GAT-X103 Buster Gundam

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This article is about a fictional weapon from the Cosmic Era timeline of the anime Gundam metaseries.

Overview

GAT-X103 Buster

The GAT-X103 Buster is a heavy weapons assault mobile suit prototype developed by the Earth Alliance during the Bloody Valentine War under G Project. Like the other X100 series G prototypes (GAT-X102 Duel and GAT-X105 Strike), the Buster is based on an agile, non-transforming frame system (it is in fact based mostly on an application of the Duel's frame). The artillery support paradigm which the Buster was designed around would be developed into a heavy long-range mobile suit, the GAT-X131 Calamity.

GAT/A-01E2 Buster Dagger

Supposedly a "mass produced" form of the X103 Buster, the Buster Dagger is an extremely rare unit during the First Bloody Valentine War. Originally a concept design for a Striker Pack to be attached to the 105 Dagger, the design is eventually deemed to complex for a mere Striker Pack and developed as a Dagger in its own right - possibly explaining the obscure model number. Based on the 105 Dagger frame, the Buster Dagger equips the same 350mm gun-launcher and 94mm beam rifle as the prototype, but reduces its missile armament to a pair of 3-barrel launchers rather than Buster's 6-barrel versions; however, the Buster Dagger does add a pair of ES01 beam sabers, filling in the close-combat weakness of Buster itself.

GAT-X103AP Verde Buster

In CE 73, an improved version of the Buster, the GAT-X103AP Verde Buster, is fielded as part of the Earth Alliance's covert Phantom Pain unit ("Verde" means "Green" in Italian and in Spanish ). The Verde Buster is similar in armament to the original Buster, except that the gun-launcher and beam rifle are mounted to fire over its shoulders, and a pair of additional hand-carried beam rifles are stored on its hips. While the shoulder-mounted weapons cannot combine, the two hand-carried rifles can form a large beam launcher. These rifles also include bayonets for close-range defense. It is assigned to the same squad as the GAT-X1022 Blu Duel and GAT-X105E Strike Noir.

History

Buster was stolen by ZAFT pilot Dearka Elsman on Cosmic Era January 25, 71, and was used by him throughout the rest of the war. Dearka frequently dueled with TS-MA2mod.00 Moebius Zero/FX-550 Skygrasper pilot Mu La Flaga, neither pilot able to gain a competitive advantage over the other, La Flaga's greater experience and skill balanced by Elsman's raw reflexes and superior machine. Elsman was shot down and captured, his mobile suit severely damaged, by the crew of Archangel in June 71, spent approximately a month in Archangel's brig and subsequently joined the Clyne Faction to bring about the end of the Bloody Valentine War. On the last day of the war, Dearka's mobile suit was severely damaged by the ZGMF-X13A Providence.

One GAT/A-01E2 Buster Dagger unit was notably piloted by ace Rena "Sakura Burst" Imelia. Rena's unit, with a few others, took part in the Second Battle of Jachin Due. Rena's unit was disabled in combat against Kira Yamato's ZGMF-X10A Freedom.

Specifications

GAT-X103 Buster

Manufacturer: Morgenroete, Inc/Earth Alliance
User: Earth Alliance, Zodiac Alliance of Freedom Treaty
Unit type: Prototype long-distance artillery mobile suit
Overall height: 18.86 meters
Weight: 84.2 metric tons
Special Equipment: Phase Shift armor
Armament: 350 mm gun launcher x1, 94 mm high-energy beam rifle x1, 6-barrel 220 mm missile pod x2
Armament docked modes: 94mm hyper-impulse sniper rifle, 350 mm anti-armor shotgun
Pilot: Dearka Elsman

GAT/A-01E2 Buster Dagger

Manufacturer: Earth Alliance
User: Earth Alliance
Unit type: mass production long-distance artillery mobile suit
Head height: 17.81 meters
Weight: 80.7 metric tons
Special Equipment: laminated armor (improved type of heat-resistant ablative gel DPX-30)
Armament: 350 mm gun launcher x1, 94 mm high-energy beam rifle x1, 3-barrel 220 mm missile pod x2, ES01 beam saber x2
Armament docked modes: 94 mm hyper-impulse sniper rifle, 350 mm anti-armor shotgun
Pilot: Rena Imelia

GAT-X103AP Verde Buster

Manufacturer: Actaeon Industries
Users: Earth Alliance
Unit type: prototype long-distance artillery mobile suit
Overall height: 18.46 meters
Base weight: 99.36 metric tons
Special Equipment: Phase Shift armor
Armament: 350mm gun-launcher x1, 94mm high-energy beam cannon x1, 220mm multipurpose missile 6-tube pod x2, M9009B composite bayonette-equipped beam rifle x2
Pilot: Shams Coza

External links

• [GAT-X103 Buster - MAHQ]
• [GAT/A-01E2 Buster Dagger - MAHQ]
• [GAT-X103AP Verde Buster - MAHQ]