Gundam

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For other uses of this name, see Gundam (disambiguation).

Gundams are a type of mecha that feature in Mobile Suit Gundam.

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History

Universal Century

The Gundams were the result of mecha technology development that came as a result of the use the Principality of Zeon's highly agile mobile suits in the Universal Century. These weapons were used during the early phase of the One Year War that provided the smaller nation a major tactical advantage over the much larger Earth Federation. Zeon's MS-05 Zaku I and the MS-06 Zaku II were highly agile mobile suits where their AMBAC systems and ability to be outfitted for a variety of missions and environments allowed them to outclass the Federation's conventional space. This saw the Earth Federation initiated Project V (Project Victory) that was a development program that aimed to close the gap with Zeon and produce a counterpart mobile suit design that had the capability of being mass-produced.

After Colony

The Gundams came to be the term given loosely to a number of mobile suits that were made use the alloy Gundarium θ in the After Colony era. They were developed by scientists in the colonies whose settlements came to be oppressed by the harsh rule of the United Earth Sphere Alliance.

Cosmic Era

Gundam was an acronym for "General Unilateral Neuro-Link Dispersive Autonomic Maneuver" were a type of G-Weapon developed in the Cosmic Era where they required a powerful mobile suit operation system (M.O.S).

Anno Domini

Gundams was the name given to a number of advanced mobile suits that were created by Celestial Being in Anno Domini.

Post Disaster

Gundams was the term given to a series of mobile suits that were created 300 years ago during the Calamity War in the Post Disaster era.

Overview

In appearance, Gundam was a term that designated any mobile suit built from gundanium alloy. Gundam also tend to be exceptional units, more advanced than most other mobile suits of their time.

Known models of Gundams included:

  • RX-78-2 Gundam :
  • RX-0 Unicorn Gundam'
  • GAT-X105 Strike Gundam :
  • ZGMF-X10A Freedom Gundam :

Pilots

  • Amuro Ray :
  • Sayla Mass :
  • Heero Yui :
  • Athrun Zala :
  • Kira Yamato :

Notes

  • Gundams were created by Kunio Okawara where they featured in the setting of the Mobile Suit Gundam universe.
  • The Japan Self-Defense Forces had built an approximately full scale RX-78-3 Gundam with styrofoam in its show and contained a simulation pod. [1]

In other media

Video games

Appearances

  • Mobile Suit Gundam:
  • Mobile Suit Gundam Seed:

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