The Gelgoog Marine Commander Type is a commander variant of the MS-14F Gelgoog Marine. It first appeared in Mobile Suit Gundam 0083: Stardust Memory and reappears in the video game Mobile Suit Gundam: Encounters in Space.
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Technology & Combat Characteristics
A commander's version of the Gelgoog Marine with enhanced performance. It sports a commander's antenna, a pair of head-mounted Vulcan guns, additional thrusters and external propellant tanks, and modified chest armor. It is also lighter in weight and has extended operating time due to the changes made. With its high performance and use of a long-range beam rifle as part of its standard armaments, the Gelgoog Marine Commander Type can operate as a sniper unit among other roles.
Armaments
- 40mm Vulcan Gun
- An uncommon feature on Zeon MS, the Gelgoog Marine Commander Type has two Vulcan guns in its head similar to Federation Mobile Suits. These shell firing weapons have a high rate of fire but little power, and can't damage the 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.
- 110mm Machine Cannon
- A 110mm machine cannon is mounted on each forearm, for a total of two cannons. These projectile firing weapons are highly effective against most mobile suit armor at close range.
- Beam Saber
- Unlike most Gelgoogs made during the One Year War, the MS-14Fs is not equipped with a beam naginata for close combat, it instead stores two regular beam sabers in the sides of the waist.
- MNG-110 Beam Rifle
- A large beam rifle specially designed for long-range attack, it features a powerful, re-loadable cooling system which enables it to emit rapid-fire beam bursts.
- 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.
- MMP-R00-D Electromagnetic Induction Projection Rifle
- Developed by MS firearm manufacturer MMP near the end of the One Year War at Zeon's Granada base, this experimental rail rifle utilizes electromagnetic force to launch high velocity luna titanium bullets to inflict heavy damage. This handheld weapon only appears in the Mobile Suit Gundam 0083 Rebellion manga.
Special Equipment & Features
- External Propellant Tank
- An external tank used for propellant storage. This extra propellant greatly extends a mobile suit's operating range and enables it to stay in combat longer. When the propellant is consumed, the tank can be discarded to reduce the mobile suit's weight. These tanks use a two-layered construction, with one layer containing propellant, and the other holding extra coolant.
- Camouflage Color Scheme
- First seen on Mobile Suit Gundam 0083: Mayfly of Space 2 picture drama, this is a special MS color scheme featured on Zeon's Marine Amphibious Unit (M.A.U.) Gelgoog Marines commanded by Lieutenant Colonel Cima Garahau as her unit retreated from A Baoa Qu at the close of the One Year War. The camouflage scheme features numerous small dots to protect the mobile suits from tracking and monitoring by Federation forces.
History
Only a handful of Gelgoog Marine Commander Type units were produced, with at least one being assigned to the Cima Garahau's Fleet. During Operation Stardust in U.C. 0083, Cima used her Gelgoog Marine Commander Type before switching to the AGX-04 Gerbera Tetra. In the Mobile Suit Gundam 0083 Rebellion manga, Cima's Gelgoog Marine Commander Type was subsequently passed onto fellow Cima Fleet's MS pilot Clara Lodge.
Gallery
MNG-110 Beam Rifle
Beam Saber
Shield
MMP-R-00D Electromagnetic Induction Projection Rifle
Cima's Gelgoog Marine Commander Type (left) vs. Anavel Gato's YMS-09R-2 Prototype Rick-Dom Zwei (right) as seen on Gundam 0083: Mayfly of Space 2
Cima's Gelgoog Marine Commander Type, as seen from inside South Burning's RGM-79N GM Custom cockpit (from Gundam 0083 OVA)
Cima's Gelgoog Marine Commander Type armed with MNG-110 Beam Rifle (0083)
Cima's Gelgoog Marine Commander Type armed with MNG-110 Beam Rifle (0083)
Close-up of Cima's Gelgoog Marine Commander Type firing the MNG-110 Beam Rifle (0083)
Cima's Gelgoog Marine Commander Type fires the 110mm Machine Cannon (0083)
Gelgoog Marine Commander Type armed with MMP-R-00D Electromagnetic Induction Projection Rifle (from Gundam 0083 Rebellion manga)
Gelgoog Marine Commander Type fires the Electromagnetic Induction Projection Rifle (0083 Rebellion)
Games
Gelgoog Marine Commander Type (Cima Garahau's unit) as featured in Gundam War card game
Cima's Gelgoog Marine Commander Type as featured in Gundam Conquest mobile phone game
Gelgoog Marine Commander Type (Standard Production Colors) as seen on Gihren's Greed
Gelgoog Marine Commander Type (Standard Production Colors) (Gihren's Greed)
Gelgoog Marine Commander Type (Cima Garahau's unit) as featured in Bandai Namco's Gundam Diorama Front online game (2015)
Shin Matsunaga's Gelgoog Marine Commander Type as featured in Gihren's Greed
As seen in Mobile Suit Gundam: Battle Operation 2
Gunpla
1/144 HGUC MS-14Fs Gelgoog Marine Commander Type (2002): box art
1/144 Gelgoog Marines: modelling of production F-Type and commander-use Fs-Type using 1/144 Original "MS-14Jg Gelgoog Jäger" (1989)
Action Figures
1/220 "Full Color Mobile Suit Collection" MS-14Fs Gelgoog Marine Commander Type action figure (1999): package front view
Notes and Trivia
- The Gelgoog Marine Commander Type unit depicted in Gundam 0083 is Cima Garahau's personal colors. The standard colors unit as seen in the game Mobile Suit Gundam: Encounters in Space and Mobile Suit Gundam Gihren's Greed features the same colors as the Gelgoog Marine.
- In Mayfly of Space, Cima referred to her Gelgoog Marine Commander Type as "Marine Leiter" (マリーネ・ライター), German for "Marine Leader".
- Despite being solid shells, the machine cannon rounds of Cima's unit were animated like beam shots in the scene where they impacted the GP01.
- The camouflage pattern seen in Mayfly of Space resembles erbsenmuster, which was issued to the Waffen-SS during World War II.
References
Profile & Lineart
Profile as featured in Mobile Suit Gundam: Battle Operation
MNG-110 Beam Rifle: details
MNG-110 Beam Rifle: details (English)
MMP-R-00D Electromagnetic Induction Projection Rifle
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