5 version and the commanding tank version. Two new variants was shown in the MS IGLOO 2 - the Type 61's 3rd variant type of the Mk. Needless to say, when in the war's focus shifts into space, the Type 61's importance become minute (though the RB-79 Balls perform a similar function spacewise). However, because they take up much fewer resources than mobile suits, it is possible to recapture large areas of Earth territory from Zeon by the sheer weight of numbers. As in the series, the Type 61s are no match for mobile suits in equal numbers.
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In the strategy games series Gihren's Greed, the Type 61 functions as the Earth Federation Forces' only ground unit until the Project V is completed. Before the formal introduction of Federation's GM mobile suits, Type 61s were Federation's backbone of resistance in their bitter 9-month stalemate against the Principality of Zeon. The tank's smaller size is also an advantage in hit-and-run missions, especially on harassing raid on Zeon supply depots (which are often undermanned in defence), or between the tight, narrow streets of urban warfare. Employing ranged massed-fire tactics can be very effective in suppressing enemy positions (as evident in the Odessa Campaign). They have a much smaller frontal visual projection and can be easily camouflaged for ambush operations. While greatly lacking anti-MS weapons, Type 61s could be a serious threat to Zeon ground forces if correct tactics were used. Type 61 was one of the most heavily deployed military hardware in the One Year War, and also among the greatest casualties.
After Zeon initiated their Earth Drop Operation in March U.C.0079, Type 61s soon began to become the norm for protecting ground transports from attacks by the Magella Attack tanks and were crucial in the Capture of Odessa and Defense at Jaburo where the Federation armor took most of the burden. Another disadvantage was that mobile suits, being highly agile humanoid robots, could outmaneuver the slow-moving tanks at close distances and dodge tank rounds with ease, as well as attacking the tank from the top.
There were also a wide selection of variants made for transport and troop deployment.Īfter the Zeon forces introduced the MS-05 Zaku I as a mainstay war machine in the One Year War, the Type 61 became practically obsolete, as Minovsky interference heavily undermined the tank's tactical communication abilities and also reduced its firing accuracy except at close ranges, but at these ranges it lacks enough gun elevation to hit critical parts of the mobile suit. The Type 61 tank featured dual 150 mm cannons and a 12.7 mm machine gun, as well as eight smoke dispensers. It was fielded by the Earth Federation in U.C.0061 and saw service to at least U.C.0079. The Type 61 main battle tank is a type of ground weapon in the animation series Mobile Suit Gundam. This article is about the fictional weapon Type 61 Tank, for the real world Type 61 tank, please go to Type 61 instead. Earth Federation Ground support units Type 61 Tank
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