RX-79［G］ Gundam Ground Type

The RX-79 Gundam is a series of mobile suits in the Gundam Universal Century developed by the Earth Federation.

The RX-78 development program, in addition to the experimental RX-78 Gundam, managed to generate a significant stockpile of mobile suit parts. The Federation, not wanting to have such parts go to waste, used these stockpiles to create a line of pre-production mobile suits used to field test mobile suit tactics.

Gundam Ground Type
RX-79[G] Gundam Ground Type
RX-79[G] Gundam Ground Type
Unit Type	Mass Production Ground Combat Mobile Suit
Manufacturer	Earth Federation
Main pilots:	Shiro Amada; Karen Joshua; Terry Sanders Jr.; Matt Healy
Height	18 meters
Empty weight	52.8 metric tons
Full weight	73 metric tons
Sensor range	5900 meters
Generator output	1350 kW
Armor material:	Luna Titanium alloy
Armaments
Vulcan gun multi-launcher beam saber x 2 100mm machine gun 180mm cannon beam rifle bazooka launcher 6-tube missile launcher net gun

History

The RX-79[G] Gundam Ground Type was used most notably by the Kojima Battalion operating in Southeast Asia, which fielded 12 RX-79[G] units. However, because the RX-79[G] were constructed from spare RX-78 parts, repair of damaged units became a tricky matter due to the unavailability of replacement parts. The result was the creation of custom RX-79[G] units such as the RX-79(G)Ez8 Gundam Ez8 piloted by Kojima Battalion 08th MS Team commander Shiro Amada, or Karen Joshua's Gundam with a GM head. Federation Research and Development used three RX-79[G] units in their EXAM development program (see entry on Blue Destiny below).

First appears in Mobile Suit Gundam: The 08th MS Team OVA, design by Kunio Okawara.

Variants

RX-79(G)Ez-8 Gundam Ez8

RGM-79(G) GM Ground TypeRX-79BD Gundam Blue Destiny Series

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The RX-79Ez8/HAC Gundam Ez8 Heavy Armed Custom armed with 100mm machinegun. (Keiichiro Katagiri original picture.)

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The RX-79Ez8/HMC Gundam Ez8 High Mobility Custom armed with beam spray gun II. (Keiichiro Katagiri original picture.)

RX-79Ez8 Gundam Ez8 Kai

Some of the SD Gundam G Generation games also include an upgraded version of Gundam Ez8, the RX-79Ez8 Gundam Ez8 Kai. This uncanonical variation first appeared in the alternate storyline of SD Gundam: G Generation Gather Beat. The Ez8 Kai is modified to allow it to be used in space combat and can be equipped with custom parts to become the RX-79Ez8/HAC Gundam Ez8 Heavy Armed Custom or the RX-79Ez8/HMC Gundam Ez8 High Mobility Custom. The HAC parts armed the Gundam Ez8 Heavy Armed Custom with two Salamis class cruiser beam cannons, while the HMC parts featured additional verniers to increase it's mobility. However, since Ez8 Kai is based on the original frame of Gundam Ez8, which was not designed to support such equipment packs, the HAC parts' mass increase reduced the Ez8 Kai's agility to where it could not fight effectively in close-combat, while HMC parts would use too much energy and force the Ez8 Kai to use the less-powerful beam spray gun II instead of its standard beam rifle.

Variants

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RX-79BD Gundam Blue Destiny Series

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