The RTX-440 Ground Assault Type Guntank

The RTX-440 Assault Guntank was a mobile suit based on the prototype RTX-44. However, its development was halted after technical officer Clyde Bettany stole its specs and defected to Zeon, placing his subordinate and lover Aline Nazon under suspicion. Compared to the RX-75-4 Guntank, the Assault Guntank could deploy its secondary caterpillar treads and have its torso squat for its assault mode, which allowed it to move at higher speed. The Assault Guntank featured more armaments than the standard Guntank, including its main 220mm cannon, bob guns, a flamethrower, heavy mines, 2-tube MLRS and a rocket launcher.

[@TheHiddenBoss]

It’s a slap in the face to Guntank lovers to know that one of the best versions of the Guntank is the one built for suicide missions where it’s guaranteed that it’s not coming back. They do make nifty allies in GBO2 on the frontlines.

[@irregularquiche2296]

If they know what they’re doing 😭

[@granmastersword]

And most damning is that no more of them would be made after making 3, due to using their blueprints as among the data they leaked to Zeon for a ploy

[@Tbs93]

@@granmastersword yep but irl i doubt they would’ve throwed it away that quickly when you can still modify the plan so zeon would only basic knowledge of the machine

[@granmastersword]

@@Tbs93 true that. But I guess by that point, with the development of the GM getting close to completing, and satisfied with the performance given by bipedal machines, they must have felt not much interest to further pursue Guntank like machines (at least not as a priority)

[@Tbs93]

@@granmastersword yeah why waste money and resources in a more expensive machine when you have a much cheaper machine that can be modified into almost any role

[@danielbrooks732]

The one guntank that need more love in the spot light

[@spazmonkey2131]

Ms igloo in general needs more love

[@Lezarddd]

To be frank, all Guntanks need love

[@ProtoAlpha]

So not the Guntank that can turn into a gundam😐.......

[@spazmonkey2131]

@@ProtoAlpha it's just the core fighter section that swaps between them

[@brobandit2944]

But it's not a child soldier in a war machine killing people how are they going to preach about peace

[@lucasgoncalves1390]

Guntank goes WOOOOOOOOO

[@Letztesmann]

Ahh good ol Gundam Evolution reference.

[@donniexiong6306]

​@@Letztesmann I miss that game

[@shirosaki97]

WOOOOOO GUNTANK \O/

[@blackmark7165]

Love how it named "RTX-440" R - Renpō (Federation) T - Tank X - eXperimental

[@britishneko3906]

when the GTX line will be introduced

[@gundamez8191]

This was king of gravity warfare till the flight systems came around.

[@vustvaleo8068]

now imagine these Guntanks are the ones used in the 8th MS Team, Norris and his Gouf Custom might have a hard time taking them down.

[@TheKusa5]

Not sure these Guntanks would have been good for that situation, these are assault vehicles while the situation in 08th MS Team was a siege situation

[@crystalclearchaos5387]

@@TheKusa5with the amount of long range bombardment missiles and its cannon im shure it would have accomplished the same thing possible even better and survived longer

[@clpfox470]

​@@TheKusa5 i agree, these tanks seem to work best in an environment where they can maneuver freely. In a urban environment they would be useless

[@solaireofastora5999]

​@@crystalclearchaos5387not really. Guntank MP is designed to keep pressure with constant bombardment which means they also have a lot of reserve ammo and they're hella cheap to make since they're just big tank with bigger gun while these things are suicide units made for hit and run tactics where they'll get in, fire everything they have and leave. Not really one that is meant for long term sieges. Plus in a ubran environment, a unit this fast is a death sentence because it can't scale buildings like a normal MS so it'll just keep crashing to other buildings if the pilots isn't skilled enough

[@Spaceman0720]

​@@crystalclearchaos5387while it's armament is impressive it's not designed for combat in urban environments. It's meant for assaults missions in open areas where they destroy everything, forrests could still be passable since they'll just roll over trees and use them as concealment but still capable of utilizing their mobility. If these thing are gonna be used in an urban combat situation they might as well turn every city they attack to rubble just to move in it. They wont be using buildings for cover because it hinders their mobility.

[@stevenkhan4203]

These things seem insanely powerful. Crazy maneuverability when grounded, Main Cannon that can one shot on a direct impact, two arm guns with enough focused firepower to down a Dom, a napalm sprayer, mines, explosives, two different rocket launcher variants... honestly, if 90% of the OYWs most important fights didn't happen in space, this could have been a ridiculously strong force for the Federation. You know, setting aside the fact it got its specs stolen. Which just raises the question of why Zeon didn't try using it, honestly.

[@cabnbeeschurgr6440]

If we're being realistic these things would be way more effective as a platform than mobile suits, but unfortunately they don't look as cool. They also would have to rely on air support a lot

[@wolfehoffmann2697]

@@cabnbeeschurgr6440 That wouldn't be a problem, especially at the Battle of Odessa. More recent depictions keep adding mobile suits to the federation side, but the battle was still primarily fought and won by conventional tanks, artillery and good ol' total, unchallenged air supremacy. Turns out that even if you have 1300 mobile suits against less than 40, you can't do much if they enemy has fixed you into being unable to use any kind of mobile, offensive doctrine.

[@知花信]

A prototype was made for the previous game, Hildruf, but it would be unrealistic to transport it from Side 3 on the other side of the moon or the lunar city of Granada. For the same cost it would be better to transport Zaku or other land combat weapons, arms, ammunition, and replacement personnel.

[@benlex5672]

Let's just say the specs were not stolen but intentionally leaked so they could implant spies when the EFF deemed the unit uneconomical for mass production.

[@shashummga3477]

Maybe if Zeon had gotten the plans around the battle of Loum, we would've, but Zeon's opportunity to operate terrestrial suits was limited. They probably didn't have enough time to develop and manufacture anything in time for any meaningful ground battles

[@TheWarmachine375]

Guntanks need more Dakka.

[@dyingfyre9688]

What they need is Techpriests

[@TheBigExclusive]

If Amuro had one of these, he would have killed Char in 5 seconds, and won the war on episode 15.

[@WolfeSaber9933]

Just one problem, what would Char have been using?

[@かもめKamome-e4t]

​@@WolfeSaber9933 Hildolfr, of course

[@WolfeSaber9933]

@@かもめKamome-e4t Which one is that?

[@Truth_chan_studio]

Against low mobility yeah

[@sippasinmueanpreecha]

Pov space:

[@ProjektF91]

Those guntanks are fricken one-manned vehicle and pilots are more than damn newtypes!

[@arandomt-9056]

It's called the sheer fucking will and the indomitable human spirit (I'm not saying that Newtype aren't human)

[@kirgan1000]

@@arandomt-9056 and the worst thing is that the fucking will and the indomitable human spirit, is wasted, because every tactical victory, is pointless or a strategic defeat, and all the pain and loss of life was for noting. The show relay want to hammer home, war is a wast of good propels life.

[@theforge4591]

​@@kirgan1000 wars are always about politician and rich people lives nowdays, good and commong people are the sacrifices

[@HumanPhilosopherPatriot]

​@@kirgan1000 War speeds up technological progress. It advances mankind and makes sure a nation is kept a super power. Sacrifices must be made. Ultimately, war calls into action a will of a man, in which man measures itself against themselves and the universe. War is not pointless neither are the sacrifices of the those who fight.

[@HumanPhilosopherPatriot]

​@@theforge4591 War is still the same and never changed throughout human history. War is violent clashes of interests between nations. By imposing a nations will against an opposing side. It isn't just the politicians or rich people that prosper but a whole nation.

[@clpfox470]

Stug, ready for assault

[@Mirvra]

Stuglife always chooses you.

[@bimowahyudi5176]

Now this is how you put the term TANK. Fast, mobile, ballistic ordnance, an can get to hull down position

[@triage2962]

Good thing this is Anime because physics would rip fast and mobile out of those tanks.

[@SkyReaperOne]

@@triage2962 And pilots too. Those G forces whenever they do so much as turn...

[@ながなわ]

I like the scene where the Guntank takes down the Zaku I with its self-destruct. "Are you an old man too?"

[@ompl4937]

Gigachad guntank

[@nekomancer4641]

I freaking love these guntank. The transformation to lower its profile is dope

[@B1_224]

WHERE'S THE ZAKU HUG!!!! WHEN THE GUNTANK SELF DESTRUCTED ITSELF HOLDING THE ZAKU!!!!

[@CaneMcKeyton]

Love seeing Federation non-Gundams absolutely kicking ass!

[@greatgatsby0174]

It’s a crime that we never got the kit for this thing.

[@giacomomeluzzi280]

"How many weapons should we add?" "Yes"

[@santiagogabrielmontesdeoca9412]

"GuNdAm iS tHe onLy hOpe fOr thE FeDerAtioN" the RTX-440 Guntank taking down like 15 Zaku II and a Gouf in a only one mission

[@sippasinmueanpreecha]

For real, gundam taken over a hundred of ms in 1 year war if they didn't have gundam, guntank still lose to those flying ms

[@lolizam9439]

That was badass tanks tbh, that won't get died easily💥

[@kokhowe]

Finally, a video where the Federation overwhelms the Zeon...

[@hanzo8120]

Wow those Guntanks are actually awesome.

[@ImpossiblyBlack]

2:15 my favorite moment!

[@skyhunt9595]

Rip. Nothing left but a tin can

[@ThadDePadua9928]

I love seeing these Assault Guntank pilots on GBO2 sometimes, the Tokyo Drift stays strong. Amell would agree. ;-;7

[@thanhlamnguyen6869]

Did I just saw a Mark I tank get crushed by the guntank?!

[@watson2725]

just getting into gundam and was wonder what series / season these were from? Edit: Found the series in question Mobile Suit Gundam MS IGLOO 2: The Gravity Front.

[@kalp2113]

The Guntanks finally avenged their fallen Guntanks from the Gouf Custom

[@fishpop]

Something i never knew of was how the AGT had different equipment on the right "leg" I'm used to GBO2 which has it as another missile pod like on the left instead of the mines/artillery missiles combo in the OVA

[@Fulcrox]

GBO2 has the bad custom of nerfing Mobile Suits for the sake of making higher rarity ones better. The Zudah for example was stripped from it's shield deployable knives wich should be a Melee weapon

[@MEGATRYANT]

@@Fulcrox The Zudah has Enhanced Tackle and Shield Tackle skills to represent it. This is common throughout most Mobile Suits that have melee weapon shields, like the Marine Gelgoogs with the spiked knuckle-shield

[@Fulcrox]

@@MEGATRYANT Yup, wich is mega underwhelming considering they are actual weapons.

[@オンタイセウ]

これ改めて見たらジオンMSのパイロット達はことごとく戦術上のミスしてるんだなぁ(立ち止まる、砲身だけ斬る、格闘用MS単体で砲撃兵器複数を相手にする)

[@voidpetchild2118]

War crime achievement (killing inhumane with a flame thrower)

[@wolfehoffmann2697]

Flamethrowers against military targets is not a war crime. Flamethrowers against civilian targets is. "Flamethrowers are a war crime" is a common myth started by the fact that militaries stopped using them much post-WW2 when it was realized that their range was a problem and carrying a large fuel tank made them a target. Today, a lot of militaries have replaced them with Incendiary rockets like the Russian RPO and for a while the US had the M202 FLASH, which are safer for the person carrying, safer for the people around them, disposable, and most of all, have much longer ranges.

[@Fulcrox]

Sadly, they arent a war crime

[@voidpetchild2118]

@@Fulcrox buddy you should read some articles like first of all i study history and the military second of all my dad is actually a historian plus a person who knows the military and the conventions (war crimes) and he told me yes it is a war crime to kill someone with a flame thrower third of all read some articles like "At a quick glance, the rules as outlined by the Geneva Conventions on which weapons are allowed (and disallowed) to be used in combat make little sense. The objective of combat is, ultimately, to put an enemy down so the conflict will end - and yet such killing must be done via the most humane means available." or "So how, exactly, do the Geneva Conventions delineate what is and isn’t allowed when killing the enemy? It all boils down to two simple words: military necessity." or again "Weapons like a nuclear ICBM are strongly condemned by the international community - but a depleted uranium tank buster round is fine. A Browning .50 caliber Machine Gun is entirely legal, but simply shaving a side of a bullet is a war crime. Incendiary grenades are banned, but (and it’s very explicitly stated) a flamethrower was permitted and often used during the Vietnam War." and it can only be allow to remove cover and plants that are getting in the way. Thank you for understanding

[@dhufflepuff348]

Their Zeeks, it doesn't count.

[@BeeWaifu]

Holy shit. That's one of the best mechtanks I've ever seen, and it's so versatile! That's especially shocking considering the guntank keeps getting decked when I see it.

[@wongka_vivi1492]

Very cool design MC.

[@irregularquiche2296]

Wish they made this a model kit. Wish they made more guntank model kits, actually.

[@itsuk1_1]

for three GA guntank they almost slaughtered entire zeon division. Now imagine if this was actually mass produced in huge quantity.

[@Riniku01]

Is really need pilot ace to can drive the prototype models

[@RipperX2K]

Who needs a mobile suit when you have a super tank

[@Fulcrox]

It doesnt matter what the rest tell me, these guys won the battle of Odessa

[@TheBigExclusive]

>Guntank defeats 2 Doms Federation propaganda at its finest.

[@bbsabath]

支援タイプではなく、戦闘タイプのガンタンク、すげー迫力！

[@snimon5824]

❤Assault Guntank my beloved ❤

[@又兵衛-y2o]

『やるじゃなーい、ガンターンクぅ』はガンダム史に残る名台詞

[@gamerkingdom1442]

This is the most TANK ACCURATE GUNTANK I’ve ever seen! So cool!

[@TheBigExclusive]

This is ridiculous. If they could make Guntanks this powerful, then why bother with Mobile Suits? Just make Super Guntanks.

[@Bleachsoul13]

Because these things are only really good at combat on (relatively) level open ground with clear lines of sight. They'd be absolutely garbage in urban combat or forested areas, and Mobile Suits can still handle those types of terrain. I love the Guntank, but it's very much a specialized tool.

[@TheIntratec9]

@@Bleachsoul13 What would regular turreted tanks and assault guns of WWII have as an advantage over this thing?

[@Bleachsoul13]

@@TheIntratec9 They'd still be useful in urban warfare and lightly forested areas. The RTX-440 is utterly useless in those types of terrain for anything other than deforestation and demolition respectively.

[@TheIntratec9]

@@Bleachsoul13 I meant specific advantages. Is it the turret making it easier to see?

[@justincholos.balisang6884]

Military Intelligence. If the Federation developed the Guntanks further, Zeon would've caught wind of this and just do the same if not better. The war would've dragged on much longer too and resources will definitely be scarce. Mobile Suits are the game changer, no matter how they're presented in most media. Plus these RTX-440s are supposed to be mass produced instead of the RX-75 until a fiasco regarding its intel occured, all this to cover up the existence of Project V until the Gundam first launched.

[@Giadea]

Hate to play devil's advocate, since this is one of the best guntank designs. But this thing would have ripped itself apart in 5 sec trying to pull off these maneuvers. Tanks don't drift easily on rough terrain, such as we see here. The Dom's would have easily devastated the whole unit, the Gouf might have struggled but still won in the end. These thigs are basically shown with full plot armor on, and don't give me the "but they died in the end" speal, they never would have made it to the battlefield unsupported as they were. It looks cool but this is still a rear line / support mech not a MBT model. Sorry it had to be said.

[@bsquaredbundles]

What weapon systems do you want on this thing? YES What do you mean 'yes'? YES I WANT WEAPON SYSTEMS Whi- ALL OF THEM

[@darkninjacorporation]

Every time I see this clip I can’t help but laugh out loud at the animation

[@possibly8180]

Everything else but the humans look pretty good wym?

[@xa-38]

Usually I don’t like mechs very much due to how impractical they appear to be, but this one actually looks really versatile for what they do

[@blackbird4046]

0:31 Initial -D- G(untank) 2:15 _"Is that a challenge?"_ -- -Mufasa, "The Lion King"- Guntank

[@爺-u4v]

自分の好きなモノがほとんど詰まってる動画

[@Dr.pp4256]

Such a amazing machine with amazing performance😭Should’ve made more of them

[@知花信]

In reality, it is a test model for sending spies into enemy camps.

[@bobdmz6437]

Forget the Gundam ground types. Give the 8th MS team some of these and Zeon’s invasion of earth ends in a week.

[@linus11vf1j]

I still believe in my head cannon that this is derivative of the Hildofr. Or we take their respective production worthiness, at least RTX had an accelerated development from the Hildofr. Hildofr was abandoned in the early months of the One Year War while North America was still under control by Zeon. Whereas RTX-440 is deployed in Odessa later in the One Year War during the Zeon retreat. Head cannon pun was not intended, but a welcome laugh.

[@Tiga674]

2:43 Dom pilot: Ha! Got you now! 2:44 *Guntank raises gatling hand directly at Dom* 2:45 Dom pilot: *REALLY BRUH* 2:47 Ground type Guntank pilot: *NOPE* And at 2:47, that was a smart move

[@Daggur]

Always a treat to watch feddie grunts style on some zeeks. Subverts expectations better than Star Wars

[@sotl7749]

Finally a non-mobile suit getting some love

[@sippasinmueanpreecha]

Why those cool guntanks are not mass produced? Just imagine how they gonna fight aquatic ms or flying ms? Use cannon? They're fast but not too fast for those ms , the real reason why its look so op beacause it had 2 pilot at once and piloted by a special pilot They're not difference from brown southern cross , its a special custom with advanced pilot, its up to pilot mostly but gotta agree that guntanks a great

[@ながなわ]

The Land Combat Assault Guntank is a descendant of the lost Guntank, an unfortunate machine that was never officially adopted due to a confidentiality leak. It actually appears in the 0083 comics.

[@fakshen1973]

Why are the lowest frequencies cut off or not in the mix? Vehicles this big, that are making the ground tremble are going to put out some sub-bass. Also, I can hear artifacts in the high frequencies that sound like the mix was at 128kbps at one point... or maybe some sound effects came from low resolution sources?

[@LinusStrawn-ju4lo]

I love how Zeon mobile suits and tanks are based on Russian spacecraft

[@aspopulvera9130]

guntanks kicking asses was quite cool

[@ツカサレグナント]

ガンタンク、早いし、強い！。ドムがやられるなんて…。もし、このガンタンクがホワイトベースに配属されてれば…

[@知花信]

宇宙に陸戦兵器はいらんやろ

[@zahwa242]

Man this is my favorite gundam in GBO2. Reversing and shooting the enemy while they tried to chase me are hillarious

[@BaconSpaceProgram]

Way better than my RTX 3050.

[@jedispartancoolman]

I dont really get it. Wouldnt things like these be prime targets for an airstrike?

[@TheBigExclusive]

Unfortunately, Gundam likes to pretend that the airforce wasn't a big deal.

[@fanusobscurus]

​@@TheBigExclusiveIronicly, the OYW plays it straight. The main reason the Zeon earth offensives stalled was the Federation maintaining air supremacy. Feddie aircraft were leaps and bounds above the Dopp and Magellan Top. The Gaw carrier admittedly had them beat for a long range mobile carrier, but the Pegasus class would easily out perform it.

[@huntermad5668]

Not really, EFAF had upper hand through the whole War. Before these monsters were deployed, we got to see Fed fighters tore through Zeke air units like they are made of paper. Zeon air force was so beaten that we saw Federation transports regularly penetrate deep into Zeon occupied territories to supply units trapped there like White Base

[@40letranhuutin68]

Guide missiles become useless, 30mm machine cannot penetrate MS Ammo

[@jedispartancoolman]

@@40letranhuutin68 no amount of armor is stopping a bunker buster bomb. A high yield bomb will at least mission kill these things

[@Chondrichyes]

［強襲陸戦型ガンタンク］ ガンタンクのバリエーションの ウチの一つ。 RTX-44に対MS用装備を施した もので全高を低くする強襲形態 への変形が可能だった。 高い火力と機動力を持っていたが 主力にはなれず、試作された 3機がオデッサの戦いに投入された。

[@chickenmanv7]

Man this is just the RTX-440 version, I can’t wait to see what the RTX-4090 can do.

[@supergeno128ds]

Why doesn't this thing have a model kit? >:(

[@rickson5265]

That was amazing idk if you made it or it's from en anime but if you made it then please please keep up the amazing work

[@GaldirEonai]

The greatest achievement of IGLOO was to actually make a Guntank look cool.

[@captain5104]

Think this is one of the reasons i never got into gundam or anime mechs....they simply dont move like lumbering heavy machinery but more snappy like natural body movement.

[@RuiWang-zm2ue]

Why give them arms when you aren't going to give them hands? Wouldn't side turrets be more efficient than arms? Aside from the cool appearance, a traditional tank design would probably be more efficient and allows for more armor stacking than an upper torso on treads.

[@Nimori]

Its a nice change of pace seeing the federation forces do well. I don’t think the War was won by just Amuro.

[@ReaverLordTonus]

Guntanks don't get enough credit. Imo they are more practical and realistic than mobile suits. We could very well build something like this today if we wanted to.

[@知花信]

That would be great if the Big Tray-class and Dabde-class land combat ships that appear in the story were put to practical use. They are things that cannot even be transported by existing ships or railways.

[@キャプテンレイエス]

MSIGLOOって所謂ガチタン系のMSの無双が凄い。

[@dragonjaj]

One of the best suits federation made

[@jeffholt9437]

F**k! Have they made a kit of this?

[@Spaceman0720]

They had plans back in 2009 but got canceled. They had a prototype displayed in an expo IIRC to be part of the EX model kit series like the Hildofr is.

[@jeffholt9437]

@@Spaceman0720 shame!

[@bificommander7472]

It combines the tracks of a tank with the plot armor of a mobile suit.

[@userrai1255]

These are way practical than other walking mech.

[@arthurpendragon8768]

Guntank with flamethrower variant.

[@bluesbreaker6657]

That feel when Clan Hell’s Horses fields an Assault Lance

[@001hellcat1]

0:00 RTX on 2:02 RTX off

[@crackheadengineer3716]

them sentry bots have been eatin somethin special-

[@Bake-kurijra]

It’s amazing how guntanks are becoming more and more prevalent in mecha anime . Showing you can’t go rough with a tank

[@悪者松]

ヒルドルブと戦わせてみたい...

[@知花信]

ヒルドルブの主砲が30cmでザク·マシンガンぐらいは扱えるから··· どっちが勝てるかなぁ?

[@動く棺桶-s9c]

自爆コード入力した後のシーンが入ってないですね クズワヨ軍曹「お前もロートルか」

[@stevenclark2188]

Is that ERA that doubles as a mine?!

[@user-BlackLotus]

ドムまでやっちまうのはさすがにオーパーツ

[@sanguiniusonvacation1803]

Wonder if that was super napalm

[@jhskn34]

The design is just so👌💅👌💅👌💅👌💅👌💅👌💅👌💅👌💅👌💅👌💅👌💅

[@黒家-w1v]

ゲームとかだと、ガンタンクで射程外からぽこぽこ撃ってた方が強い時あるよね

[@Koryu87]

"You have failed the vibe check" intensifies

[@CruX06]

Can we see the rtx 4090 guntank?

[@gunturrprakoso]

I don't know, that guntank can be cool like this

[@twelfthknight]

This almost feels like propaganda by those people who love to constantly bring up how large-scale humanoid-shaped robots are profoundly poorly suited for combat in reality whenever you happen to be discussing mecha anime.

[@snimon5824]

The truth is hard to swollow sometimes.

[@confuseatronica]

igloo is like that

[@baronvonbeagle9787]

mmm yes "gun tank"

[@blarg987665]

What Gundam show is this? That battle scene was amazing.

[@jhhkthecollector7635]

MS IGLOO

[@GaldirEonai]

0:55 "You done gouf'd."

[@erch_24]

Superiority of tank tracks

[@keasbey-ef4ko]

rip the ppl who have to maintain those behemoths

[@edutaimentcartoys]

2:46 napalm finisher

[@YourlocalSk31Ton]

now i want to see a Zgok fight this