.
 ===Mobile Suit Gundam Narrative===
+In U.C. 0097, the Gustav Karl was deployed alongside some [[RAS-96 Anksha]]s and [[RGM-89D-ESC Jegan Type D Escort Type]]s to escort [[Martha Vist Carbine]]. After an attack led by [[Michelle Luio]] with several [[MSK-008 Dijeh]]s, most of the Gustav Karls were destroyed.
 ===Mobile Suit Gundam: Hathaway's Flash===
-years later, it would be used to defend Federation cabinet members in Adelaide, Australia from a terrorist attack led by [[Hathaway Noa|Mufti Nabiyu Erin]] (a.k.a. [[Hathaway Noa]]). The [[Earth Federation Forces]] would use the Gustav Karl alongside the [[RX-104FF Penelope]] to counter the terrorist group's [[Me-02R Messer]] and Mufti powerful [[RX-105 Ξ Gundam]]. As mobile suits were entering the age of miniaturization, the Gustav Karl was produced in limited numbers.
+It was used to defend Federation cabinet members in Adelaide, Australia from a terrorist attack led by [[Hathaway Noa|Mafty Navue Erin]] (Hathaway Noa). The [[Earth Federation Forces]] used the Gustav Karl alongside the [[RX-104FF Penelope]] to counter the terrorist group's [[Me-02R Messer]] and Mufti's powerful [[RX-105 Ξ Gundam]]. As mobile suits were entering the age of miniaturization, the Gustav Karl was produced in limited numbers.
 ==Gallery==
-<gallery hideaddbutton=true>
+<gallery hideaddbutton="true">
-gustavfront.jpg|Line art - front view (SD Gundam G Generation version)
+gustavfront.jpg|Front Lineart (''SD Gundam G Generation'' version)
-gustavback.jpg|Line art - rear view (SD Gundam G Generation)
+gustavback.jpg|Rear Lineart (''SD Gundam G Generation'')
-Gustav karl head.jpeg|Line art - head unit (SD Gundam G Generation)
+Gustav karl head.jpeg|Head Lineart (''SD Gundam G Generation'')
-FD-03 Gustav Karl Card.jpg|Gustav Karl (Gundam UC version)
+FD-03 Gustav Karl Card.jpg|'' Gundam Unicorn'' version
-FD-03.jpg|Gustav Karl as featured in Gundam War card game
+FD-03 Gustav Karl Heads.png|Head details (''Gundam Narrative'' version)
-gustavkarl.png|Gustav Karl as featured in [[Gihren's Greed]]
+UC Gustav Karl 1.png|In Gundam Unicorn
-FD-03 Gustav Karl Heads.png|Head details (Narrative Ver.)
+UC Gustav Karl 2.png|Disabled by a Jesta (Gundam Unicorn)
+NT Gustav machine gun.png|Armed with short machine gun (Gundam Narrative)
-Screenshot_20181221-044054.jpg|With 90mm Short Machinegun (Narrative Ver.)
-FD-03 Gustav Karl (NT Narrative) 01.jpg|Firing Vulcan Gun (Narrative Ver.)
+FD-03 Gustav Karl (NT Narrative) 01.jpg|Firing Vulcan Gun (Gundam Narrative)
-FD-03 Gustav Karl (NT Narrative) 02.jpg|With Beam Saber and firing Grenade (Narrative Ver.)
+FD-03 Gustav Karl (NT Narrative) 02.jpg|With Beam Saber and firing Grenade (Gundam Narrative)
+Gustav Karl MS Graphica.jpeg
+FD-03.jpg|As featured in ''Gundam War'' card game
+gustavkarl.png|As featured in ''[[Gihren's Greed]]''
+Super Gundam Royale gustav karl.png|As seen on ''[[Super Gundam Royale]]'' game
 </gallery>
-===Fan Art===
+==[[Gunpla]]==
 <gallery hideaddbutton=true>
+HGUC Gustav Karl (Unicorn Ver.).jpg|[[High Grade Universal Century|HGUC]] 1/144 FD-03 Gustav Karl (Unicorn Ver.) (2019): box art
-Gustav Karl.jpeg
+HGUC Gustav Karl (Gihren's Greed Ver.).jpg|HGUC 1/144 FD-03 Gustav Karl (Gihren's Greed Ver.) (P-Bandai exclusive; 2019): box art
+</gallery>
+==Gashapon==
+<gallery hideaddbutton="true">
+Gustav Karl Next.jpg
+Gustav Karl Forte.jpg
 </gallery>
 ==Notes & Trivia==
-*The original novel design was done by [[Yasuhiro Moriki]]. It later appeared in the video game ''[[SD Gundam G Generation]]'', and was redesigned by [[Kazumi Fujita]].
+*The original novel design was done by [[Yasuhiro Moriki]]. It later appeared in the video game ''[[SD Gundam G Generation]]'' and was redesigned by [[Kazumi Fujita]].
+*The original backstory for the Gustav Karl indicated it was developed from the [[RGM-89 Jegan]], but later works such as ''Gundam Narrative'' dropped this detail.
 *The Gustav Karl gets its name from the real-life [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Gustaf_recoilless_rifle Carl Gustaf] anti-tank rocket launcher system.
+*In the draft designs for the game ''SD Gundam G Generation-F'' the Gustav Karl was stated as a commander-type unit, with the '''Dora Karl''' (identical to the Gustav Karl in design except for its head antenna) being the regular unit. However, this difference was not present in ''Hathaway's Flash'' or the final game itself.
+*In ''Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn'', the cockpit monitor of a Gustav Karl shows an allied Zeta Plus A1 erroneously as "Zeta Plus '''C1'''".
 ==References==
-<gallery hideaddbutton=true>
+<gallery hideaddbutton="true">
-FD-03 Gustav-Karl - Scan.jpg|Gustav Karl: design and information (SD Gundam G Generation)
+FD-03 Gustav-Karl - Scan.jpg|Design and information (''SD Gundam G Generation'')
-gustavkarl-profile.jpg|Gustav Karl: information from Gundam Perfect File
+Gustav Karl Gundam Weapons.png
+gustavkarl-profile.jpg|Information from ''Gundam Perfect File''
 </gallery>
+<references />
 ==External Links==
-*[http://en.gundam.info/series/unicorn/?p=250 FD-03 Gustav Karl on the official Gundam UC Re:0096 website (English)]
+*[http://en.gundam.info/series/unicorn/?p=250 FD-03 Profile on the official Gundam UC Re:0096 website (English)]
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+{{NT-Mecha}}
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 [[ja:FD-03 グスタフ・カール]]