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The RX-79[G] Gundam Ground Type is a limited mass production Gundam that was the beginning of the ground based RX-79 series of mobile suits. It first appears in Mobile Suit Gundam: The 08th MS Team
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. In order to cut down on costs, most of the armaments and parts of the Gundam Ground Type were also used for the RGM-79[G] GM Ground Type
Armament
Vulcan gun
Multi-launcher
Beam saber
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, with the other eight participating in various operations on Earth. 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 Ground Type head. Federation Research and Development used three RX-79[G] units in their EXAM development program (see entry on Blue Destiny below).
Variants
RX-79[G]Ez-8 Gundam Ez8 RX-79BD-1 GM Blue Destiny Unit 1
External Links
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