RX-79[G]Ez-8 Gundam Ez-8
							Technical Data and General Information
						Model number: RX-79[G]Ez-8 Code name: Gundam Ez8 Unit type: ground combat mobile suit Manufacturer: Earth Federal Forces Operator: Earth Federal Forces Rollout: UC 0079 First deployment: UC 0079 Accommodation: pilot only, in standard cockpit in torso Dimensions: head height 18.0 meters Weight: empty 51.5 metric tons; max gross 71.7 metric tons Construction: lunar titanium alloy on semi-monocoque frame Powerplant: Minovsky type ultracompact fusion reactor, output rated at 1380 kW Propulsion: rocket thrusters: 53000 kg total Performance: maximum thruster acceleration 0.74 G Equipment and design features: sensors, range 5900 meters; optional parachute pack, can be mounted on backpack rack Fixed armaments: 2 x 35 mm machinegun, fire-linked, mounted in head; 12.7 mm vulcan gun, mounted in chest; 2 x beam saber, stored in recharge racks in legs, hand-carried in use Optional fixed armaments: shield, mounted on either forearm Optional hand armaments: 100 mm machinegun, clip-fed, 2 spare clips stored on hip armor; beam rifle, powered by rechargeable energy cap
	Technical and Historical Notes
		As the Earth Federal Forces concentrated their manufacturing efforts on the production of their new mass-produced RGM-79 GM units during the latter months of the One Year War, those mobile suits already fielded had to make do with what few materials were available. Since the RX-79[G] Gundams were themselves built using spare parts, there were no more spare parts left to effect repairs to heavily damaged units, and field engineers had to literally rebuild mobile suits with whatever they could find. When Ensign Shiro Amada's RX-79[G] was trashed in an attempt to stop Zeon's prototype Apsalus II mobile armor in November UC 0079, the Kojima Batallion's engineers and mechanics rebuilt his mobile suit with many improvised modifications. The RX-79[G]Ez-8 Gundam Ez8 (short for "extra zero-eight") retained the same beam sabers in the legs, as well as the standard RX-79[G] hand armaments. However, its other fixed weapons were changed out, with a pair of 35 mm machineguns mounted in the head and a turret-mounted 12.7 mm anti-personnel machinegun in the chest. The Ez8's armor plating and placement was improved overall, and the traditional Gundam "V-fin" on the head was replaced with a sturdier communications antenna. The Ez8 did retain the backpack equipment rack from the standard RX-79[G], allowing it to keep its ability to mount parachute packs or other field equipment options.