RB-79C Ball Type C

RB-79C Ball Type C
RB-79C Ball Type C (RB-79C ボール改修型)
Unit Type
Mass Production Support Space Mobile Pod
Profile
Developed from	RB-79 Ball
First Seen	0079 U.C.
Last Seen	0083 U.C.
Manufacturer	Earth Federation
Operator	Earth Federation Forces
General Characteristics
Overall Height	12.8 meters41.995 ft <br />503.937 in <br />
Max Weight	25.0 metric tons
Empty Weight	17.2 metric tons
Power-plant	Fuel Cell
Power Output	400 kW536.409 hp <br />
Sensor Range	4000 meters13,123.36 ft <br />
Pilot Accommodations	Pilot only (in cockpit in main body)
Standard Armaments
Fixed	180mm Low-Recoil Cannon
Real World
Mechanical Designer	Hajime Katoki
Appearances*
OVA	0083: SM

The RB-79C Ball Type C (aka Ball Kai) is a variant of the RB-79 Ball that appeared in the OVA Mobile Suit Gundam 0083: Stardust Memory.

Technology & Combat Characteristics

A late production model of the RB-79 Ball, the Ball Type C featured minor updates and was introduced near the end of the One Year War. Also known as "Ball Kai", it has an additional claw on each arm for handling larger objects, and more thrusters for attitude control. However, its basic combat capabilities were the same as the original Ball.

Armaments

• 180mm Low-Recoil Cannon

Equipped on the top of the machine.

History

The RB-79C Ball Type C was created near the end of the One Year War, and after the war, the RB-79 Balls that continued to be used by reconnaissance and air defense units were modified into this configuration. The Ball Type Cs were also sold to civilians during the post-war period. In U.C. 0083, the Ball Type Cs were utilized in the installation and security of the Solar System II, a superweapon that was the Earth Federation Forces' last-ditch attempt to stop the colony drop by the Delaz Fleet, a remnant group of the Principality of Zeon.

Gallery

Wreckage

Gunpla

Limited edition 1/144 HGUC "RGM-79C GM Type C [Standard Color - red] & RB-79C Ball Type-C" (2013): box art

1/100 MG RB-79 Ball (Ver. Ka; 2004): box art

1/100 MG The Gundam Base Limited Ball Ver. Ka [Mechanical Clear] (2021): box art

RB-79 Ball (Ver. Ka) development lineart by Hajime Katoki

Notes & Trivia

• Despite the designs being given status as slightly different units with their own model numbers, Hajime Katoki's more detailed RB-79C design is often interchanged with Kunio Okawara's more simplistic original RB-79 design in many types of media and products, including video games, animated works, and model kits.