FF-X7 Core Fighter

Model number: FF-X7
Code name: Core Fighter
Unit type: fighter for use in Core Block System of RX-75-4 Guntank, RX-77-2 Guncannon, RX-78-2 Gundam
Manufacturer: Hervic Company
Operator: Earth Federation Forces
First deployment: UC 0079
Accommodation: pilot only, in standard canopy-style cockpit
Dimensions: overall length 8.6 meters; overall height 3.2 meters
Wingspan: 6.8 meters
Weight: empty weight unknown; max gross 8.9 metric tons
Propulsion: 6 x jet/rocket thruster: maximum speed rated at Mach 4.8
Equipment and design features: sensors, range unknown
Fixed armaments: 4 x 2-barrel 25mm vulcan gun, fire-linked, mounted in nose; 2 x missile launcher, 4 rounds per launcher, mounted on main body

The FF-X7 Core Fighter is an integral part of the Earth Federation Forces' "Project V," forming an interchangeable cockpit block for the RX-78-2 Gundam, RX-77-2 Guncannon and RX-75-4 Guntank. Developed by the Hervic Company, which also developed the older FF-6 TIN Cod and FF-S3 Saberfish fighters, the Core Fighter's primary purpose is to protect the data from the learning computer system of the Gundam, serving as an escape vehicle in the advent of the mobile suit being disable or destroyed. The Core Fighter is armed to protect its data and pilot, with four 25mm machine guns mounted in the nose, and two small missile launchers mounted on the fuselage. The Core Fighter concept is used in many later suits and can be seen as late as UC 0153 in the League Militaire's LM312V04 Victory Gundam.

Pilot(s): Amuro Ray, Ryu Jose, Hayato Kobayashi
Appearances: Mobile Suit Gundam; Mobile Suit Gundam: Encounters in Space; Mobile Suit Gundam Ex Revue; Gundam Evolve; Mobile Suit Gundam: Pilot's Locus; Mobile Ops: The One Year War; Mobile Suit Gundam MS IGLOO 2: The Gravity Front; Mobile Suit Gundam: Gundam Vs. Gundam; Mobile Suit Gundam: Gundam Vs. Gundam Next
Original mechanical designer: Kunio Okawara

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