| Model number: MS-18E Code name: Kämpfer Unit type: prototype heavy assault mobile suit Manufacturer: Zeonic Company Operator: Principality of Zeon First deployment: UC 0079 Accommodation: pilot only, in standard cockpit in torso Dimensions: head height 17.7 meters; overall height 18.2 meters Weight: empty 43.5 metric tons; max gross 78.5 metric tons Construction: titanium/ceramic composite on monocoque frame Powerplant: Minovsky type ultracompact fusion reactor, output rated at 1550 kW Propulsion: rocket thrusters: 2 x 28500 kg, 2 x 27000 kg, 4 x 12000 kg; vernier thrusters/apogee motors: 16 Performance: maximum thruster acceleration 2.03 G; 180-degree turn time 1.2 seconds; maximum ground running speed 215 km/h Equipment and design features: sensors, range 6100 meters Fixed armaments: 2 x 60 mm vulcan gun, fire-linked, mounted in head; 2 x beam saber, stored in recharge racks in hip armor, hand-carried in use Optional hand armaments: 2 x shotgun, pump-action magazine and breech, 9 round magazine, can be stored on backpack storage racks; 2 x 360 mm giant bazooka, clip-fed, 5 rounds per clip, can be stored on backpack storage racks; 2 x panzer faust, rocket-propelled warhead, can be stored in racks on legs; chain mine |
| MS-18E Kämpfer |
| Released: 2001 Series: Mobile Suit Gundam 0080: War In The Pocket Avg. Price: $5.76 Version: 1.0 |
| REVIEW The MS-18E Kämpfer is one of the most sought after Gundam figures, and its easy to understand why. The articulation is nearly 2.0 level, with none of the joints incumbered by the armor. The shoulder armor is on a ball joint, allowing it to move freely without hampering the arm. Even the upper arms have a swivel joint built in, a rarity among MSiA. The sculpt is dead on, from the many vernier covering the Kämpfer to the careful cross hatching on the body cabling. The accessories list is just as impressive, with not one both two versions of the shotgun, with both the folded and unfolded stock, two 360mm giant bazookas, 2 panzer fausts, and a chain mine. The great part is that this figure can hold all of its weapons at once. The giant bazookas each have a swiveling clamp on the back that mounts them over the shoulder, the panzer fausts have small clamps on the upper legs that are swivel mounted, there is a swiveling clamp on the lower back for one of the shotguns, and the other shotgun and chain mine get a hand each. The Kämpfer is simply excellent. |
| MSiA Features MS-18E Kämpfer chain mine 2 360mm giant bazookas shotgun, folded stock shotgun, extended stock 2 panzer fausts |
| In the last days of the One Year War, the Principality of Zeon developed a prototype mobile suit, designated the YMS-18, and experimented with different variants of the design for specific mission roles. One of these variants was the MS-18E Kämpfer, designed as a fast assault unit. The Kämpfer ("käempfer" being German for "fighter" or "champion") sacrificed armor protection in exchange for many thrusters and verniers, making it very fast and maneuverable. Armed with an array of giant bazookas, shotguns and panzer fausts, the Kämpfer could approach a target at high speed, make a fast strike, and quickly escape. This "hit-and-run" concept made the Kämpfer a very powerful and deadly mobile suit; however, its speed and high number of thrusters resulted in high fuel consumption and a limited operational time. Despite this minor drawback, the Kämpfer was an excellent mobile suit. Unfortunately for Zeon, it was another case of "too-little-too-late," as the One Year War came to an end and the Kämpfer never saw mass production. Only one Kämpfer unit is known to have been fielded, attacking a Earth Federal Forces research base in the neutral Side 6 Libot Colony during a failed attempt to destroy the RX-78NT-1 Gundam "Alex" prototype mobile suit on 20 December, UC 0079. Pilot: Mikhail Kaminsky Appearances: Mobile Suit Gundam 0080: War in the Pocket; Mobile Suit Gundam: Journey to Jaburo (PS2); Mobile Suit Gundam: Encounters in Space (PS2) Original mechanical designer: Yutaka Izubuchi |
| Overview Articulation: 4 Detailing: 4 Accessories: 4 SCORE: 4 |
| 1 = POOR 2 = DECENT 3 = GOOD 4 = EXCELLENT 5 = OUTSTANDING |
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