MA-05 Bigro

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The MA-05 Bigro is a fictional weapon (mobile armor) from the anime series Mobile Suit Gundam.

MA-05 Bigro

Before the One Year War began, there was a conceptual weapons competition between rival companies: one entry was MIPs MIP-X1 mobile armor, but it was rejected in favor of Zeonic Company's mobile suit technology. However, when the war started, Zeon took a second look at the MIP-X1 and retooled it into an anti-warship mobile armor called the MA-05 Bigro. It had a very powerful fusion reactor to power a Minovsky particle scattering system that jammed warship and MS sensors. Propulsion was a pair of nuclear powered rocket engines, giving it a powerful thrust. The armament was a pair of large claw arms with limited AMBAC ability, a mega-particle cannon in the nose, and two 4-tube missile launchers.

Due to its late entry in the war, a handful of these costly mobile armors were constructed. One was piloted by ace pilot Tokwan on-board Char Aznable's Zansibar. It engaged the SCV-70 White Base, but was defeated by Amuro Ray in his RX-78-2 Gundam unit. Several of these saw combat at A Baoa Qu.

MA-06 Val Varo

In the last few weeks of the One Year War, a variant of the Bigro was produced, the MA-06 Val Varo. It was a major improvement over the original Bigro. The jammer was removed, but it had a much more powerful armament. It sported a mega-particle cannon, two anti-air beam guns, a pair of 2-tube missile pods, vulcan cannons, larger claws, and three "plasma leaders", a big improvement over the original leader weapon used on the MAX-03 Adzam. They would open up, deploy around a target, and emit electrical plasma that would overload a mobile suit's systems and electronics. Only a handful were built during the war, and only saw combat at A Baoa Qu. One survived the war and was repaired by Kelly Layzner, but was destroyed in a fight against the RX-78GP01-Fb Gundam Full Vernian "Zephyranthes".

Specifications

MA-05 Bigro

• Type: mass production space combat mobile armor
• Manufacturer: Principality of Zeon
• Operator: Principality of Zeon
• First deployment: UC 0079
• Accommodation: pilot only
• Overall length: 45.5 meters
• Weight: empty 125.5 tons; max gross 229.8 tons
• Powerplant: ultracompact fusion reactor, power rated at 17800 kW
• Equipment and design features: Minovsky particle scattering system
• Armament: 2x claw arms; mega particle cannon; 2x 4-tube missile launchers
• Pilot: Tokwan, Kelly Layzner

MA-06 Val Varo

• Type: mass production space combat mobile armor
• Manufacturer: Principality of Zeon
• Operator: Principality of Zeon
• First deployment: UC 0079
• Accommodation: pilot only
• Overall length: 68.0 meters
• Weight: empty 254.1 tons; max gross 379.8 tons
• Powerplant: ultracompact fusion reactor, power rated at 26030 kW
• Equipment and design features: none
• Armament: 2x claw arms; mega particle cannon; 2x 2-tube missile launcher; 2x 110mm vulcan gun; 2x anti-air beam gun; 3x "plasma leader"
• Pilot: Kelly Layzner

 

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