GAT-X370 Raider Gundam

GAT-X370 Raider Gundam
GAT-X370 Raider Gundam (GAT-X370 レイダーガンダム)
Unit Type
Prototype Transformable Assault Mobile Suit
Profile
Developed from	GAT-333 Raider Full Spec
First Seen	June 16, 71 C.E.
Last Seen	September 27, 71 C.E.
Manufacturer	Earth Alliance Atlantic Federation
Operator	Earth Alliance Atlantic Federation OMNI Enforcer 7th Space Fleet Dominion Corps Coalition of Volunteers
Known Pilots	Clotho Buer
General Characteristics
Overall Height	17.94 meters58.858 ft <br />706.299 in <br />
Weight	84.9 metric tons
Power-plant	Ultracompact Energy Battery
Pilot Accommodations	Pilot only (in cockpit in torso)
Armor	Trans-Phase armor
Standard Armaments
Fixed	"Zorn" 100mm energy cannon Dual 52mm hyper velocity shield cannon 2 × "Ahura Mazda" short-range plasma cannon M417 80mm machine gun 2 × M2M3 76mm machine gun
Handheld	"Mjolnir" Spherical Breaker
Real World
Appearances*
Television	SEED: #38 - Episode #50 GBD
OVA	GBDR: First Seen in Episode #26
Game	Mobile Suit Gundam SEED: Never Ending Tomorrow Dynasty Warriors Gundam Reborn

The GAT-X370 Raider Gundam is a transformable Mobile Suit introduced in the anime Mobile Suit Gundam SEED. It is piloted by "Biological CPU" Clotho Buer.

Technology & Combat Characteristics

The Raider is a transformable mobile suit and the only second generation GAT-X machine to adopt the X300-series frame used by the GAT-X303 Aegis Gundam. Compared to the Aegis, Raider has improved anti-mobile suit capabilities when in MA mode and its transformation system is greatly simplified. It is actually a variant of the GAT-333 Raider Full Spec and maintains some of its predecessor's characteristics, like a MA mode specialized for flight and the two large fighter plane-like main wings that give it full atmospheric flight capabilities. These wings also boost Raider's turning capabilities and acceleration speed on earth and in space, as well as allow it to serve as a subflight lifter unit for carrying other mobile suits (usually the GAT-X131 Calamity Gundam). During battles, Raider often utilizes hit-and-run attacks and has Trans-Phase armor like the other second generation machines. The Raider is armed with both energy and shell-firing weapons (with some of them being usable only in flight mode) and uses the "Mjolnir" Spherical Breaker, a wire tethered mace, as its handheld weapon.

Armaments

• "Ahura Mazda" Short-range Plasma Cannon

Usable only in MA mode, they are mounted in the middle portion of the claws and have a short firing range. They can also generate a short beam blade for close combat.

• Dual 52mm Hyper Velocity Shield Cannon

A shield with a built-in double barrelled cannon, it can be used in both MA and MS mode. It is mounted on the left shoulder when in MA mode and on the right forearm when in MS mode. The 52mm hyper velocity shield cannons have two firing modes, semi-auto and full-auto.

• M2M3 76mm Machine Gun

Two machine guns installed in the shoulders and are usable only in MA mode.

• M417 80mm Machine Gun

Mounted in the MA mode's nose and usable only in this mode. It is mainly used to restrict enemy's movements during dogfight, but also has sufficient power to damage non-PS armored unit.

• "Mjolnir" Spherical Breaker

An exceptionally dense spherical mace that can even damage enemy with Phase Shift armor. The mace also has a thruster to increase its speed and impact power, and is attached to a handheld holder via an anti-beam coated macromolecular cable. As a result, the "Mjolnir" can be spun rapidly on its long cable to form a makeshift shield effective at blocking both beam and projectile barrage. However, as the mace is not anti-beam coated, it can be cut in half by a beam saber. It is stored under the torso in MA mode.

• "Zorn" 100mm Energy Cannon

A short range energy cannon mounted in the suit's mouth, it is usable in both MA and MS mode.

Special Equipment & Features

• Trans-Phase armor

A new version of the Phase Shift (PS) armor, the Trans-Phase (TP) armor is a two-layer armor system with the PS armor placed behind normal armor. The inner PS armor activates only when the normal armor is breached, significantly reducing power consumption and allows the equipped mobile suit to have a longer operational time as well as reserve more power for its weapons. Additionally, mobile suit equipped with TP armor do not change color when its armor is activated, unlike the PS armor.

History

In mid CE 71, the Earth Alliance collaborated with Muruta Azrael's Azrael Conglomerate to build three second-generation GAT-X mobile suits. These suits used more advanced technology based upon the old G Project mobile suits and were piloted by "Biological CPUs". One of these new suits was the GAT-X370 Raider Gundam. The Raider debuted during the Battle of Orb, alongside the GAT-X131 Calamity Gundam and GAT-X252 Forbidden Gundam, and the trio battled the ZGMF-X10A Freedom Gundam and ZGMF-X09A Justice Gundam to a standstill.

After the Battle of Orb, the trio was sent to space and assigned to the Archangel-class assault ship Dominion under the supervision of Azrael. The Raider then took part in several important battles at the end of the First Alliance-PLANT War, surviving until the Second Battle of Jachin Due. There, it met its fate and was destroyed by Yzak Joule in the GAT-X102 Duel Gundam using the GAT-X103 Buster Gundam's hyper-impulse long-range sniper rifle.

Variants

• GAT-X370γ Raider Lagoon

Gallery

Lineart

"Mjolnir" Spherical Breaker

Dual 52mm Hyper Velocity Shield Cannon

Anime

Gundam SEED

Technical Data (1) (In the Promised Land, HD Remaster)

Technical Data (2) (In the Promised Land, HD Remaster)

Technical Data (3) (In the Promised Land, HD Remaster)

Technical Data (4) (In the Promised Land, HD Remaster)

Technical Data (5) (In the Promised Land, HD Remaster)

Technical Data (6) (In the Promised Land, HD Remaster)

Technical Data (7) (In the Promised Land, HD Remaster)

Technical Data (8) (In the Promised Land, HD Remaster)

With Forbidden and Calamity (1) (Decisive Fire, HD Remaster)

Carrying Calamity Gundam (Decisive Fire, HD Remaster)

Close-up of head crest's "OTTO X-370" (Decisive Fire, HD Remaster)

Front (Athrun, HD Remaster)

Rear (Athrun, HD Remaster)

MA Mode, front (1) (Athrun, HD Remaster)

Firing M2M3 76mm Machine Guns (Athrun, HD Remaster)

MA Mode, rear (Athrun, HD Remaster)

Firing "Zorn" 100mm Energy Cannon (Athrun, HD Remaster)

Blocking Justice's Beam Saber using Dual 52mm Hyper Velocity Shield Cannon (Athrun, HD Remaster)

Aiming Dual 52mm Hyper Velocity Shield Cannon (Athrun, HD Remaster)

Firing Dual 52mm Hyper Velocity Shield Cannon (Athrun, HD Remaster)

Close up of M2M3 76mm Machine Guns (Into the Dawn Skies, HD Remaster)

Revealing M417 80mm Machine Gun (Into the Dawn Skies, HD Remaster)

Firing M417 80mm Machine Gun (Into the Dawn Skies, HD Remaster)

Launching "Mjolnir" Spherical Breaker (Into the Dawn Skies, HD Remaster)

With Forbidden and Calamity (2) (Into the Dawn Skies, HD Remaster)

With Forbidden and Calamity (3) (Trembling World, HD Remaster)

In hangar (What Stands in the Way, HD Remaster)

"Mjolnir" Spherical Breaker repelling CIWS fire (What Stands in the Way, HD Remaster)

Cockpit (What Stands in the Way, HD Remaster)

Beam blades emitted from "Ahura Mazda" Short-range Plasma Cannons (Spiral of Encounters, HD Remaster)

Using "Mjolnir" Spherical Breaker as a shield (1) (The Nightmare Reborn, HD Remaster)

Using "Mjolnir" Spherical Breaker as a shield (2) (The Nightmare Reborn, HD Remaster)

Head close up (The Final Light, HD Remaster)

MA Mode, front (2) (The Final Light, HD Remaster)

Charging "Zorn" 100mm Energy Cannon (To a Future that Never Ends, Original)

Trading final shots with Duel Gundam (To a Future that Never Ends, HD Remaster)

Critically damaged (Special Edition III)

Destroyed (To a Future that Never Ends, HD Remaster)

Gundam Build Series

GAT-X370γ Raider Lagoon (MA Mode) in Gundam Build Fighters Try

GAT-X370γ Raider Lagoon (MS Mode) in Gundam Build Fighters Try

Cameo in Gundam Build Divers

Illustrations & Artwork

Games

In Mobile Suit Gundam SEED: Never Ending Tomorrow

MA mode in Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Battle Destiny

MS mode in Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Battle Destiny

In G Generation Crossrays

Gunpla

1/144 "GAT-X370 Raider Gundam" (2003): box art

HG SEED 1/144 "GAT-X370 Raider Gundam" (2003): box art

HG SEED 1/144 "GAT-X370 Raider Gundam" (SEED Remaster Version; 2012): box art

FM 1/100 GAT-X370 Raider Gundam (2022): box art

Action Figures

Advanced Mobile Suit in Action (AMSiA / AMIA) "GAT-X370 Raider Gundam" (2003): package front view.

AMSiA / AMIA "GAT-X370 Raider Gundam" (2003): package rear view.

Notes & Trivia

• Raider's head crest displays the text "OTTO X-370". "Otto" means "Eight" in Italian, and is likely a reference to the suit being the eighth GAT-X unit developed by the Earth Alliance.
• The Raider's Spherical Breaker is named after the Mjolnir Hammer used by Thor, the Norse God of Thunder.
• When the ZGMF-X10A Freedom Gundam was hit with the Raider's Zorn energy cannon, the beam was unable to penetrate the suit's PS armor, despite destroying one of the former's wings and plasma cannons. This is likely an oversight by the production team.
• Though the Mjolnir Spherical Breaker is said to able to damage Phase Shift Armor-equipped MS, such is not the case in the game Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Battle Destiny. Physical damage is totally negated unless the meter is empty or the pilot has the "Pierce" passive skill equipped. Even so, it can down most mass-produced MS in one hit if used with the boost dash (regular melee hits deal the same damage as an average beam saber for some reason).

Appearances

Television Series

• Mobile Suit Gundam SEED
  • PHASE-32, In the Promised Land
    • First Appearance; In Image(s)
  • PHASE-38, Decisive Fire
  • PHASE-39, Athrun
  • PHASE-40, Into the Dawn Skies
  • PHASE-41, Trembling World
  • PHASE-42, Lacus Strikes
  • PHASE-43, What Stands in the Way
  • PHASE-44, Spiral of Encounters
  • PHASE-45, The Opening Door
  • PHASE-46, A Place for the Soul
  • PHASE-47, The Nightmare Reborn
  • PHASE-48, Day of Wrath
  • PHASE-49, The Final Light
  • PHASE-50, To a Future that Never Ends
    • Destroyed
• Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Destiny
  • PHASE-01, Angry Eyes
    • Flashback(s) Only
  • PHASE-20, Past

Manga

• Mobile Suit Gundam SEED MSV: The Blooming of Housenka on the Battlefield

Games

• Mobile Suit Gundam SEED: Never Ending Tomorrow

References

Raider Gundam File 01 (Official Gundam Fact File, Issue 75, Pg 29)

Raider Gundam File 02 (Official Gundam Fact File, Issue 75, Pg 30)

Raider Gundam File 03 (Gundam Perfect Files, Issue 34, Pg 9)

Raider Gundam File 04 (Gundam Perfect Files, Issue 34, Pg 10)

External links

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