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The RGM-111 type NR Hardygun Night Raid was featured on the Mobile Suit Gundam Silhouette Formula Official Handbook included in the Bandai 1/100 scale RX-99 Neo Gundam model kit and designed by Kunio Okawara.

Technology and Combat Characteristics[]

After being defeated at Advanced Tactical Mobile Suit (ATMS) Project by SNRI with their F90 Gundam F90 Anaheim Electronics (AE) still refuse to admit the loss and they launched the Sihouette Formula Project in an attempt to compete with SNRI's miniatured MS which resulting a few MS type created and one of the MS is the RGM-111 Hardygun along with its subsequent variant such as the RGM-111Y2 G Custom. With the data provided from real combat by the G Custom, AE is interested to make a unit that can dominate all terrain with also impressive capabilities resulted the RGM-111NR Hardygun Night Raid.[1]

Intended to be a night combat unit like the RGM-79V GM Night Seeker, the Hardygun Night Raid is equipped with an abundance of equipment to accomplish its role, such as targeting scopes and sensors derived from F90II-L Gundam F90II Long Range Type.[1] Its back-mounted additional mobility unit combines the booster backpack adopted by F90A Gundam F90 Assault Type with the aerodynamic control surfaces of F90P Gundam F90 Plunge Type. With these enhancement the Hardygun Night Raid was considered a proper covert ops unit to quell rebellions singlehandedly, but despite all of those equipment caused only several unit were produced.[2]

History[]

The first appearance of Hardygun Night Raid was recorded in U.C. 116 when several units was assigned to "Wadjet Eyes Corps" of the Bladewood Class "Malgabra" led by Rivera Amalgam.[3] These unit was used during the aftermath of "Trimurti Incident" as mop up unit to destroy remaining Zeon Remnants after they sieged the Trimurti Anti Asteroid Cannon. While searching the area, the encountered the MSA-120 Draig Unit 1 piloted by Veronica Vermon and then engaged it.[3] Unfortunately the Draig Unit 1 manage to evade the Hardygun Night Raids' attack and they withdrawn from the area.[3]

Another combat record of Hardygun Night Raid was in August U.C. 118 when its used in the Indian regions, when an anti-EFF insurrection led by old Neo Zeon loyalists happen in the region several unit of these unit was deployed. The leader of this subjugation corp was Lieutenant Colonel Baz Galemson, who lately commanded an Oldsmobile sweeping mercenary unit.[4]

Variant[]

  • RGM-111NR2 Hardygun Night Raid (Full Production Type)
Featured in Mobile Suit Gundam F90: Fastest Formula manga. The official streamlined model of the Hardygun Night Raid that is equipped with simplified beam launcher that used by RGM-111 Hardygun.[2]

Gallery[]

Mobile Suit Gundam F90: Fastest Formula[]

Gunpla[]

Notes & Trivia[]

  • Initially the Hardygun Night Raid custom gunpla from Silhouette Formula 91 Handbook was a standalone unit. However with the release of Monthly Mobile Vol 18 it was retconned to have a prototype unit.

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  1. 1.0 1.1 F90FF Monthly MS Vol 18, Hardygun Night Raid Edition Pg 02
  2. 2.0 2.1 F90FF Monthly MS Vol 18, Hardygun Night Raid Edition Pg 01
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 Mobile Suit Gundam F90: Fastest Formula, Vol 11, Ch 46.
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