Mobile Suit Gundam: Side 3 Invasion

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Model number: GH-07AMS

Code name: Getter Aires

Unit type: Aerial Support Mobile Suit

Manufacturer: Getter Heavy Industries

Operator: RAF Getter Corps

First deployment: 0008 EC

Accomodation: pilot only, in standard cockpit in torso

Dimensions: head height 16.9 meters

Weight: empty 8.0 metric tons; max gross weight unknown

Construction: titanium alloy on semi-monocoque frame

Powerplant: Minovsky type ultracompact fusion reactor, output rating unknown

Propulsion: rocket thrusters: ?

Performance: ?

Equipment and design features:
• sensors, range ? meters
• 4 x wing hardpoint

Fixed armaments:
• none

Optional fixed armaments:
• none

Optional hand armaments:
• chainrifle, clip-fed, can be stored on wing hardpoint
• 4-tube missile pod, can be stored on wing hardpoint

Remote weapons:
• none

Notes:
• Another early design produced by Getter Heavy Industries during the Earth Collapse Era, the GH-07AMS Aries was built expressly for aerial combat. Initially patterned as an offshoot of the flight system developed for the Leo as a fixed model, the design saw many changes and eventually was streamlined into it's own unit. Mounting a pair of large jet engine housings on its shoulders and aerodynamic control surfaces, the Aries (named after the first Zodiac sign meaning "ram") was fully capable of independent atmospheric flight. It was also Getter's first variable mobile suit/jet fighter, as its legs deployed for walking and folded up into its body for flight. The Aries could also be loaded with a limited number of chainrifles and missile pods on its external wing hardpoints.