RGM-79SP GM Sniper II
Code Name: GM Sniper II
Unit Type: mass production general purpose mobile suit
Suit Organizational Type: Federation Type
Manufacturer: Earth Federation Forces
Operators: Nocturne Alliance, Earth Federation, Order of the Light, Russian Federation, Intercolonial Unified Coalition
First Deployment: December UC 0079
Accommodation: pilot only, in standard cockpit in torso
Dimensions: overall height 18.5 meters; head height 18.0 meters
Weight: empty 45.0 metric tons; max gross 61.0 metric tons
Construction: titanium/ceramic composite on semi-monocoque frame
Powerplant: Minovsky type ultracompact fusion reactor, output rated at 1390 kW
Propulsion: rocket thrusters: 2 x 21000 kg, 4 x 15000 kg; vernier thrusters/apogee motors: 8
Performance: maximum thruster acceleration 1.18 G; 180-degree turn time 1.3 seconds; maximum ground running speed 120 km/h
Equipment and Design Features: sensors with additional targeting sensors in visor, range 8700 meters
Fixed Armaments: 2 x beam saber, powered by rechargeable energy cap, stored in recharge racks on rear waist armor, hand-carried in use
Optional Fixed Armaments: 2-barrel vulcan pod, mounted on head; shield, mounted on either forearm
Optional Hand Armaments: beam rifle, powered by rechargeable energy cap; 90mm machine gun, clip-fed, 20 rounds per clip; sniper rifle, semi-automatic, clip-fed, 5 rounds per clip; long-range beam rifle, powered by rechargeable energy cap
Technical and Historical Notes: Following the success of the high-performance (but equally costly) RGM-79SC GM Sniper Custom, the Earth Federation Forces commissioned a new sniper-use GM to be built during the last weeks of the One Year War. Due to the tight one-month deadline for designing and first rollout, only a handful of the new RGM-79SP GM Sniper II would be seen in the last few days of the war, some assigned aboard the assault carrier Gray Phantom (both of which were destroyed during a battle insde the Side 6 Libot Colony) and the White Dingo team in Australia. The GM Sniper II was based on the in-development RGM-79G GM Commando, and was the most powerful GM variant built during the war. Featuring special targeting sensors in a "face guard" visor for its standard sensors, the GM Sniper II could be equipped with a beam rifle or 90mm machine gun for close-quarters combat, or a long-range, projectile-firing rifle for sniper missions.