5 WORST/WEAKEST Mobile Suit Weapons

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  • Опубликовано: 28 июн 2024
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    00:00 Intro
    00:39 Nether Typhoon (Nether Gundam)
    02:36 Babbel
    03:50 Heat Stick (Genoace)
    04:51 Gundam Hammer (RX-78-2 & RX-79)
    06:27 Chest Scattering Beam Flashlight (Dom)
    08:13 Beam Magnum (Unicorn Gundam) [Honorable Mention]
    09:56 Mega Beam Launcher (RX-78-4)
    10:15 Big Wig [Honorable Mention]
    10:52 Outro
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  • @kakarot197
    @kakarot197  Год назад +55

    Thanks to Babbel: Language for Life for sponsoring today's video. Go to strms.net/babbel_kakarot197 to grab your special offer. #ad

    • @StuartLegomanLittle
      @StuartLegomanLittle Год назад +2

      I was just wondering if you were going to do some questions of the week again and I came with two questions.
      Question #1: What if the White Base was not destroyed at the end of the One Year War? ( What if the White Bases engine never got destroyed during the battle of a baoa quo?)
      Question #2: What if Tem Ray never got sucked into outer space when side 7 was attacked?

    • @philliprosewood7049
      @philliprosewood7049 Год назад +1

      Love this vid could you please make another weapons vid bc we all know there's a lot more good and bad weapons in this franchise.

    • @MasterSwo-MK
      @MasterSwo-MK Год назад +1

      Just to put a minor defense out there for the Nether Gundam, his opponent in the clip DID look like his horse needed to regain its footing whilst fighting the tornados winds, so there's clearly some genuine force there... just not enough.
      Maybe the chariot made the Zeus Gundam(?) just that little bit to heavy, maybe the windmill didn't spin fast enough or heck maybe it didn't spin for LONG enough... but I genuinely think that with some minor adjustments, Nether Typhoon could be one of the more effective attacks in the Gundam Fight.

    • @carriestovall8687
      @carriestovall8687 Год назад +1

      any chance you're going to do a development history for the RMS-108 Marasai?

  • @briansilva3765
    @briansilva3765 Год назад +784

    I always laugh at how Banagher hated the Beam Magnum at first for killing everything in it's path, then goes on to pilot a suit that is especially made to have multiple arms to use the thing.

    • @barrybend7189
      @barrybend7189 Год назад +117

      In his case the rumors of a second Neo Zeong probably shaped the judgement of using the full power beam magnum. He needed overkill just to disable something like that without the unicorn. Just being in proximity to the beam could disable mobile suits.

    • @marioangelini1860
      @marioangelini1860 Год назад +55

      That firepower is something you cant simply let go.

    • @petsgamesandrobots438
      @petsgamesandrobots438 Год назад +33

      @@barrybend7189 disable? more like dismantle (with high probability of killing the pilot) RIP to that random geara zulu

    • @barrybend7189
      @barrybend7189 Год назад +12

      @@petsgamesandrobots438 change the compression rate and the excess particles will emp a suit not destroy it.

    • @corvus9359
      @corvus9359 Год назад +48

      Well the Silver Bullet Suppressor was only meant to be used in situations that specifically call for the use of the Beam Magnum. The Mineva Faction doesn't have much in the way of military resources, meaning they don't really have access to heavy firepower without the Beam Magnum. One of the main benefits of the Beam Magnum is that it provides very strong firepower, while only being the size of a beam rifle, making it very discreet and easily transportable. Most other heavy beam weapons are very large, and acquiring heavy weapons also isn't a good look for a faction that has roots in Zeon. Since getting other large beam weapons isn't really an option, it makes more sense to just design a system that replaces a Silver Bullet's arms, rather than design a new arm from the ground up for a mobile suit that's only really meant to be used in emergencies. The Silver Bullet itself also has a history of being modified for various tests, and its arms being detachable remote weapons would imply that replacement arms would be an important item to have in reserve.

  • @Sangth123
    @Sangth123 Год назад +350

    The people writing UC lore - like the fact the Dom's chest beam originally was meant to be a socket to plug in beam weaponry - they need more recognition because it reads EXACTLY like real-world arms development and all the setbacks and compromises that come with it.

    • @subtlewhatssubtle
      @subtlewhatssubtle 11 месяцев назад +45

      Or how the Hizack was such a bodge job that it couldn't handle more than one beam weapon at a time, forcing pilots to choose whether they wanted to rely on a Zaku heat hawk or a Zaku 120mm machine gun instead of having the convenience of both a beam saber and a basic beam rifle.

    • @Servellion
      @Servellion 11 месяцев назад +15

      Definitely. I love bits of lore like that, makes the universe seem much more believable.

    • @dragonjaj
      @dragonjaj 4 месяца назад +3

      best part is some doms did get the higher output beam spray installed. The trop and fum i remember ine of them and zeonic front could flash fry GM heavies with it as well as one used the beam snipers guess they plug the power hose in the socket

  • @novaeye6081
    @novaeye6081 Год назад +30

    4:14 “when I joined the core we didn’t have any fancsmansy tanks. We had sticks, two sticks and a rock for a hole platoon and we had to share the rock!”
    - SGT. Johnson

    • @dragonjaj
      @dragonjaj 4 месяца назад +1

      age is tied to halo time line confirmed

  • @luzifershadres
    @luzifershadres Год назад +62

    Gundam Universe scientist be like: We made this big ass gun, too strong for a mobile suit too handle. So, instead of putting it on a space ship, we over engeenered a outdated mobile suit.

    • @dragonjaj
      @dragonjaj 4 месяца назад +1

      to be fair 20% of gm 3 started life as gm

    • @darwinxavier3516
      @darwinxavier3516 21 день назад

      Gundam SEED scientists come in and put starship grade weaponry on mobile suits. So much so that a battleship/carrier actually detaches two of it's weapon pods to be used as addons for it's two suits.

  • @aliastheabnormal
    @aliastheabnormal Год назад +195

    To be fair the Genoace was a product of centuries of technological regression. While the Vagan suits had nigh alien overtech by comparison. And awesome dragon modes.

    • @bthsr7113
      @bthsr7113 Год назад +51

      That does not excuse the industrial predecessor having more effective melee systems.

    • @CptPhilippnes
      @CptPhilippnes Год назад

      @@bthsr7113 all I'm getting from this is that the Federation was so corrupt and incompetent that they could downgrade their weapons to such a pathetic level that they could look at it and go "Yep, that'll do."

    • @darkkira1332
      @darkkira1332 Год назад +27

      @@bthsr7113 Thats the same as comparing a survival knife with a shovel and a pickaxe. And lets be honest, both works better than the knife.

    • @aislemontecristo
      @aislemontecristo Год назад +10

      To give it a fair chance, maybe the Genoace was basically a police unit, rather than a combat mech.

    • @Gadlight
      @Gadlight Год назад +11

      @@bthsr7113 there were more powerful units as predecesors, if you watch or read the AGE MSVs youll see, the issue its the ban on some types of weaponry by the Federation in AGE universe, because of SID, that made the Federation weaponry really weak in comparison to Vegan tech, up until they standarized their units with DODs rifles made by the AGE System.

  • @kakarot197
    @kakarot197  Год назад +159

    What a Genowaste

  • @keirgomcginlay2044
    @keirgomcginlay2044 Год назад +108

    Nether Gundam is one of my favourite Gundams.
    It's totally ridiculous... but it's actually genius. Neo-Netherlands are playing a long game.They are low ranked, and to improve their resources they NEED to get a higher place in the Gundam Fight. But they knew they didn't actually need to WIN, just do better. Getting to the finals is a great simple goal and they managed it masterfully. Anything beyond the finals was a bonus, and they outlasted many 'stronger' machines just by being smarter.

    • @GojiraFan-in9oo
      @GojiraFan-in9oo Год назад +10

      Too bad they didn't get a single victory in the tournament

    • @LagunaShirogane
      @LagunaShirogane Год назад +8

      Word of Frieza from DBZ: "Sometimes its the smartest who wins, not the strongest."

    • @kingbarrythegreat
      @kingbarrythegreat 11 месяцев назад +4

      I still laugh like a hyena at the fact it got mass-produced, how do you explain 40 giant robot windmills to your citizens when they ask about how their taxes are used, like I get that the large numbers mean the thing had lots of spare parts but the hangers would be ridiculous looking lol

    • @dragonjaj
      @dragonjaj 4 месяца назад +2

      40 giant robot wind mills with mega particle cannons that blend into your landscape try and invade us now neo germany
      @@kingbarrythegreat

  • @kl1thedominion
    @kl1thedominion Год назад +243

    The story of the Nether Gundam and how it made it to the finals will always be hilarious. It's one of the most "Well, the rules don't say I can't roll to seduce the dragon", rules-as-written-abusing moments I can think of in fiction, and the tournament organizers had to have been like "Yeah, I guess that's fine, you got us there". Well played, Neo-Holland.

    • @bluedestiny2710
      @bluedestiny2710 Год назад +26

      Unfortunately, the Nether Gundam got wrecked in the end XD based on your analogy, what happened was something like: Ok... so you succeeded in seducing the dragon! It now wants you to stay forever with it and will not allow you to leave the cave... ever... roll a new character

    • @kl1thedominion
      @kl1thedominion Год назад +19

      @@bluedestiny2710 Yeah, it definitely falls into the "an attempt was made" category lol

    • @koichijenius
      @koichijenius Год назад +29

      @@bluedestiny2710 Funding is supposedly allotted based on your finishing rank and by making it to the finals with 0 effort they would get a pretty solid return on their investment. I assume Neo Holland realized they stood no chance against Master Asia or the other entrants and just intentionally shot for bronze and the cash prize that came with it.

    • @justinjacobs1501
      @justinjacobs1501 Год назад +7

      ​@koichijenius it's actually pretty clever.

    • @shiftfire4511
      @shiftfire4511 Год назад +15

      @bluedestiny2710 Thing is, it still worked, and beautifully at that. They went from placing near the bottom of the pack with very unskilled fighters to reaching the Finals.
      The Gundam Fight is *the* biggest deal in the politics of the Future Century, so reaching the Finals *at all* is worth a lot.
      And hey, even if they're shit at fighting, they managed to avoid *literally everybody* for nearly an entire year. Considering some of the shit we see Domon and the others go through, that's a feat in itself.

  • @mercenarygundam1487
    @mercenarygundam1487 Год назад +62

    Nether Gundam: The one kid who passes most of the tests via a loophole until they reach the finals.
    Genoace: Beam Super Soaker and a wooden stick. Perfect for those hot summer days.
    Gundam Hammer: How Amuro Ray, Clotho Buer, and Loran Cehack didn't hurt themselves is beyond me.
    Chest Scattering Beam Cannon: The equivalent of mounting a flashbang on your combat vest.
    Beam Magnum: The equivalent of the Desert Eagle for giant robots. Awesome power but it's utterly impractical.
    G04's Mega Beam Launcher and Big Wig: The equivalent of draining all the house's power to run Crysis/Payday 2 and Team Fortress 2. In the Big Wig's case, running any modern game on a Commadore 64.
    Also, to answer the Big Wig's situation. Everything

    • @weebcraft6829
      @weebcraft6829 Год назад +6

      Fon Spaak (Astrea's pilot) made his own Gundam hammer too. Apparently for him it was more for sending a message, that while everyone else was using GN space magic, he was skilled enough to be caving in suits with medieval weaponry

    • @KuruniXD
      @KuruniXD 11 месяцев назад +1

      IIRC, Turn A's and Astrea Type F's hammer utilise the weight manipulating ability of I-Field/GN Drive. I don't think it ever come up for Turn A, but Fon demonstrate it in Gundam Exa (Leos manage to deflects the hammer, but Fon cause the hammer to drops down and hit the 1.5 Gundam from behind).

    • @LordTyph
      @LordTyph 11 месяцев назад +3

      being fair, the Nether Gundam did its job, getting its country in better standing by reaching the finals. Whether or not it actually progressed FURTHER would have just been icing on the cake.

    • @KiraSlith
      @KiraSlith 11 месяцев назад +2

      The Genoace is what you get when you ask an American police officer to design a mecha for civilian peacekeeping. It's cheap for what it is, and it's weaponry is fine for smaller targets like rogue tanks, civilian APCs, and killdozers. Shame it's totally useless against other mecha, barring maybe swinging a mace.

  • @calthepeacelovingclover5935
    @calthepeacelovingclover5935 Год назад +82

    I think the only time the Dom's chest scattering beam cannon worked effectively as a smokescreen/countermeasure in combat was when it was fighting against federation child soldiers in GM's, Guncannons and GM Cannons in the Thunderbolt sector. I wonder what it could do to a human standing infront of it, maybe it could be used like a vulcan gun.

    • @Supercohboy
      @Supercohboy Год назад +20

      The video shows an example of it working against Amuro, but granted Amuro is a child soldier. The guy that gets blasted in the video game intro was blinded before being slashed (7:44), and that's during the battle of A Baoa Qu iirc so that's likely a normal Feddie if not a seasoned one. There are plenty of Manga moments where it works well, but Manga consistently screw around/don't care about Canonicity, they just care about making their story look cool.
      It's definitely a niche gimmick, but during the One Year War there were very few MS that had any gimmicks, so every little advantage was a big deal in a fight I'd bet. It gives the pilot more options too, for example you can capture an enemy MS more easily through the use of "flashing" the pilot/MS sensors and then disarming or incapacitating the machine. 3 Zaku IIs would have a hard time doing that, but a Dom has a chance between the scattering beam cannon and its' slightly-higher output reactor (leading to greater strength and speed than the GM, invaluable when restraining an opponent). That's just one of many examples.

    • @riptors9777
      @riptors9777 Год назад +6

      @@Supercohboy The gimmicks thing is only half true if you leave out all the side stories and only take the original anime then yes, very few gimmicks. But over the years thery rolled out an entire cavalcade of souped up gimmick laden MS. I mean just take the Federations Pale Rider series...or their GM variants that where nowhere to be seen in the original but somehow all existed... you would think by now theres more OYW GM variants out there then GMs produced XD

    • @BadSkeelz
      @BadSkeelz 10 месяцев назад +4

      It managed to blind Karen in the 08th MS Team as well.

    • @dragonjaj
      @dragonjaj 4 месяца назад

      that is actually 90% of the federation troops looked like

    • @dragonjaj
      @dragonjaj 4 месяца назад

      Pale rider was a single unit doms where mas built and had variants the gouf flight type was so loved an idea it spawned two in field variants of the gouf custom that was the actual flighty type witch you see 3 of in the 08th two at the end and the one on the battle of the bridge crossing and there are others repotted and the drop pack/jump pack one the used by the monks in bandit flower also the only air superiority suit of the oyw @@riptors9777

  • @tomhuynh3867
    @tomhuynh3867 Год назад +54

    The Gundam hammer make sense as a anti ship weapon when you realize how initial Fed MS beam weapons and its basic operations share the same fuel source.

  • @korbinservergundam
    @korbinservergundam Год назад +87

    From what i've seen, there was also a version of the beam magnum that could alternate between using full power and a lesser powered shot. And the unicorn gundam's weren't exactly meant to play nice with everyone anyway, they were Basically, a return to the titan's ideology of just kill everything in sight, friend or foe. Besides, they were usually on their own anyway, rather than being supported by a bunch of other mobile suits.

    • @zorh136
      @zorh136 Год назад +16

      More accurately, the RX-0 units were designed to be escorted by an elite unit made up of Jestas up until the NT-D activated and it shifted into Destroy Mode, after which the Jestas would back off and provide long range support

    • @granmastersword
      @granmastersword Год назад +10

      ​@@zorh136exactly. The RX-0 units and the Jestas were designed for a purpose in mind: dealing with Neo Zeon or Zeon Remnant squads that have at least a Newtype MS/MA on their side.
      The Jestas would escort the RX-0 by dealing with the regular enemies while the RX-0 deals with the Newtype enemy. Because of that, the RX-0's arsenals were designed to better fight against Newtype machines, with the Beam Magnum guaranteeing a one shot kill and the NT-D system letting them hijack Newtype remote weapons to set them against their controller

  • @matthewbrune5490
    @matthewbrune5490 Год назад +53

    Honestly, for the RX-78-2, I’m pretty sure Tem Ray and the rest of the V-Project were given a blank check and near unlimited freedom to R&D MS that could outperform pretty much everything Zeon could make and honestly, I’d say it was completely justified

    • @taliawtf6944
      @taliawtf6944 Год назад +8

      I mean it is realistic with that sorta thing, at the start of the second world war the US government actually funded testing for bats with little fire bombs on them to send to Japan. They got to a full blown test on an old air base and they bats got loose and burnt the whole thing down not just the test target area. The goofed test was deemed a success too.

    • @hanslubas
      @hanslubas 11 месяцев назад

      I mean Bats as a weapon is possible too if a Virus infects one and people start eating them...

    • @SudrianTales
      @SudrianTales 4 месяца назад

      Plus on the Hyper Hammer, it killed a Gogg. No mean feat (and my favorite Zeon aquatic MS)

  • @joedigioseffo7203
    @joedigioseffo7203 11 месяцев назад +5

    The entire weapon package of the Aries sute from Gundam wing it also did not help that they were made out of explodium I can't recall a single episode where they were even affective against a Leo and even struggled taking out regular tanks.

  • @thefez-cat
    @thefez-cat Год назад +15

    The Genoace is amazing because they want us to accept that a Mobile Suit fought a war for literally _years_ and never once succeeded even by accident.

    • @bthsr7113
      @bthsr7113 11 месяцев назад

      Even Putin and World War 1 generals would admit they dun goofed before whatever poorly written faction justified sending pilots to their deaths without any chance of success for a full decade..

    • @SudrianTales
      @SudrianTales 4 месяца назад

      They have to show off their awesome deviantart OCs, damn the setting

  • @icdeadpipol
    @icdeadpipol Год назад +10

    IIRC those claws, also known as Iron Nails for amphibious MS can get stuck when used on some MS,MA or ships causing the unit itself to be immobilized unless they can detach or wedge out their arms properly. Worst if the ship they attack started to sink, they go down with it.

    • @bluedestiny2710
      @bluedestiny2710 10 месяцев назад +3

      Yea, which is why newer versions of the weapon could jetison the weapon if it gets stuck... and can be super heated to increase penetration. At least they learned from it hehe😊

  • @TheWarmachine375
    @TheWarmachine375 Год назад +19

    2:07 No one complained when the Hurricane Megazord from Ninja Storm did the ultimate attack of unleashing a massive tornado with a windmill-like rotors.

  • @Arrowdodger
    @Arrowdodger Год назад +14

    The Gundam Hammer was, yeah, not especially practical, given the Beam Saber and Beam Javelin are both probably much more versatile, though some of the offshoots in AUs have their uses. The Mjolnir in Cosmic Era, if I recall, can block attacks when spun, which has obvious utility, at least.

  • @Smilomaniac
    @Smilomaniac Год назад +7

    Funny thing about the Genoace/Desperado is that construction generally has higher/better safety regulations than the army, while the army's rules and regulations are more... theoretical than practical. That means that for construction work your tools have to actually pass practical specifications while military tools are a little more arbitrarily tested and suffer from cheapest bidder quality.
    This isn't stone cold fact across the board, it's an approximation of how things have worked in the past, how it still works in some places and it translates well into sci-fi where a construction mobile suit is better armored and "armed" than a military version, but it's also significantly slower and doesn't have anywhere near the suite of detection capabilities, let alone the capability at range and choice in options.
    It'd make for a great story that focuses more on a ragtag bunch of mercs who rely on custom mobile suits for purpose jobs. It's also often reflected in Patlabour stories/episodes.

  • @corvus9359
    @corvus9359 Год назад +8

    Modifying a Silver Bullet to use a Beam Magnum makes more sense than most people give it credit for. The Silver Bullet Suppressor is the perfect mobile suit for the situation it was used in. Banagher only uses the Silver Bullet Suppressor in situations that call for the use of the Beam Magnum, and he uses it as a heavy support unit that isn't meant to fight at the forefront of the battlefield. The Beam Magnum itself allows for absurdly strong firepower, while the weapon itself is only the size of a beam rifle. This allows for heavy firepower to be transported very easily and discreetly.
    Using the Silver Bullet as a base for the Suppressor is actually quite clever because one of the main features of the Silver Bullet is that the arms can be deployed as remote weapons. Since remote weapons are liable to being destroyed in combat, and the Silver Bullet is also used in a lot of testing, it would make sense for the Vist Foundation to have a lot of replacement Silver Bullet arms on hand. The Mineva faction isn't the exactly the biggest faction out there in terms of military resources. The only mobile suits they have would be the Unicorn (which is hidden away as a last resort option), Geara Zulus, and Silver Bullets from the Vist Foundation. The Silver Bullet already has a history of being modified for various tests, and it makes a lot more sense to just design a system that replaces a Silver Bullet's arms, rather than design a new arm from the ground up using resources they don't have for a mobile suit they'll only use in emergencies.

  • @docartemis2878
    @docartemis2878 Год назад +26

    In defense of the Leo’s machine gun, up until the start of the show it was a perfectly fine weapon that filled it’s role just fine. Unfortunately people kept using the machine gun and Leo long after it had become completely outclassed.

    • @Arrowdodger
      @Arrowdodger Год назад +3

      Yup. It's also, if I recall correctly, specified to have rather impressive accuracy. Stopping power, well, less so.

    • @docartemis2878
      @docartemis2878 Год назад

      @@Arrowdodger It may have been stated to have good accuracy but that did not come across in amination.

    • @demomanchaos
      @demomanchaos Год назад +4

      Same with the Zaku MG honestly, no use against plot armor despite honestly being a fairly decent weapon for its time.
      The Leo is honestly a pretty solid suit, just on the wrong side of plot armor (Spare the few instances where plot armor is on its side, it is crazy how much having a named pilot enhances the performance/survivability of a Leo). Be interesting to see how it actually matches up against a Zaku II.

    • @riptors9777
      @riptors9777 Год назад +5

      @@demomanchaos Well the Zaku machinegun was also developed to deal with the threats of the time during its inception: namely fighter craft/weaponized shuttles, tanks and battleships. You dont need alot of Armor piercing power for the former two and you would aim for weakpoints up close at the later. Hence why the follow up, the 90 mm MP had more armor piercing capabilities then the 120 mm Zaku machinegun despite being of a smaller calibre because Zeon realized that their old 120mm where not enough to stop MS armor.
      That being said: The 120 mm Zaku machinegun worked adequately against GMs for the most part thanks to the fact that your run of the mill GM had to get in close because of their beam spray gun standard equipment. And at those ranges the machine gun could dismantle a GM no problem. At range though the performance fell off dramatically, especially against shield carrying GMs

  • @Felix24148
    @Felix24148 Год назад +25

    Another tidbit about the Dom's scattering beam gun in the chest. Sometimes it was actually deemed too costly in the mass production, and not even included. Meaning a lot of Doms and Rick Doms didn't even have the option to blind their opponents.

    • @commander_razor
      @commander_razor Год назад +1

      Oh, bruhhh

    • @LeoMidori
      @LeoMidori 6 месяцев назад +2

      Ouch! Considering how relatively late war they came out Zeon pretty much needed everything they could get, so that's a bit of a deficit for sure. At least the Dom/Rick were relatively solid units for their time, or at least big steps up from the aging Zaku's.

    • @Felix24148
      @Felix24148 6 месяцев назад +1

      @@LeoMidori They were solid units. But Doms are heavy. So they have to be bully-type fighters of coming in fast to do damage before they can be hit. In space the standard GM was faster than the Rick Dom. In truth, the Dom was only adapted for space because they needed something fast. That's why later models like the Rick Dom II changed the design so much. In space the standard Rick Dom is actually very inferior to the GM in almost every way. Zeon Ace pilots could make good use of a Rick Dom. But a Zeon Ace in a captured GM could do extreme damage.

    • @LeoMidori
      @LeoMidori 6 месяцев назад

      @@Felix24148 I didn't know the production model GM was that much better in space, interesting~ I can see it given its weaponry, smaller profile, better acceleration and probably less supply issues than the Zeon would be facing at that point of the war. I guess more Gelgoogs might have made up a difference, especially if they worked out their beam rifles' overheating issues, but I guess Zeon just couldn't keep up with the Feddies at that point.

    • @Felix24148
      @Felix24148 6 месяцев назад

      @@LeoMidori Most people don't seem to know just how superior the standard GM is. It actually has slightly better thruster and sensor ability than the RX-78-2 Gundam. It's generator, alloy construction, and weaponry are nearly all superior to Zeon MS of the One Year War. Zeon pilots closed the performance gap with sheer tenacity and skill. However early Zeon MS couldn't use beam weapons, were made of steel, and had lower thruster output and acceleration than Federation MS. The standard GM did have some slightly flimsy construction to cut costs. But it could still take a hit since it's armored with Titanium. In MS Igloo you see GMs needing to be peppered with bullets before they go down. The standard GM not only has higher thruster output and acceleration, but a better main generator as well. Federation MS also had better fuel efficiency, and had their own type of propellant, which Zeon remnants had to modify their MS to be able to use later. The Rick Dom was a somewhat lackluster design. It's steel armor was thick, but didn't do it too much good against machine guns unless hit at an angle. And did almost zilch against beam weaponry. The wide body type of the Dom also made it a bigger target. Which made it twice as easy to hit as a GM. Overall the Dom was a design best suited for ground warfare because it's ability to hover allowed it to move continuously. That's why later models like the Rick Dias changed the design so much for better space performance.

  • @IBW_3000
    @IBW_3000 Год назад +17

    In defence of the beam magnum, you kinda need it to take on the Neo Zeong.

  • @diseasicon
    @diseasicon Год назад +5

    The AMX-017 Gigantic's Atomic Bazooka. Axis Zeon built a weapon that they had no ammunition for, and acquiring said ammunition hinged on an operation to seize Luna II that failed.

  • @orionparish9858
    @orionparish9858 Год назад +71

    The Beam Magnum is more impractical than worst I feel. If allies knew how far to get out of the way to avoid the splash damage...

    • @jakealter5504
      @jakealter5504 Год назад +1

      Otherwise the only drawback was that the recoil would damage any non unicorn machine

    • @andrehashimoto8056
      @andrehashimoto8056 Год назад +6

      @@jakealter5504 tbh likely only MObile armors or POST UNICORN era Gundams would have the arms servos beefed to withstand a BB main beam gun in MS Beam Rifle size kickback.

    • @KuruniXD
      @KuruniXD Год назад

      Another concern is its very limited ammo.
      Note that Gallus-J from the First Neo Zeon War has early version of the beam magnum (originally called energy gun). Although its firepower is incomparable to Unicorn's, it doesn't break Gallus's arm.

    • @longdo5910
      @longdo5910 Год назад +2

      It kind of made sense when you remember that the Unicorn series were meant to fight Newtype aces flying Kastriya and Sinanju (or Nu), so a situation where you don’t expect even the average grunt to anything other than meat shield. For more mass-produced enemies, the beam gatling is sufficiently overpowered and anything that get closed won’t be abled to even scratch the Psychoframe enhanced armor anyway.

    • @EungsuLee
      @EungsuLee Год назад

      ​@@longdo5910
      No. It makes EVEN LESS sense especially against Newtype aces, because most of them will just predict and dodge beam shots anyway.

  • @Sta_cotto
    @Sta_cotto Год назад +28

    In regards to the Silver Bullet Suppressor; I'm honestly surprised Banagher wasn't just able to get a stronger right arm made to handle the Magnum, considering he should have a favor or two to cash in with Anaheim.

    • @bthsr7113
      @bthsr7113 Год назад +6

      Like, even if it would look horribly asymmetrical, at some point it has to be cheaper to reengineer the damn thing than to keep treating arms like shell casings.

    • @AtelierGod
      @AtelierGod Год назад

      Good point.

    • @borgar1765
      @borgar1765 Год назад +7

      for what it's worth Silver Bullet is probably the best machine for the job if they can't make a stronger arm, since due to the wired arm mechanic it's designed to have them be easily detachable and probably had more spare parts for them than the average suit

    • @jetblackangelX
      @jetblackangelX Год назад +4

      A later side story does have that happen. Banagher is given a spare gundam mk2 with a modified right arm that could handle the beam magnum.

    • @bthsr7113
      @bthsr7113 Год назад

      @@borgar1765 Fair.

  • @DarkOperationman
    @DarkOperationman Год назад +17

    The most joking weapon in Gundam series I could think of : The Spray Gun. Not the beam spray gun, just a a spray gun that just spraying paint to your enemy. In Gundam Build Fighter

    • @aprinnyonbreak1290
      @aprinnyonbreak1290 11 месяцев назад +7

      Just imagine
      You have spent a hundred+ hours making your model, delicately bashing bits together, buying entire extra model kits to get the one thing on your custom frankenmech ace custom. The most finely tuned death machine that can barely exist by universe technicality within this timeline.
      And then SOME KID throws a paint sprayer on his poorly assembled Zaku 2 or Leo shitbox, destroys all the joints on your gundam permanently, deforms the perfectly sculpted part modifications you made, ruins the paintjob forever, and is impossible to just repaint over to fix.
      Truly. Eternal war may have no victors, but it can certainly have loss.

    • @potatomongrel
      @potatomongrel 2 месяца назад

      @@aprinnyonbreak1290 Didn't 0083 Stardust Memory have a mock battle with EFF trainees using paint ammunition?

  • @timo7641
    @timo7641 Год назад +5

    actually Unicorns beam magnum isn't fit for worst/weakest category, its just not convenient to use lol

  • @muisverriet
    @muisverriet Год назад +5

    As a Dutchie, it's great to hear you speak in Dutch (with the lovely Belgian accent)!

  • @TheWarmachine375
    @TheWarmachine375 Год назад +6

    4:56 It looks more like a Gundam Chain Flail than a Hammer.

    • @bthsr7113
      @bthsr7113 11 месяцев назад +2

      Gundam has a rough history for terminology.

  • @ryanhoule4415
    @ryanhoule4415 Год назад +8

    I remember that the Gundam Hammer was the ultimate move in Gundam Battle Assault 2 and it sucked in that, too. While it did quite a chunk damage, the drawback was that your opponent had to be within a certain distance; if they’re too far or too close, you miss.

    • @demomanchaos
      @demomanchaos Год назад

      In GBA 1 the Gundam didn't have an Ultimate at all, nor did Nu IIRC.

    • @konos-p8842
      @konos-p8842 Год назад +2

      I thought it was actually fairly broken as the damage (nearly a whole bar) happened in an instant. You could use Javelin to keep enemies in the sweet spot for the hammer

    • @AssaultFlamingo
      @AssaultFlamingo Год назад +2

      ​@@konos-p8842Yeah, it was a good way to semicheese through opponents in arcade move.

    • @ryanhoule4415
      @ryanhoule4415 Год назад

      @@konos-p8842 Except the wind-up gives your opponent ample warning to either charge-in or back off out of range.

    • @konos-p8842
      @konos-p8842 Год назад

      @ryanhoule4415 the wind up happens as a short cinematic, specifically the first 2 twirls. The third one is the actual hit which comes out fast

  • @far5527
    @far5527 Год назад +11

    Imma put a honorable or probably is a mention, the zero system. Although it is arguably not a physical weapon, it is good enough to be called weapon since it can literally surpress your emotion which can make you a cold blooded pilot so you don't care who got hit or survive, pair it with something something like the buster rifle or heavyarms itself, you better pray

  • @antoniczarnecki9455
    @antoniczarnecki9455 Год назад +17

    Hey, Gundam 00 had Astrea - Exia prototype - that made great use of Gundam Hammer. Imagine this thing moving as you please because GN particles can shift gravity, lethal AND unreactable!

  • @pielover91
    @pielover91 Год назад +8

    Never forget... the Scattering Beam Cannon was pretty much required to bring down the Mudrock Gundam.

  • @KyriosMirage
    @KyriosMirage Год назад +10

    For "The Wing Peashooter" I'd suggest the main MG used on the Aries, rather than the implied Leo's 105mm. IIRC, that thing was only supposed to be a 90mm.

    • @xnflg3074
      @xnflg3074 Год назад

      Without looking it up, I assume the Mercurius' beam handgun had a pretty low power rating too. The thing was designed for defensive purposes and had the crash shield and planet defensors but I figure that gun isn't very powerful

    • @bluedestiny2710
      @bluedestiny2710 Год назад

      @@xnflg3074 correct. For the most part, the gun would be effective against "lightly" armored targets like standard mobile suits... but thr gun would be ineffective against the Planetary Defensors (which was also deployed by the Virgo series) and the Gundam's armor
      ... and of course... its exceptionally useless against plot armor... i believe it couldnt even penetrate the Taurus' armor that was used by Hilde during her escape

  • @AceFalken
    @AceFalken 11 месяцев назад +4

    gundam hammer and hyper hammer are actually scary since its a giant mass flying at you. Ifield cant stop it and if youre short being in a mobile armor you're gonna have to hope you're quicker because your armor is gonna be crushed especially when gundarium is still relatively new.
    I think it's harder to do weapons then it is to do suits since some weapons can be argued as being more regarded as a utility use (dom flashbang which other suits also have actual flashbangs). while there's just several suits that are regarded as bad or requiring really good pilots to use remotely good (Zudah)

  • @AtelierGod
    @AtelierGod Год назад +15

    The pea shooter from Gundam wing was likely bad, but it was up against similar units to the units using them and similar weaponry so it’s only bad because something far superior was introduced afterwards.

  • @Phoenix_Destiny_Kai
    @Phoenix_Destiny_Kai Год назад +25

    To be fair, Zeus Gundam had temporary plot armor because he was supposed to lose to the Burning Gundam.

    • @GojiraFan-in9oo
      @GojiraFan-in9oo Год назад +4

      That wasn't plot armor.
      Nether Gundam is just that weak

    • @Phoenix_Destiny_Kai
      @Phoenix_Destiny_Kai Год назад +2

      @@GojiraFan-in9oo I don't doubt that, but then again I don't think Zeus was that strong either.

  • @GCJACK83
    @GCJACK83 Год назад +6

    The ending... brought me to tears. Thoroughbred just doesn't get the love it deserves.

  • @unaiestanconapelaez2526
    @unaiestanconapelaez2526 Год назад +10

    In defense of the beam magnum you should consider that it was build in uc 96 a time were for a long time massive battles were a thing of the past also its area effect makes more sense if you consider that it was designed to support a newtype hunting mobile suit.

  • @kyrudo
    @kyrudo Год назад +16

    Beam Magnum shares the same woes with weapons like the Twin Buster Rifle or Sat Cannon. The issue is that if these weapons actually hit then so much for the 3 episode long climax of the series.
    Imagine how fast Wing’s climax wouldve been resolved if Heero would just fucking stop losing the TBR.
    Weapons so powerful the plot has to get in the way

  • @jaderabbit898
    @jaderabbit898 Год назад +7

    Unrelated to the video but are you planning to be doing 'Question of the Week' again? Because I'd like to ask how different would Char's encounters be during the Gryps War if he had the Delta Gundam or its Unit 2.
    Side note, I'm surprised there's no mentioning of the Blu Duel's weapons here, considering... you know.

  • @DrJay1234
    @DrJay1234 Год назад +4

    What about the Wing Gundam's buster rifle? Yeah, it can take out multiple Aries and Leos in one shot, but in lore, it is limited to three shots before being recharged, which isn't ideal for battlefield situations. I am also fairly certain the show ignored this fact multiple times.

    • @harlannguyen4048
      @harlannguyen4048 Год назад +3

      I think it had a variable output system, so it can fire either multiple weaker shots or 3 full power shots.

  • @IvanksMW
    @IvanksMW Год назад +4

    I think the Peashooter from wing was not weak itself it was just that everything in that universe i got used against was tanky as hell, Gundams were pretty much invulnerable to anything but the biggest beam weapons and everything else had Planet Defensors XD

  • @Plaprad
    @Plaprad Год назад +13

    My question is, how well would the Doms beam "cannon" do against infantry and light armored vehicles. Seems a Dom doing a drive by of a supply convoy made of trucks would be very effective.
    A big part of a weapons effectiveness is how someone decides to use it. Some of the most idiotic and crazy ideas in real life actually worked rather well.

    • @bthsr7113
      @bthsr7113 Год назад

      That does sound like it should work well.

    • @riptors9777
      @riptors9777 Год назад +1

      Debatable since "convoys" in the UC timeline are hardly comparable to convoys nowadays. After all everything is now MS sized (because they need to transport MS sized stuff)... wich does include convoy vehicles. Wich also means that they would have armor/structure to go along with it. As for against infantry? I dont think you can get that chest beam emitter close enough to infantry to use it as an anti infantry weapon. The dom would basically have to bend over a group of infantry and then shoot them point blank (from an MS point of view) to cause damage.
      Remember that the scatter gun on the doms chest had absolutely no range.. and it has never been seen to cause actual damage even on a surface level... wich considering how particle weapons in gundam work should have atleast sandpapered/pockmarked any metal surface in the vicinity. Heck it couldnt even be used to intercept missles or such like a vulcan gun.
      It might cause permanent blindness against unshielded eyes though considering the intensity of the light, so one use i could see for it is crowd control against riots?

    • @Plaprad
      @Plaprad Год назад +2

      @@riptors9777 I can see some of your points. We'd never know without actual data on the weapon.
      But a convoy is a convoy. They've been pretty much the same for millennia. I can't see them changing much by UC. I remember going through my convoy escort training and seeing how a lot of it was developed in WWII and still in use today.
      One thing I've always been curious about with the "spicy camera flash" as my buddy once called it is can it focus? Maybe it can develop an actual beam, but the pilots just set the focus to "shotgun". And I may be wrong, but I seem to remember somewhere a Dom using it to intercept an incoming missile. But this could just be old age and wishful thinking.

    • @riptors9777
      @riptors9777 Год назад

      @@Plaprad What i mean is that the beam scatter gun of the Dom is not capable of actually inflicting damage, at all.
      Also sadly, no,, it cannot focus.. its called a scatter gun for a reason. MS Handheld beam weapons with two different firing modes werent even invented at that point int time. Remember this was the very beginning of MS beam weapon engineering and Zeon had massive issues with their beam weapon project.
      It is even stated in the wiki that all it can do is produce a bright flash. Also the vehicles used to transport equipment during the OYW, the samson trailers for example, dwarf every vehicle we have in use nowadays. Wich also means that they are more robust. And the beam scatter gun of a DOM cant even destroy unarmored targets such as missles or grenades.. so it stands to reason that it could not even scratch a medea transport.
      Infact there isnt a single instance in all of UC gundam where a doms beam scatter gun destroyed anything at all... or even caused superficial damage. Its really just a mech sized camera flash. (there is plenty of examples though where the flash was successfully used to blind the enemy and then destroy them with another weapon, so the thing wasnt completly useless)

    • @bthsr7113
      @bthsr7113 Год назад +1

      I mean, a transport is always going to have way less protection than than the elite super prototype or even rank and file frontline combat vehicles. So I do believe that a Dom could probably do hideous things to rear line logistics vehicles with the integral beam weapon. And definitely neutralize exposed infantry.

  • @mephosto
    @mephosto Год назад +4

    we need to be nice to the nether typhoon, they can't all be as amazing as the dreaded tequila vortex.

  • @randaljr.8581
    @randaljr.8581 Год назад +9

    You must not have played Gundam Battle Assault 2... the Gundam Hammer! was broken lol. Took off a full health bar. and you could do it 3 times per match.

    • @frigginresulrum
      @frigginresulrum Год назад +2

      Also talked smack about the Agguguy, which is stupidly powerful in the right hands
      Edit: I'm an idiot and read "Gundam Battle Operation 2" not, Battle Assault 2.

    • @icdeadpipol
      @icdeadpipol Год назад +1

      The Battle Assault series IMO was a poor representation for MS combat as the fights were restricted in space barely enough for the MS/MA to display their mobility.

  • @Cypher.
    @Cypher. Год назад +12

    There is the SD Gundam Scad Hammers game where the RX-78-2 was only equipped with the Gundam Hammer.

    • @KuruniXD
      @KuruniXD 11 месяцев назад

      And Tem manages to evacuate on the White Base, allows him to make even better hammers!

  • @alfianfahmi5430
    @alfianfahmi5430 Год назад +9

    -> Beam Magnum : The thing that makes me mad about it is how small the size was. It's the size of Beam Rifle while having the output of a Mega Beam Launcher / Mini Colony Laser. If it was as big as Doven Wolf's beam cannon/rifle with adjustable output and was also equipped with a bipod/tripod for cannon mode, Beam Magnum could've been used more than once by mobile suits other than Unicorn Gundam.
    -> Beam Flashlight : I'm more confused on why Shinn Asuka couldn't just use his Palma Fiocina just like Doms' Beam Flashlight. It's like, he has the best flashbang literally on his hands, but he chose to use dem flashy hands for a Shining Finger homage 🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️

  • @marioangelini1860
    @marioangelini1860 Год назад +4

    I don’t want sound annoying but you think it's possible a top for best Mobile Suits Backpacks in Gundam. The criteria could about more speed, fire power, protection, or even especial benefits.
    For example this is my top 6
    1-Freedom backpack: the benefits you pointed out in your development video and plus they are wings that have cannons on them I love that combination.
    2-Phenex backpack: I know is the same as unicorn and banshee but the addition of the two anti-armor DE makes it better in my opinion but to benefits in speed, firepower, and protection.
    3-Gundam Flauros backpack: I love those cannons. I know they work better when Flauros is in shooting position but with the right ammo you can destroy everything in front of of you.
    4-Barbatos Lupus Rex tail: The benefits in combat and mobility are very good and I love how can be use to attack enemies.
    5-Murdrock backpack: I actually just the cannons design and I always wanted other Mobile suits like the Jegan to use a beam version of the backpack to have a Jegan cannon.
    6-Gundam Ground type backpack: I know is just the typical MS backpack. However, when attach the weapons container you can carry extra ammo and even additional firepower like machine guns, bean rifles, cannons, rocket launchers, and missile launchers. You can never carry enough dakka into the battlefield.
    Another point of view could be about the backpacks I would put in my Mobile Suit.

    • @tidepoolclipper8657
      @tidepoolclipper8657 Год назад +2

      Others potentially worth mentioning include;
      Raphael Gundam: A rather overpowered backpack and the backpack itself is technically the real Gundam.
      Crossbone family: I like those x shaped thrusters in general. Not to mention they are part of the core block system (except X2 Kai; which is weaker).
      Hi-Nu: Contains multiple funnels configured into a wing-like configuration.
      Re-ZEL: More practical than the bizarre system that Re-GZ had. Transformation less of a complicated mess than Zeta Gundam thanks to its backpack design.
      Blue Astray Second Revise: Part of backpack can become a large blade and is able to hold a large Gatling gun.
      Red Astray Kai: Similar to to Blue Astray Second Revise, except the Gatling gun is replaced with the ability to form a large bow.
      Infinite Justice: Easily its coolest weapon is the launchable portion of its backpack system. Unlike the one from Re-GZ; this thing is not a one-time use and doesn't cause the Gundam to become even weaker.

    • @marioangelini1860
      @marioangelini1860 Год назад +1

      @@tidepoolclipper8657 I agree backpacks are almost vital for a MS as their weapons and shields.

    • @trollinoakenshield9822
      @trollinoakenshield9822 Год назад

      ​@@tidepoolclipper8657yo dawg, i heard you like gundam, so i put gundam on your gundam so you could pilot another gundam while piloting gundam.

    • @Joshua_N-A
      @Joshua_N-A Год назад

      Ootori pack for the Strike Rouge. Basically look like a simplified and refined IWSP.

    • @marioangelini1860
      @marioangelini1860 Год назад +1

      @@Joshua_N-A Correct me if I am wrong. The backpack for the Strike Noir in also an alternative to the IWSP.

  • @vustvaleo8068
    @vustvaleo8068 Год назад +11

    the Gundam Hammer also appears in the Anno Domini timeline used by the Astraea Type-F.

  • @dylansmith1364
    @dylansmith1364 Год назад +3

    5:12 To be fair the meteor hammer is terrifying in her hands.

  • @demomanchaos
    @demomanchaos Год назад +4

    To be fair, the Gundam Hammer is VERY effective against Big Zam in Federation vs Zeon/Gundam vs Zeta and other slow mobile armor with I-Fields.

    • @LeoMidori
      @LeoMidori 6 месяцев назад

      Yeah, you do have to treat anti beam proofed units differently. Same with the Psycho Gundams.

  • @ginger-ham4800
    @ginger-ham4800 Год назад +4

    It's not that the Genoace's beam spray gun is bad, it's juet that the Vagan mobile suits are waaaay more advanced. It's the equivalent of a fresh off the factory OYW GM vs a ZZ era transformable MS piloted by a Newtype.
    Also, the Gundam Hammer kicks ass. Just look at Raider Gundam, Astraea and Turn A.

  • @SabinStargem
    @SabinStargem Год назад +5

    Personally, I think the Hyper Hammer is a good weapon. Unlike a beam saber, it can penetrate I-Fields and the like because it isn't a energy weapon. Further, the hammer itself has jets that allows it to be a guided and relatively ranged melee weapons. Given further development, I could see it being a form of Bit weaponry, where the pilot mentally guides multiple morningstar heads, smashing and crushing the target.
    The downsides of the hammer really comes from the lack of portability...which the Zaku family line solved. They have spiked shoulders, which they tackle enemies with. If a mech could mount the hammers on the shoulders, they can easily carry the balls without them being in the way.

    • @kyletimmons2940
      @kyletimmons2940 11 месяцев назад +3

      That's exactly how the Bolt Gundam from G Gundam fights. It has a large mace head built into its shoulder that it fires like a cannon. which is tethered to its arm via a chain... made of beam energy.

  • @tidepoolclipper8657
    @tidepoolclipper8657 Год назад +6

    If we can include prototype weapons; there's the 100mm Zaku machinegun and the Zaku High Mobility R-2S chest beam cannon.
    The former was woefully inadequate; especially once they realized there was no way in heck it could ever destroy any armored ship.
    The later had actual power; but needed another mobile suit hooked up to the R-2S to be able to fire it once. After that, the other mobile suit became dead-weight.

  • @kevjad6536
    @kevjad6536 Год назад +8

    please make a jegan/jesta/gustav development history.....
    awesome video btw

    • @marioangelini1860
      @marioangelini1860 Год назад

      I wonder if the Jeda will be mentioned because is the predecessor of the Jegan and the Jegan variants like the ECOAS version will be mentioned it would be awesome.

  • @AshuraH
    @AshuraH Год назад +5

    If you're gonna be going for a round 2, I would certainly call up all of the Earth Alliance's/ZAFT's/ORB's attempts to combine the Striker Packs. The Multi-Striker Pack was more or less slapping all three Striker Packs together and shoving a bunch of batteries up the Aile Striker's ass (Mu only piloted it once, then gave up), The Integrated Weapon Striker Pack was so unwieldy Cagalli couldn't use it and was pretty much a display piece and the Destiny Silhouette was "Hey, let's put this awesome backpack on the Impulse with no changes to battery power!"
    I say the Ootori gets a pass as it works in Cagalli's hands and when Kira gets it, he makes it and the Strike Rouge SHINE.

  • @TheWarmachine375
    @TheWarmachine375 Год назад +16

    3:54 And yet Gundam AGE never revealed what's the power source for the mobile suits in that series.

    • @kakarot197
      @kakarot197  Год назад +20

      For the Genoace, AA batteries probably

    • @RayShadow278
      @RayShadow278 Год назад +6

      @@kakarot197 Nah have you seen Dendoh? You can get a lot more punch out of AA Batteries lol

    • @EungsuLee
      @EungsuLee Год назад +4

      @@kakarot197
      DAMN YOU ENERGIZER!

    • @Joshua_N-A
      @Joshua_N-A Год назад

      Must be Forerunner tech.
      Lol..JK.

  • @noahsterben5666
    @noahsterben5666 Год назад +31

    I don’t really feel the beam magnum should be on here even as an honorable mention. Yes the power can hurt Allies close in proximity and some mobile suits but a few things to keep in mind,
    not every weapon Is meant for all types of engagements.
    And even rocket launchers we have used could hurt allies through its back blast.
    It does have downsides but those seem more situational then real detriments. Just like all weapons.

    • @GojiraFan-in9oo
      @GojiraFan-in9oo Год назад +6

      A better pick would have been the GP02's atomic bazooka if he wants to stick with the ally argument

    • @riptors9777
      @riptors9777 Год назад +1

      @@GojiraFan-in9oo To be fair again: The GP02 was never meant to stand BEHIND allies when using that weapon. Infact the GP02 was a strategic weapon, hence the lack of any real anti-MS weaponry on it.
      Wasnt the idea that the GP01 would function as an escort till the GP02 could deploy its strategic weapon and then both scedadle?

  • @Blockio1999
    @Blockio1999 Год назад +2

    Honorable mention to the Hathaway funnel missiles for being the single most cost ineffective weapon in UC

    • @EungsuLee
      @EungsuLee Год назад

      Wouldn't Psyco Gundams fit that category better?
      Eh, all of them didn't do much except giving their pilots mental issues.

    • @bthsr7113
      @bthsr7113 11 месяцев назад +1

      The Psycho Gundam could actually hurt things and repeatedly with energy weapons. Putting Funnel Tech in missiles requires massive resource expenditure for a single use weapon.

  • @saiken811
    @saiken811 11 месяцев назад +1

    4:13 i was not expecting the squeak lmao

  • @spacetaz3382
    @spacetaz3382 Год назад +2

    The prototype Amakusa from Crossbone Gundam had a weapon based off the Gundam hammer so I guess it was technically used one more time in UC

  • @dariuszrutkowski420
    @dariuszrutkowski420 Год назад +3

    So glad that Neo- Poland's Gundam Magnate isn't the suckiest one. It's armament while not the most modern looks to be superior to the walking windmill.

  • @RainStorm148
    @RainStorm148 Год назад +9

    Blitz' Trikeros deserved a special mention, i think.
    the idea is great (composite offense defense system where your hand doesnt have to switch weapons or a minor delay between going from offense to defense or vice versa) BUT if your opponent decides to disarm you...

    • @RedWingnut00
      @RedWingnut00 Год назад +5

      The weapon system was fine, it's just that the Blitz really didn't have much of anything else to use as a backup.

    • @AtelierGod
      @AtelierGod Год назад +3

      Don’t forget that the Blitz was rolled out during a time of primarily physical weapons which phase shift armor neutralized.

    • @bluedestiny2710
      @bluedestiny2710 Год назад +4

      I'd say the more useless part of the Blitz was the Gliepnir (the grappling hook weapon on its right arm). Sure its a capturing weapon... I think... but i think pointing a gun at the enemy and forcing them to surrender would be as effective. I guess it could be used as a dodging weapon similar to how the Strike Noir used its rocket propelled anchors... but it was never seen being used this way

    • @icdeadpipol
      @icdeadpipol Год назад +2

      Actually liked this weapons and was hoping there was another set to wield on the left arm. With a few modification it can probably support adding a ranged wire feature similar to the Strike Noir.
      Should a mod be added to the Trikeros itself, perhaps a railgun launcher to launch those lances at a higher speed (rather than rely on a rocket propulsion embedded on the lance) enough to counter any PS Armor (similar to a Dainsleif). Combined with the Meteor Colloid cloaking system, it can be pretty scary as it will be difficult to track where the shot came from.

    • @Joshua_N-A
      @Joshua_N-A Год назад +1

      @@icdeadpipol speaking of lances, are you familiar with the words "Rod from God"? I mean, Nicol could've activate mirage colloid, place the Blitz in orbit and position it above the intended target like major strategic bases, the mass drivers or even the White House itself (Atlantic Federation is said to be the strongest out of all the major powers in Earth Alliance).

  • @dtayza5432
    @dtayza5432 Год назад +2

    Helaas pindakaas wasn't what I was expecting to hear in this vid but it got a big laugh out of me. Dankje!

  • @casbalt7763
    @casbalt7763 Год назад +2

    The hammer is fun in games that let you use it though lol. Maybe that was what they were thinking

  • @VRHyoumaru
    @VRHyoumaru Год назад +19

    I'm surprised the iconic head-mounted Vulcan never got a mention in this, for as iconic and everlasting as it is, it rarely gets used, let alone makes an impact anywhere ever.

    • @johnsmithfakename8422
      @johnsmithfakename8422 Год назад +19

      I think the Vulcans worked for their intended purpose.
      They were not intended to be an anti-MS weapon but they were intended to be used for interception (namely Missiles and aircraft), as a side note they were also good enough for MS anti-personnel role. The Vulcans were specifically noted as not having enough power to destroy a MS but they could damage soft targets (like cameras and joints).

    • @lordilluminati5836
      @lordilluminati5836 Год назад +12

      amuro kills a zaku with them in episode 1. they also shoot down missiles and kill infantry. vulkans are crazy good

    • @demomanchaos
      @demomanchaos Год назад +9

      Vulcans are great against soft targets, like aircraft and infantry. They also could work well for suppression and distraction, and if used properly could be effective at damaging more exposed components to mission-kill an MS. IRL example would be the fact that a BMP-T's hull can shrug off a .50 BMG round without even noticing but the sights/turret are very vulnerable so wrecking that knocks the BMP-T out of the fight without destroying it.
      In some games they are basically a necessity, like Gundam Crossfire. The lack of Vulcans makes the Zeon fight against the much more numerous and capable Federation aircraft much more difficult (And how Zeke units just kind of suck overall in that game compared to Federation units, and the Guntank spam certainly doesn't help).

    • @EungsuLee
      @EungsuLee Год назад +4

      Head vulcan is basically a MS version of CIWS.
      It does have its own fair use.

    • @marthofaltea1751
      @marthofaltea1751 Год назад +6

      ​@@EungsuLeeSEED MS actually label them as CIWS.

  • @Wolfedge75
    @Wolfedge75 Год назад +3

    Wasn’t the Gundam Hammer a holdover from it’s campier, Super Robot-ish elements?

  • @anwenlokier2292
    @anwenlokier2292 Год назад +5

    In my school vr game, the weakest weapon is the unicorn gundam beam magnum for a single reason after Goalius was poisoned badly by Eri the dawn of fold did surgery and bio reconstruction to be a omega pirate (the omega pirate from metroid prime has a ability that it use while it doesn't attack where it puts its hands up and absorbs energy blasts) which makes him immune to about 99% of beam weapons besides a mega partical cannon and the big cannons on the destroy Gundam back

  • @ProfessM
    @ProfessM Год назад +2

    Say what you will about the Gundam version of the Vampire Killer, that hammer is often stupidly good in games and has the rule of cool to make it work at times.

  • @datvu9537
    @datvu9537 Год назад +2

    The vibrating dagger that the Mobile Suits in Gundam 00 had. During the first ep Patrick pulled it out on the Exia

    • @huntermad5668
      @huntermad5668 Год назад

      We saw Flag with Sword so likely Eanact had one too.
      Likely Patrick's suit just didn't have it onboard as that was a demonstration anyway. They might place it somewhere in the area to show off the melee performance later.
      Likely the Vibro Knife is the last resort

    • @riptors9777
      @riptors9777 Год назад +1

      Nah, the vibro knife worked just well against the mobile suits produced by every other country at the time. Just not against plot armored gundams ofcourse XD

  • @KuruniXD
    @KuruniXD Год назад +2

    I still like the fan theory that Genoace is Mobile Security (police) forced to work as Mobile Suit (soldier), so its heat stick is analog to police baton.

  • @popeyeginger6840
    @popeyeginger6840 Год назад +1

    The windmill gundam😂.. I love the g gundam series but some of em were hilarious and others crazy

  • @WolfMother603
    @WolfMother603 Год назад +1

    Love these lists you do.

  • @THF117
    @THF117 Год назад +1

    I would've thought the idea of the Strike's knives would be here, even though they did something in the show

  • @sgt_s4und3r54
    @sgt_s4und3r54 11 месяцев назад

    Encounters in Space was so much fun. Still have it and my original PS2 from launch.

  • @failed_K
    @failed_K 20 дней назад

    gotta love how most of the RX 78's arsenal was basically the designers throwing random stuff to see if it could actually work

  • @michaelbelonio3342
    @michaelbelonio3342 Год назад +1

    About the beam magnum, the Gundam Delta Kai's arms was said to be reinforced in order to use the Unicorn's gun.

  • @PauloMagno0203
    @PauloMagno0203 Год назад

    This video totally made my day!!

  • @succmama1039
    @succmama1039 Год назад +2

    Funny how the hyper hammer is ono of if not the best melee weapon for the Gundam in GBO2

  • @Nehfarius
    @Nehfarius Год назад +6

    It's fine if the Nether Gundam wasn't the best(due to Rutger, admittedly, being kind of a crap pilot). We over in Neo Holland built a LOT of them(and had to trot them out when the Devil Gundam came calling). You might've seen them, they took pride of place among some of Neo Denmark's sea creature Gundam prototypes.

    • @Hartzilla2007
      @Hartzilla2007 11 месяцев назад

      Which is also why I'm suspicious of Neo Holland. I can't think of any non try to take over the world reasons for building a Gundam army.

    • @Nehfarius
      @Nehfarius 11 месяцев назад

      @@Hartzilla2007 Yeah, well at least we're not responsible for the Wing Gundam, a Gundam so ridiculous it went on to get its own show after the fact.

  • @Volinus
    @Volinus Месяц назад +1

    Gundam Age is the only series with the proper "beam rifles" that make beam spins in spiral to improve accuracy and penetration 😅

  • @zombieplus1423
    @zombieplus1423 Год назад +1

    Here I was thinking you had to the double check the MG Dom's manual for a Dom development history... instead you had to go and remind me that Zimmad decided to give their state of the art mobile suit high beams.

  • @rakhmathadita3917
    @rakhmathadita3917 11 месяцев назад +1

    funny thing in gundam battle assault 2, gundam hammer is OG gundam finishing move, and if timed correctly, it can easily remove 1 bar

  • @goufr3540
    @goufr3540 Год назад +1

    Nothing is more OP than the ever famous Neo Sweden Neithers/Windmill Gundam. No one can see it coming, like a built in Ultra Instinct.

  • @TheKusa5
    @TheKusa5 5 дней назад

    at the dom section I thought you were gonna mention the Beam Bazooka which had a habit of exploding on its user
    but was so damn cool ;w;

  • @tommyt374
    @tommyt374 Год назад

    Just now getting into Gundam and gunpla. Your videos are very informative and i appreciate them. My question is tho, whos the suit with the red visor you use for your transitions and whats it from? It looks very menacing

    • @quandaledingle4127
      @quandaledingle4127 11 месяцев назад

      I think it might be an RGM-96 Jesta, from Gundam Unicorn

  • @Servellion
    @Servellion 11 месяцев назад +1

    I've never really understood if the Leo's weapon is weak or the Gundam's armor was too strong since I do seem to remember people using those same guns to take out Taurus and Virgos.

  • @mechzilla569
    @mechzilla569 Год назад +1

    the beam magnum while powerful as all hell
    is overkill

  • @aalbes50
    @aalbes50 Год назад

    2:37, thats actualy some good dutch, but yeah the nether gundam story is always a good one for me.

  • @zacharydenning7481
    @zacharydenning7481 Год назад

    Great video bro

  • @thedigitaldummy3098
    @thedigitaldummy3098 Год назад +3

    I got into gundam a few months ago through gunpla kits. The first HG I ever bought was the YMS-15 Gyan (Revive ver.).
    While I understand that the needle missiles and hide bombs were by no means anaemic, mounting them in a shield is such a spectacularly ridiculous concept. It’s a chain fire waiting to happen. Who would possibly think it a good idea to store all the explosives carried by a mobile suit in its shield? Did the Zimmad company misunderstand the concept of ERA?

    • @demomanchaos
      @demomanchaos Год назад

      To be fair where else are you going to put them? At least with the shield storage the detonation is away from the hull.

    • @thedigitaldummy3098
      @thedigitaldummy3098 Год назад

      @@demomanchaos chances are that if the hull was hit something bad enough to detonate the ammo, the pilot would be killed anyway. The hull should avoid getting hit or direct fire into the shield which it can’t if the shield is also supposed to function handheld ammo depot.

    • @demomanchaos
      @demomanchaos Год назад

      @@thedigitaldummy3098 You'd be surprised what kind of damage a well designed armored vehicle can take any keep the pilot intact. In Ukraine there are quite a few Bradleys which took very nasty hits but the crew managed to escape largely unscathed. With proper blow-out panels and storage the risk of a chain detonation is actually quite limited, though the Gyan is not really meant to trade fire as she is a basically a CQB only MS.

  • @saberwing7930
    @saberwing7930 Год назад +1

    Personally, I think you should have stuck with either weak or bad weapons, and not try to have both in the same video. So, it would be a video for weapons that sucked for lack of damage or ineffectiveness, and another for weapons that were plenty powerful, but undercut by other issues, like being hazardous to friend and foe alike.
    The Unicorn's Beam Magnum is a textbook case of Awesome, But Impractical. It is awesomely powerful, but the large kill radius combined with the low capacity make using it in battle hard. It is probably best suited for engagements against single large targets like a Mobile Armor. The fact that it had a kill radius could also be useful, for taking out a squad of enemies like a shotgun, but that would be tricky to pull off. It would also require there to be no friendlies in you line of fire.
    What it needed was a lower power mode, but that's arguably what the beam gatlings were for.
    One thing that has never made sense to me is the idea of swapping out arms in order to use the beam magnum. I would think that it would be a lot simpler to just beef up one or both arms, because it's not a case of the RX-0 series being able to wield it only because they could use the effects of the psycho frame to dampen recoil. And, Anaheim probably has some spare parts lying around, just leave out the psycho frame parts.
    Another, even simpler option would be to make some kind of stock for the beam magnum. Doing that, and going right to the frame of the MS would probably reduce the stress on the arm joints enough to make it useable.

  • @spaghettisama
    @spaghettisama 7 месяцев назад

    Very surprised to find out you're Belgian. Always fun to find fellow countrymen making content that's actually popular globally.

  • @lopezg378
    @lopezg378 Год назад +1

    So in other words the Dom got a flashbang that is pretty God damn smart

  • @frankcosyns2348
    @frankcosyns2348 Год назад

    your dutch's great, goed gedaan gast!

  • @SS2LP
    @SS2LP Год назад +2

    Pretty sure there are some suits that can handle the magnum. There’s manga scans I’ve seen of the delta kai holding one, believe the manga is across the sky, the issue really boiled down to the other suits weren’t made originally with the weapon in mind, the delta plus predates the unicorn suits by a few years first showing up in 0090 and the silver bullet suppressor is technically built with it in mind but is all built on what amounts to doven wolf specs so another suit that predates the weapon.

  • @alexdrapou4554
    @alexdrapou4554 Год назад

    Welcome back friend