RX-75 Guntank Mass Production Type

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Version 1.1 Created 1-10-02

Updated X-XX-02

General and Technical Data

Model number: RX-75
Code name: Guntank Mass Production Type
Unit type: artillery mobile suit
Manufacturer: Earth Federal Forces
Operator: Earth Federal Forces
First deployment: UC 0079
Accomodation: pilot/driver in standard cockpit in torso; co-pilot/gunner in canopy-style cockpit in head
Dimensions: overall height 15.6 meters; head height 15.0 meters
Weight: empty 56.0 metric tons; max gross 80.0 metric tons
Powerplant: Minovsky type ultracompact fusion reactor, output rated at 878 kW
Propulsion: engine-driven caterpillar treads: 2; rocket thrusters: total output unknown
Equipment and design features: sensors, range 6000 meters
Optional Equipment: 2x crane arm with heavy lifting winch, replaces 120mm cannons, 1x dozer blade, attached to glacis plate
Fixed armaments: 2 x 120 mm cannon, fire-linked, mounted on backpack over shoulders; 2 x 4-barrel machinegun, mounted on arms

Technical and Historical Notes

A few years before the outbreak of the One Year War, word of the Principality of Zeon's new "mobile suit" weapons reached the ears of Earth Federation intelligence. Upon launching their "Project V" in UC 0075, the Federal Forces began their own mobile suit development project, and their earliest effort was the RX-75 Guntank. Although it did have a mobile suit body, head and arms, it did not have a mobile suit's walking legs, being mounted instead on a caterpillar-driven tank-like base. It also did not have manipulator hands, and in a sense, the Guntank was more of a traditional tank than it was a mobile suit. However, the Federation did decide to put the unit into mass production. The RX-75 Guntank Mass Production Type was very similar to its prototype predecessor, although the most notable difference was the removal of the expensive and complicated Core Block System. Although the loss of the Core Fighter reduced the pilot's chances of bailing out alive, it did allow the body to be built to perform a "torso twist," thus making the Guntank's upper body able to turn to face different targets while its drive base continued travelling in one direction. The mounts for the shoulder cannons were also made "universal," capable of mounting different types of cannons, weapons or other equipment. Some of these Mass Production Types did serve in the One Year War, particularly as part of the Kojima Batallion in Southeast Asia. Some were refitted for armored recovery and had their artillery cannons replaced by crane arms, and a dozer blade attached to the drive base.

Miscellaneous Information

Appearances:Mobile Suit Gundam: The 08th MS Team

M.D.C. by Location:

[1]Head
[2]Main Body
Reinforced Pilots
Compartment
Machine Gun Arms(2)
Drive Unit
Treads(2)

Shoulder Cannon(2)
Cannon Backpack

Dozer Blade (optional)

60
275
150

125 ea
150
120 ea

125 ea
100

40

[1]The Head is a small and well protected target, and is extremely difficult to hit.  Therefore, even with a called shot, it is -4 to hit.

[2]Depleting the MDC of the Main Body will disable the  Guntank.

Speed

Driving: 45 mph cruise, with a 90 mph maximum sprint speed.
Leaping: small thruster assisted leaps of 15feet up and 30feet across are possible
Flying:Not Possible

Dimensional Data

Main Body:

Height: 15.6 m (head height 15.0 m)
Width:
Length:
Weight: 56 metric tonnes; max gross weight: 80 metric tonnes

Weapon Systems

  1. 120 mm Cannon (2): the Mecha Cannon is effectively a large projectile launcher, similar to the Howitzer of the late 20th Century.  The shells are the equivalent of a High Exlposive short Range missile, but have no guidance and travel in a "balistic" manner.  They have shorter range than most missiles, and are good mainly for near range combat, but not close or melee range.
    MDC: 125 ea
    Location:  One cannon Mounted over each shoulder, but attached to the backpack unit.
    Primary Purpose:  Assault
    Secondary Purpose:  Defense
    Range:  5000 ft (1525; Double in Space)
    Mega Damage:  2D4 x 10 per Shell
    Rate of Fire: Equal to the Pilot's Hand to Hand
    Payload: 8 shells per launcher (16 total)
  2. 4 Barrel Machinegun Arms (2): a large gatling cannon, mounted on the forearms of the unit, providing extra fire support.
    MDC: 125
    Location: Forearms
    Primary Purpose: Assault
    Secondary Purpose: Anti-Missile/Defense
    Range: 4000 feet (1212m; Double in Space)
    Mega Damage: 2D4x 10 MD per Burst (12 rounds); one round does 1D6 MD
    Rate of Fire: Equal to the Pilot's Hand to Hand
    Payload: 360 rounds (30 bursts)
Other Systems
  1. 2x Crane Arm with Heavy Lifting Wench: replaces the two shoulder cannons.
    MDC: 50 ea
    Location: over the shoulders
    Range: Has 330 feet (100m) of heavy duty cable