FA-010S Full Armor ZZ Gundam

Model number: FA-010S
Code name: Full Armor ZZ Gundam
Unit type: prototype general purpose transformable mobile suit
Manufacturer: Anaheim Electronics
Operator: AEUG (Anti-Earth Union Group)
First deployment: 16 January UC 0089
Accommodation: pilot only, in panoramic monitor/linear seat cockpit in torso with Core Block System using FXA-07GB Neo Core Fighter
Dimensions: overall height 23.14 meters; head height 19.86 meters
Weight: empty 32.7 metric tons; max gross 87.2 metric tons; mass ratio 1.54
Armor materials: Gundarium alloy
Powerplant: Minovsky type ultracompact fusion reactor, output rated at 7,860 kW
Propulsion: rocket thrusters: 124,800 kg total (4 x 31,200 kg); vernier thrusters/apogee motors: 36
Equipment and design features: sensors, range 16,200 meters; bio-sensor system; ejectable external armor and additional armaments, must be ejected before MSZ-010S Enhanced ZZ Gundam can transform into G-Fortress mode
Fixed armaments (base Enhanced ZZ Gundam): double beam rifle, power rated at 21.2 MW total (2 x 10.6 MW), mounted on right forearm; 2 x hyper beam saber, power rated at 1.1 MW, stored in recharge racks in backpack, hand-carried in use, both hyper beam sabers double as double beam cannon, power rated at 40 MW (2 x 20 MW) total, mounted in backpack; high mega cannon, power rated at 50 MW, mounted in head, operable in mobile suit mode only; 2 x 60mm 2-barrel vulcan gun, 400 rounds of ammunition per gun, mounted in head; 2 x 18-tube missile launcher, 2 round magazine per tube, mounted on backpack
Additional external armor fixed armaments: 2 x 6-tube spray missile launcher, mounted on shoulders; hyper mega cannon, mounted on torso; 3-tube missile pod, mounted on left forearm; 2 x 8-tube missile pod, mounted on torso; 2 x 2-tube large missile pod, mounted on torso
Optional hand armaments: none

Despite its high power and performance, the AEUG’s MSZ-010 ZZ Gundam suffered from one critical flaw: its complicated construction and transformation systems made it somewhat structurally weak. During the last days of the First Neo Zeon War, the ZZ Gundam received some minor improvements in armor and armaments in the form of the MSZ-010S Enhanced ZZ Gundam, but still suffered from its weak build. A stopgap measure was introduced, not only giving the Enhanced ZZ a temporary fix for the problem, but also a significant boost in armor protection and weaponry. Based on the earlier FA-010A FAZZ, this form was called the FA-010S Full Armor ZZ Gundam, and it was comprised of the Enhanced ZZ Gundam with lots of heavy external armor components – many containing missile launchers, as well as a powerful hyper mega cannon on the torso armor component. Now more well protected from enemy fire that could easily deliver a critical blow to its structure, the Full Armor ZZ could continue to bring its tremendous power into the battlefield – and then some. The only drawback to the Full Armor components was that they were fixed around the Enhanced ZZ Gundam in mobile suit mode only, and thus the Full Armor ZZ couldn’t transform into G-Fortress mode without first ejecting the extra armor and weapons.

Pilot: Judau Ashta
First appearance: Mobile Suit Gundam ZZ
Original mechanical designer: Mika Akitaka

Double beam rifle

Head

High mega cannon

Hyper beam saber/cannon

Rear view