RB-79C Ball Type C

RB-79C Ball Type C

The RB-79C Ball Type C was a variant of the standard Ball deployed by the Earth Federation.

Most of the Ball units were disassembled after the One Year War, but some are kept in service defending military bases. The Type C was the standard that all surviving Ball units were converted to after the war.

History

See also: History of RB-79 Ball

At the beginning of the One Year War with the Principality of Zeon, the Federation lacked any sort of mobile suits while the Zeon forces held the upper hand in the war with their mobile suits.

The Federation developed a prototype mobile suit, the RX-78-2 Gundam, but it was too costly to be mass produced. Their first mass-production mobile suit, the RGM-79 GM, was not produced fast enough to be deployed at all battle fronts. Thus, the Federation refitted around 1,200 civilian-use SP-W03 Space Pods to be deployed in combat.

As an improvised conversion, the Ball was initially seen as ill-suited for combat. It earned the unfavourable nickname “Mobile Coffin” among Earth Federation Space Force (EFSF) pilots. However, it was smaller, more manoeuvrable, and more stealthy than a mobile suit. The Federation stuck to it for its low production cost and availability in large numbers. The fast Salamis-class cruisers and their attached Ball squads harassed Zeon supply fleets with hit-and-run attacks, resulting in Zeon deploying additional forces to escort their vulnerable Papua- and Pazock-class transport ships.

Most of the Ball units were disassembled after the One Year War, but some are kept in service defending military bases. The Type C was the standard that all surviving Ball units were converted to after the war.

During Operation Stardust in late UC 0083, many Balls Type C were used to guard the Solar System II and its fleet of ships. The Balls also assisted in the adjustment of the weapon’s mirrors.

Design

See also: Design of RB-79 Ball

The RB-79C Ball Type C was similar to the RB-79 Ball but it had a 120 mm recoilless cannon mounted instead of a 180 mm one.

It had an extra set of manipulator arms for handling of larger objects.

Variants

Behind the scenes

Hajime Katoki is the original mechanical designer.

Appearances

Non-canon appearance
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