Gundam GP-02 'Physalis' nukes the Earth Federation fleet (0083: Stardust Memory)

Sub if you wanna. Feed the Machine.
Credit to Bandai Namco/Sunrise for the footage.

[@DarkKnightKyda]

Wow, that nuke was so powerful it made Gato English fluent after he fired it.

[@Marsheh2]

high amounts of nuclear radiation turns japanese man into english man

[@ryanvincent6519]

😂😂

[@fsoy7479]

"I suppose this is what they call a ez victory"

[@tm5123]

He became american after firing the nuke.

[@cgRui34]

Radiation mutated his DNA instantly.

[@JonTheGoose7]

When they give the nuclear allegory a literal actual nuke bazooka.

[@TheRX78ONE]

The more I watch this, the more I realize how many Hundredths of Thousands of unsuspecting Federation troops died senselessly because of revenge, security leaks and corruption for power

[@jaderabbit898]

Just a rough estimation but half a million died here. Probably the lowest nuke kill count I know of.

[@TheRX78ONE]

@@jaderabbit898 Your right, and that was a very large portion of the Federal Forces Fleet that Gato took out. Losing 500,000 troops in one swoop like that is probably considered "acceptable losses" to the Federation. The Veterans Affairs was probably going nuts during Operation Stardust

[@Zer0Blizzard]

The Earth Federation is openly fascist, nobody cares how many die

[@Ricky_Spanishh]

FYI hundreths of thousands is literally like 2 people.

[@darklordnecro]

Welcome to Mobile Suit Gundam.

[@JacobJohnson-lh4gx]

someone called Gundam GP-02 the "Oppenheimer Gundam" I cannot unsee it ever since hahaha.

[@megabolt5898]

I feel that would've been better than "Physalis".

[@Yukikazehalo]

I still find it strange that the most famous nuclear attack in the gundam franchise was also one of the strangest portrayals of a nuclear weapon in fiction.

[@UToobUsername01]

"Macross Do You Remember Love?" did some of anime's most iconic nuke explosions. (they are called 'reaction missiles' in Macross series which is a sci-fi version of nukes that the aliens; called Zentradi, don't possess but are very scared of) Please do yourself a favor and watch Macross Do You Remember Love. It's a masterpiece. Best explosions of all time. (especially the final battle scene. Gradius V game kind of ripped off it after you defeat an end-of-level boss :P )

[@JacobJohnson-lh4gx]

@@UToobUsername01 OMG I remember those nuke explosions from the game SRW. I remember using the Macross Units having fun attacking enemies using those missiles. I watched the series before but haven't finished it yet. I need to finish it soon, thanks for the recommendation buddy.

[@UToobUsername01]

@@JacobJohnson-lh4gx You don't have to watch the whole Macross Series. Just stick to "Macross Do You Remember Love?" It was the movie adaptation of the tv show. Tv show = low budget animation. Movie (called "Do You Remember Love?") = high budget animation with highest quality animators in the industry. See DYRL and you will be good. The TV show animation has not aged very well. 👎(just watch it for the story) But the movie is still good to this day. 👍

[@barmutah]

It's crazy how mg solomon physalis can imitate the bazooka docking

One of the most ironic aspects of this fine series is that the sympathetic protagonist(s) are engaged in war crimes. Physalis is a colony killer, much like Dendrobium is a fleet killer. The latter was designed by a different team, though. Why would Earth need a weapon that can destroy a colony? ....oh. Because Operation British.

[@DarkMatterZero]

And the growing fear of Newtypes in the Federations top brass, they saw what Amuro could do and he was just an untrained kid.

[@sergiochan005]

i usually nicknamed gp02 "fat man" when playing gundam vs series

[@dustybunny6716]

Makes sense.

[@andrewnlarsen]

@@dustybunny6716 And considering one of the two nuclear bombs used during World War 2 was named Fat Man...

[@aetherherrscherofnasigoren1417]

I called it "Nuclear Gundam".

[@Rose.Of.Hizaki]

@@aetherherrscherofnasigoren1417 I mean youre not wrong. The Minovsky Ultracompact Fusion Reactor in the GP-02 (and a lot of gundams) was basically a nuclear power reactor but without the radiation.

[@sunmachine4299]

He THICC

[@Kira22558]

Imagining creating an tactical nuke unit who supposedly to protect your base . only for your base to be nuked by the unit itself.

[@cyberspectre8675]

Creating a tactical nuke to protect your base is the worst way to protect your base

[@masishida7522]

Like, training Al-Qaeda for national security and backfired.

[@Kira22558]

😂sometimes...you need firepower. ​@@cyberspectre8675

[@Kira22558]

Quite worst luck?​@@masishida7522

[@Kira22558]

Yeah. ​@@cyberspectre8675

[@Ezratheman163]

AND THEY STILL LOST THE WAR

[@DDK20284]

Technically this was a huge victory for the zeon remnants

[@Ezratheman163]

It was but I’m just saying even after that they still lost the war

[@mateocabaguio4444]

HAIYAA INDUCTION STOVE

[@anthonywalker6268]

Well the actual stardust was the colony drop which went less well.

[@Gelb33]

Operation Stardust had two objectives, one to cripple the Federation military whose bulk was assembled at Solomon, and two to destroy the Earth grain basket being North America. With the Federation weakened the space colonies would be able to push for more independence and freedom but also would give time for Axis to return and rebuild Zeon.

[@elnavales]

I get the dramatic lights from the GP02 Canon, but it was a bomb...not a light beam. Still pretty damn cool though.

[@cyberspectre8675]

Always wondered about this. Is it possible the cannon is designed to detonate the nuke and release the energy in one direction?

[@bloodymagpie7993]

In the 60s, 70s, and 80s, the US military was actually experimenting with using nukes to create literal plasma beams and x-ray lasers in space. Look up the Casaba Howitzer and Project Excalibur, shit was crazy. I think that's what the Physalis's nuke here was supposed to be. ​@cyberspectre8675

[@megazero952]

@@cyberspectre8675 i think its the launch system, like that serpent gun at the Battle of loum used a plasma warhead to kill ships. a plasma propelent is used in GPO2 to launch the payload as fast and far as possable without the suit nuking itself and make it too fast to intercept before detonation

[@elnavales]

@@cyberspectre8675 That would imply that the Gundarium (the ore for making Gundam) built in the barrel is strong enough to redirect a nuke blast...and that it detonated from the nozzle. If it were one of the magical Giant robots like Voltron, maybe. But I dunno about Gundam.

[@IshmaelDoe]

Finally someone mentioned this, it make zero sense and is stupid. Also in space since there is no air fiction, GP02 can actually launch the nuke from very great distance...any intercept probably didn't work because if they can't intercept a MS they probably can't intercept a small warhead (m particle interference)

[@LordSpleach]

The Metal Gear of Gundam!

[@berandom2000]

Truly a weapon to surpass Metal Gear.

[@Kira22558]

​@@berandom2000"METAL GEAR?!"

[@rodrigopachecolemos9277]

It cant be ​@@Kira22558

[@omegashinobi]

And voiced by solid Snake Himself.

[@user-nw4ux3df9v]

一年戦争からグリプス戦役の流れを ほんと上手く繋げたよね

[@Volinus]

Realistically most of the fleet would be intact as nuke in space is not that disastrous and each ship is far apart... But EMP field with 1000+km radius would knock them out and they would die slow agonizing deaths as their life support system failed.

[@ampeater777]

While you are right about this not being how nukes work in space due to needing an atmosphere, they are still right next to a giant asteroid base. They would probably be fine, just sit tight and wait for rescue

[@Brasswatchman]

It's probably not the EMP that kills them. Rather the radiation overcoming whatever shielding they might have. Speaking of agonizing deaths...

[@OleNesie]

It kinda seems like that's what happened in the scene

[@chrishill3536]

though the heat might be a problem for the ships.

[@EricWulfe]

the funny thing here is that the nuke isnt a normal one

[@dsagent]

That wasn't a nuke. He created an artificial star for a second.

[@aresgodofwar1427]

Gundam is build on an idea of "F*ck you, thats why".

[@torokun]

So what I was confused about all the time from this scene is that if Physalis is launching a nuclear warhead. Or that bazooka is actually detonating a nuclear blast and direct it toward one direction like a crazy shotgun blast? From the scene it looks like the second scenario since GP02 was somewhat damaged from firing it?

[@The_Str4nger]

The warhead had a beam drive

[@bloodymagpie7993]

Look up Project Excalibur and the Casaba Howitzer, my man. US military tried actually doing this back during the Cold War. So it's theoretically possible, especially in an advanced sci-fi setting like this.

[@torokun]

@@bloodymagpie7993 my question is is that what’s happening? They never explained it.

[@IshmaelDoe]

@@The_Str4nger what is a beam drive and why do they even need that to launch a nuke? With greater speed? if so GP02 doesn't need to get close since there is no air fiction in space

[@OverseerMoti]

​@@IshmaelDoebeam drive is basically a laser propulsion device in principle, lighting a beam to gain sufficient torque to launch the warhead quick enough that it can't be intercepted by anything. The charging beam emits quite an intense radiation that it can melt the barrel; the worst case is the warhead itself gets cooked and going supercritical, exploding before launch.

[@devinhallsworth5531]

SOLOMON! I HAVE RETURNED!

[@tactknightgaming2066]

2:24 GG EZ SKILL ISSUE LOL

[@mateocabaguio4444]

Basically, the Feds took a big L to the face.

[@wasdwazd]

Funny thing is, a real nuke would only destroy one, maybe two ships in this scenario, since the majority of the damage caused by nukes comes from the massive overpressure wave, which would, just not be there in space.

[@shadowblack1987]

No... That's not how fusion energy works kiddo....

[@wasdwazd]

@@shadowblack1987 Explain yourself then, geezer.

[@Kira22558]

isn't that atomic nuke?

[@TheResilient5689]

And the fireball and explosion itself wouldn’t last more than a handful of seconds at best. Realistically, the explosion should’ve only taken out a handful of ships and units clustered around each other very closely.

[@imthethriller]

due to a lack of Oxygen Molicules to suck in and expand out because no air in space?

[@dustybunny6716]

I was always confused by this. Did his nuke just detonate point blank in his face? And then it just ballooned in front of him and wiped out the enemy fleet, but he's still in one (slightly burned, but very radioactive) piece? I always expected him to launch a portable ICBM, but nope, nuke to the face.

[@Kira22558]

It did not detonate point blank in his face lol.

[@OverseerMoti]

Space is dark, friend. A nuke explosion in a 100km radius will be more light intense than a flashbang in the face.

[@MrAsaqe]

A WEAPON TO SURPAAS METAL GEAR!

[@berandom2000]

Indeed GP02 probably will surpass Metal Gear.

[@OverseerMoti]

Piloted by Solid Snake himself! (JP VA)

[@frankenwaifu8092]

It was this mf that forced the Federation to push the original GM back into service with only a basic retrofit because a large majority of the GM Type Cs fielded by the Feddies were vaporized at Solomon. For those that don't know, the GM 2 was just a regular GM with a couple minor overhauls.

[@dannySG61]

This is like Pearl Harbour attack of the Gundam universe

[@dustybunny6716]

Nah, that'd probably be Battle of Loum. Solomon could be Midway.

[@Mistersleep08]

Spacegodzilla origin story

[@blacksage2375]

Sydney Harbor

[@dimaslounge12]

Solomon, I've returned! 🔥

[@starpilot101]

I always wondered how a nuke had so much destructive power in space, where there's no air for a shockwave and the spaceships are all armored and pressurized (CBRN protection but better).

[@rirtunsasgi2626]

I just assume it was a really really big casaba howitzer warhead a nuclear shaped charge essentially.

[@starpilot101]

@@rirtunsasgi2626 TIL they tried to make a real life gyrps laser/death star type weapon.

[@linnen_elm]

That's why Wing Zero Twin Buster Rifle is OP. Could be spammed and more lore consistent.

[@Freedomcustom]

@@linnen_elm before or after endless waltz?

[@Wreck1990]

Gundamn!

[@C.P.C3719]

A classic

[@Gundum]

The holmes just wiped out an entire fleet just to complain how easy it was

[@mRipX]

Freedom!

[@mk2takemika129]

ジオンの武人っぽくてカッコいい人の代表格よね

[@jackylee5850]

Despite this massive lost, Federation still had a substantial force that forced Zeon to retreat, so this attack almost seemed insignificant. What's worse, Zeon's purpose didn't get fulfilled, and instead the Federation spined it around and used it to justify the formation of the Titans. It's 0080 all over again.

[@menumlor9432]

Imagine if a weapon like this actually exists.

[@NicoleAmalfi02]

Which version of this ? The Gundam sound effects is more robotic and modern

[@EclipseCircle]

The blu-ray re-release

[@DDK20284]

The English dub ironically kept the og sound effects

[@nathancarrington3230]

Need that English dub

[@DDK20284]

@@nathancarrington3230 atm you can get the bluray or just sail the high seas

[@johnnyxu5108]

Well, most of us use guns rockets missiles or energy weapons to kill, this guys just enter the fight with a nuke. Come on rule of engagement man.

[@DarkMatterZero]

Have a strong feeling alot of the more sensible Federation Leadership was killed at this Navel review, allowing for the more conservative faction lead by Jamitov and Bask Om to take charge.

[@femtoeclipse860]

And Nina chose to save this murdered and turn her back on Kou.

[@randomv3iwer]

I like the fact that you kept Gato’s revenge speech in Japanese, but his condescending victory remarks in English Dub. Gato is a mega space chad. No magical “new type” powers. Just strong conviction and meticulous planning

[@duo60692]

this man really said, Imma do SO many war crimes right now!

[@ThatSlowTypingGuy]

Why were the sound effects downgraded?

[@biterness2323]

I am become death, destroyer of earthnoids

[@nicholas.e5158]

LOVE THIS SCENE! Major W for the Zeon forces. Use the federations weapon against them. Oh can someone remind me why the federation created the GP02 with nuclear capabilities in the first place? Who exactly were they preparing to use this against?

[@yeetusinfinite7247]

Long story short, the Antarctic treaty was gone. The plan was to mop up Zeon Remnants or whatever they're opposed. Long story short, GP02 acted as an anti fortress, while GP01 acted as the vanguard

[@nicholas.e5158]

@@yeetusinfinite7247 Ahh, I also read somewhere that the GP02 was built to combat colonies, In case another colony drop happens. I call it feddy propaganda.

[@minu5449]

今更だけど効果音とかめちゃくちゃターンエーだから同じスタジオ？で作ったんかな

[@user-fi3oh6kn5d]

ジオン派の私には１番好きなシーンですね😆

[@YaowBucketHEAD]

And thus the Titans were born. *TITANS FOREVER.* ✊️🦅

[@jaderabbit898]

Until UC 0088.

[@Joshua_N-A]

War crimes? What war crimes?

[@torokun]

They should have asked David Hayter for Gato’s voice

[@berandom2000]

He already did voiced Bernard Wiseman from War in the Pocket.

[@OverseerMoti]

​@@berandom2000yeah, but considering GP-02 is basically a Metal Gear Gundam and the JP VA for Gato is Solid Snake, they should recast Hayter for Gato.

[@truckerdudexxl]

The sub to dub ratio here😂😂

[@G1Grimlock94]

Nuke Bazooka

[@RaggenZ]

I have become death

[@w.c.5302]

Whose brilliant idea was it to design a mobile suit with a nuclear warhead!?

[@Alomoes]

So much noise in space.

[@michelwijnand]

Imagine a nuke in space though, no air resistance, the blast will just keep going and going, same with wreckage and irradiated debris

[@ziffy88]

Cramped cockpits are always better than newtype 360 view

[@nicholas.e5158]

Never! The 360 view is fire. However the cram lcd cockpits have a realistic vibe to it.

[@harunwarsito338]

Mana ada senjata kecil begitu begitu besar kekuatannya.

[@jsomeone3108]

Ya bisalah, senjata nuklir berdaya ledak tinggi bro

[@harunwarsito338]

@@jsomeone3108 itu pesawat seharusnya yg punya senjata yg lebih besar

[@Banana4dinner-rb9zn]

@@harunwarsito338 kapal kelas salamis cuma dipersenjatai sama mega particle cannon basically laser, kalo gp 02 physalis gundam dengan misil nuklir gak bisa dibandingin

[@Banana4dinner-rb9zn]

ada, namanya bom nuklir

[@heavyarms55]

So I really like 0083, but... this isn't how nukes work in space. Like, at all. Which I get it, Gundam always plays with it's own rules. But this detail could have been better. That said, "Solomon, I have returned!" Has always been a bad@$$ line!!!

[@Zer0Blizzard]

No gundam shows have ever made sense physically, the entire premise is flawed from the get go - mobile armors will always be better per unit cost

[@stupidmonkey089]

I mean, the idea of mobile suits is incredibly dumb, but i'm willing to suspend my disbelief if they at least pretend it's backed by "science"

[@kicapanmanis1060]

@@stupidmonkey089 Mobile suits work best in low-G or zero-g space, because of AMBAC system allows limbs to reorient themselves quickly with no propellants l needed. Propellants can solely be saved for thrusting. They make a lot less sense on the ground and atmosphere under gravity.

[@stupidmonkey089]

@@kicapanmanis1060 Yeah, so in space they make sense, but 0079 had a LOOOT of combat on Earth

[@Brian-rx9sp]

@@kicapanmanis1060 Now what if, instead of attaching limbs to a mobile suit, you implement three wheels, one for each axis of movement, into the mobile suit's design and attach all three of these wheels to the MS's control mechanism? You basically achieve the same thing as AMBACs but without the needless complexity of having to control and maintain 4 limbs. This technology already exists. It's called a reaction wheel and it's already used for satellites and space stations.

[@Forgemno]

Char bazooka in 0079 was still better

[@grim3897]

God, those sounds are garbage, OG ones are legendary

[@moenibus]

so much drama and stupidity.

[@mastershake4145]

I've lost alot of respect for gundam over the last few years as it has become increasingly watered down and convoluted but the UC timeline still has reverence specifically because of scenes like this.

[@kicapanmanis1060]

They're not that convoluted tbh. Hell I would argue UC is the one with convoluted problem.

[@HattaTHEZulZILLA86]

The English dub at the end RUINED it imo. The CHANGES in the voice and tone is just OFF PUTTING. The LEAST they could have done is to TRY to sound like Anavel Gato's Japanese VA's STERN voice...

[@Junkosama1]

Based😂