Some units would be sent to Africa, and others were used by famous teams such as the White Dingos. Forty-four additional GM Cannons would be constructed and distributed to various Earth Federation battalions around the Earth to assist in driving the Zeon Military Force back out into space. By the time the Earth Federation had recaptured California Base from the Principality of Zeon forces on North America's Pacific Coast, the GM Cannons had proven themselves on the field of combat and the unit was approved for mass-production. These six GM Cannons would serve as part of the Earth Federation's campaign to retake the North American continent. Initially only six RGC-80 GM Cannons would be produced and fielded. The GM Cannon still possesses 60% parts commonality with the RGM-79 and could also carry the same hand weapons and shields as its general-purpose sibling. Deemed successful and put into production in late UC 0079, the topweight balance and recoil problems suffered by the Test Type were addressed by mounting only one 240mm rocket-assisted projectile cannon and adding heavier armor to the hip skirt as well as the legs. With the failure of the RGC-80-1 GM Cannon Test Type, the Federation designers took the gathered data and developed the RGC-80 GM Cannon, correcting the problems encountered in the predecessor model.
I took a figure of a Full Armor Gundam and put on a head of basic GM, and gave it the GM's Beam Spray Gun.Ī little history on this unit. P-Bandai Robot Spirits RGC-80 GM Cannon African Campaign Type Ver. The first unit was rolled out in October UC 0079 at Jaburo and underwent firing tests. The prototype units also mounted the head of the RX-77-2 Guncannon prototype. This is more of a Frankenstein type of build, taking different parts of different figures, and putting them together. Their first attempt in this venture was the RGC-80 Prototype GM Cannon, which was a standard GM that had a modified back structure to mount a pair 240mm shoulder cannons.