GFF #0000 "FA-78-1 Full Armor Gundam (Blue Color Ver.)" figure (2008): product sample (left) with parts convertible to "RX-78-2 Gundam 'Ver. In Mobile Suit Gundam MSV Battle Chronicle Johnny Ridden, it was destroyed by Johnny Ridden's "Full Bullet Zaku" at A Baoa Qu. However, Mobile Suit Gundam: Big Picture Book of Strategy and Tactics stated that it was piloted by Lieutenant Heinz Baer during the war. According to MSV-R, it only existed as simulation data. There are conflicting accounts of whether the Full Armor Gundam was ever built. This core block can eject in case of emergency and unfold into a small Core Fighter. The prototype mobile suits produced by the Earth Federation Forces' Operation V, are equipped with a central block which houses the mobile suit's cockpit, control systems and main power source. However, the holders are simple in design and are not equipped with the energy recharge mechanism for the beam sabers.
Two units could be mounted on holders in the added armor on the back of the waist. Its barrels can be folded for storage.Ī small, simplified shield that is integrated with the additional armor on the left forearm.Ī beam weapon for close combat. The chest armor's missile bays are each loaded with three rounds, while the knee armor's missile bays are each loaded with two rounds.Ī double-barreled armament equipped on the right forearm. The Full Armor Gundam has four missile bays, one in each side of the added chest armor, and one in the added armor on each knee. Though not powerful, its high rate of fire meant it was employed to intercept enemy missiles/units, as warning shots, and to destroy lightly armored targets.Ī large rocket-firing cannon mounted on the right side of the backpack, and on the left is a control and targeting device. It was originally intended that the Gundams produced under the FSWS Plan would be piloted by a unit composed of Newtype pilots, but the war ended before this was possible.Ī pair of shell-firing weapon built into the head. With this, the Full Armor Gundam can engage in a high mobility combat with a mobile armor, or retreat quickly during an emergency. To solve this issue, auxiliary propulsion units were added to the legs, and as a result, the amount of thrust produced per leg is comparable to the Core Booster's main thrusters. However, due to the increase in weight caused by the added armor and weaponry, the mobile suit suffered a drop in mobility. It also has a small shield on the left forearm, and retained the original Gundam's head-mounted Vulcan guns, while the pair of beam sabers were relocated to the added armor on the back of the waist.
To achieve a level of firepower equivalent to a single battleship, the Full Armor Gundam is equipped with a new backpack-mounted 360mm rocket launcher, missiles bays in the added chest and leg armor, and a twin beam rifle on the right forearm. These added armor are also designed to be removable. On the Full Armor Gundam, the added armor are mainly placed on areas that are more frequently hit or damaged in combat, such as the chest, shoulders, waist, forearms, legs, etc. This plan was based on feedback from the various data collected by the RX-78-2 Gundam, and served to enhanced the Gundam's capabilities through the equipping of additional armor and weaponry. The Full Armor Gundam was one of the mobile suits developed under the " FSWS (Full-Armor System and Weapon System) Plan" initiated by the Earth Federation Forces in the late stages of the One Year War.