Wing Gundam

Pilot:  Heero Yuy

Registry Number:  XXG-01W

Height:  16.3 m

Weight:  7.1 tons

Material:  Gundanium

In the year AC 195, rebel space colonists send five Gundams to Earth to wage war against the opressive Alliance. Each of these Gundams is based on the fifteen-year-old Wing Gundam Zero design, but the Wing Gundam, created Doctor J and piloted by a boy code-named Heero Yuy, bears the greatest resemblance to its ancestor. Though the ill-fated Wing Gundam is intercepted during re-entry and spends most of the following months either blown to bits or sitting at the bottom of the ocean, it's nonetheless a superb example of mobile suit engineering.

Where its namesake was designed for space combat, the Wing Gundam is meant for use on Earth. It can transform into a winged "bird mode," allowing it to survive re-entry and fly in Earth's atmosphere. This gives the Wing Gundam far greater range than the other four Gundams, which are effectively ground-bound.

The Wing Gundam's primary armament is its buster rifle, a particle beam cannon based on the main weapon of the Wing Gundam Zero. At maximum power, the buster rifle's wide beam can vaporize several enemy mobile suits with a single blast, but its supply of stored energy is only sufficient for three shots. Otherwise, the Wing Gundam must depend on its beam saber and the medium-range machine cannons in its shoulders.