GM2

Model number: RGM-79R (RGM-179)
Code name: GM II
Unit type: mass production general purpose mobile suit
Manufacturer: Earth Federal Forces
Operator(s): Earth Federal Forces; Titans; Anti-Earth Union Group
Accommodation: pilot only, in panoramic monitor/linear seat cockpit in torso
Dimensions: overall height 19.1 meters; head height 18.1 meters
Weight: empty 40.5 metric tons; max gross 58.7 metric tons; mass ratio 1.29

Construction: titanium alloy/ceramic composite on semi-monocoque frame

Powerplant: Minovsky type ultracompact fusion reactor, output rated at 1518 kW

Propulsion: rocket thrusters: 4 x 15500 kg; vernier thrusters/apogee motors: 10

Performance: maximum thruster acceleration: 1.06 G

Equipment and design features: sensors, range 8800 meters

Fixed armaments: 2 x 60 mm vulcan gun, fire-linked, mounted in head; 1 x beam saber, power rated at 2.6 MW, stored in recharge rack in backpack, hand-carried in use

Optional fixed armaments: 1 x shield, mounted on either forearm

Optional hand armaments: beam rifle, power rated at 1.9 MW, powered by rechargable energy cap

An update to the Earth Federal Forces' original mass production mobile suit, the RGM-79 GM, the new GM II went into service in the early UC 0080s, replacing the older GM as the mainstay front line mobile suit. Operated by the Earth Federal Forces, the Titans, and the upstart Anti-Earth Union Group, the GM II was the most common and heavily mass-produced mobile suit seen during the Gryps War in UC 0087. Though its basic frame and body are exactly the same as the original GM, the new GM II featured a higher-output generator, slightly improved thrusters and acceleration, and the new cockpit design standard, the 360-degree panoramic monitor with linear control seat. Despite these upgrades, for its day and time the GM II was little better than the original GM when compared to the more powerful prototype and limited production mobile suits being fielded during the war. Two version of the GM II were produced, though they were physically the same mobile suit: the RGM-79R, painted in red and white colors, constructed on Earth; and the RGM-179, painted in green and white colors, produced at the Titans' Gryps colonies.