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

[@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

[@blackmark7165]

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

[@britishneko3906]

when the GTX line will be introduced

[@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?

[@user-bd2cc5jg6p]

​@@WolfeSaber9933 Hildolfr, of course

[@WolfeSaber9933]

@@user-bd2cc5jg6p Which one is that?

[@lucasgoncalves1390]

Guntank goes WOOOOOOOOO

[@Letztesmann]

Ahh good ol Gundam Evolution reference.

[@donniexiong6306]

​@@Letztesmann I miss that game

[@TheWarmachine375]

Guntanks need more Dakka.

[@dyingfyre9688]

What they need is Techpriests

[@user-bo4kv4qb7y]

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.

[@user-el9yb5tx9e]

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)

[@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.

[@user-vu2ss8gp5m]

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.

[@inovade]

Because it wont sells more toys, they need moar toys to sell not cool unit

[@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.

[@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...

[@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

[@B1_224]

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

[@ompl4937]

Gigachad guntank

[@lolizam9439]

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

[@CaneMcKeyton]

Love seeing Federation non-Gundams absolutely kicking ass!

[@user-uk8xc4cq2y]

『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

[@hanzo8120]

Wow those Guntanks are actually awesome.

[@itsuk1_1]

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

[@user-yy1rs3df3q]

2:15 my favorite moment!

[@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。

[@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！

[@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.

[@aspopulvera9130]

guntanks kicking asses was quite cool

[@gamerkingdom1442]

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

[@irregularquiche2296]

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

[@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.

[@kalp2113]

The Guntanks finally avenged their fallen Guntanks from the Gouf Custom

[@darkninjacorporation]

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

[@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.

[@Dr.pp4256]

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

[@user-vu2ss8gp5m]

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

[@snimon5824]

❤Assault Guntank my beloved ❤

[@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

[@ThadDePadua9928]

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

[@sotl7749]

Finally a non-mobile suit getting some love

[@user-pb9gd6kp3d]

自分の好きなモノがほとんど詰まってる動画

[@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

[@bificommander7472]

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

[@blackbird4046]

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

[@zahwa242]

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

[@keasbey-ef4ko]

rip the ppl who have to maintain those behemoths

[@bluesbreaker6657]

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

[@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

[@BaconSpaceProgram]

Way better than my RTX 3050.

[@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?

[@chickenmanv7]

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

[@crackheadengineer3716]

them sentry bots have been eatin somethin special-

[@LinusStrawn-ju4lo]

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

[@Koryu87]

"You have failed the vibe check" intensifies

[@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

[@userrai1255]

These are way practical than other walking mech.

[@GaldirEonai]

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

[@arthurpendragon8768]

Guntank with flamethrower variant.

[@user-bb3ig9fk6d]

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…

[@user-vu2ss8gp5m]

宇宙に陸戦兵器はいらんやろ

[@YourlocalSk31Ton]

now i want to see a Zgok fight this

[@dragonjaj]

One of the best suits federation made

[@GaldirEonai]

0:55 "You done gouf'd."

[@Daggur]

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

[@user-BlackLotus]

ドムまでやっちまうのはさすがにオーパーツ

[@gunturnoobprakoso2469]

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

[@stevenclark2188]

Is that ERA that doubles as a mine?!

[@user-vu3yp9uo7w]

MSIGLOOって所謂ガチタン系のMSの無双が凄い。

[@TheBigExclusive]

>Guntank defeats 2 Doms Federation propaganda at its finest.

[@Fulcrox]

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

[@richard1701able]

I need a gunpla of this

[@Nimori]

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

[@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.

[@supergeno128ds]

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

[@skullleader3388]

Super Cool

[@sanguiniusonvacation1803]

Wonder if that was super napalm

[@CruX06]

Can we see the rtx 4090 guntank?

[@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.

[@user-vu2ss8gp5m]

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.

[@user-hb3eo2yu9b]

ヒルドルブと戦わせてみたい...

[@user-vu2ss8gp5m]

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?

[@projectkepleren]

This is literally the mecha slug

[@SkyReaperOne]

What is this? "My Guntank got hit by a truck and got isekaied to a world where it was level 999?"

[@blarg987665]

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

[@jhhkthecollector7635]

MS IGLOO

[@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

[@user-mf9xq7ij1f]

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

[@heromusashiz3508]

It's perfect

[@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.

[@erch_24]

Superiority of tank tracks

[@edutaimentcartoys]

2:46 napalm finisher

[@jhskn34]

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

[@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.

[@fanusobscurus4309]

​@@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

[@luangomes2431]

Imagine a gundam rts game

[@neonmem8826]

New German tank designs are wild

[@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.

[@sjk8940]

What are these clips from?

[@jhhkthecollector7635]

MS IGLOO

[@ReonAnimations]

pov: mindustry

[@nking9268]

Rtx is a real company gun tank Abrams replacement coming soon

[@aljoshilagan3204]

look. bipedal bots are great. but... tank bots will always be a different beast.

[@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

[@user-sh1zl5fe3o]

マゼラアタック！何故砲撃しながら前進&後退しないのや…

[@zeo-pe5sg]

God i need these in a bew gihrens greed game

[@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.

[@baronvonbeagle9787]

mmm yes "gun tank"

[@cristsan4171]

Should have gotten the RTX4090Ti-32GBps-GDDR7 Gundam Tonk MkI

[@001hellcat1]

0:00 RTX on 2:02 RTX off