These launchers house the larger missiles such as "Sledgehammer" anti-ship missiles, "Korinthos M114" anti-air missiles and "Wombat" atmospheric missiles. These launchers are loaded with small, short range "Helldart" anti-aircraft missiles, which are generally ineffective at damaging targets with phase-shift armor, but useful for intercept incoming missiles and the like.Ģ4 surface-to-ship missile launchers are located in the stern sections of the Archangel-class ship that project backwards behind its dorsal wings and directly above its engines. The Archangel-class ships have 16 surface-to-air missile launchers located at the rear of the bridge tower. It could operate underwater after the Archangel was altered and was effective against underwater MS and submarines. The CIWS guns are movable to shoot down targets from several directions.Īt the back of the ship, on each side, mounts a single "Valiant Mk.8" 110cm linear cannon, which are retracted when not in use. The Archangel-class is armed with an array of 16 "Igelstellung" 75mm automatic multi-barrel CIWS guns for intercepting incoming missiles or enemy units. "Igelstellung" 75mm Automatic Multi-Barrel CIWS.The beam cannons are retractable and mounted on top of the two "legs". The only other beam weapon carried by Archangel-class ships are two "Gottfried Mk.71" 225cm dual high-energy beam cannons, which like the ones of the Izumo-class ships, are rotatable and the cannon barrels are movable. "Gottfried Mk.71" 225cm Dual High-Energy Beam Cannon.The most powerful weapon of the Archangel-class are its two "Lohengrin" positron blaster cannons, which are retractable and mounted inside the two front "legs" of the ship, directly below the launch-bays and the hangar. Lastly, a tender vessel, the Cornelius-class was designed to specifically support the Archangel-class ships. After the First Alliance-PLANT War, the LCAM-01XA Archangel has the added ability to submerge and cruise underwater. In terms of operating environment, the Archangel-class can travel in space, in the air, and on water. With the use of extensive automation, the Archangel-class can be operated even by a handful of crew members. The Archangel-class also featured Laminated Armor, providing it better protection against beam weaponry, ablative gel dispensers for protection against the heat of atmospheric entry, and a number of multipurpose launchers for deploying flares, anti-beam depth charges, etc. This makes the class the most heavily armed warship of the Earth Alliance at that point in time, surpassing vessels such as the Nelson-class battleship and Agamemnon-class carrier.
The ship is well-armed, with two “Lohengrin” Positron Blaster Cannons, two “Gottfried” Dual High-Energy Beam Cannons, sixteen 75mm CIWS, two “Valiant” Linear Cannons, sixteen Surface-to-Air Missile Launchers, and twenty-four Surface-to-Ship Missile Launchers. The first ship of the class, the LCAM-01XA Archangel, was created to support the five prototype mobile suits developed under the G Project, and during operations, it was meant to deploy the GAT-X102 Duel Gundam and GAT-X103 Buster Gundam, Lieutenant Mu La Flaga's TS-MA2mod.00 Moebius Zero, and two TS-MA2 Moebius for defense, while the GAT-X105 Strike Gundam, GAT-X303 Aegis Gundam, and GAT-X207 Blitz Gundam took the battle to the enemy.īesides the capacity to carry at least 8 mobile weapons, the Archangel-class is also an effective battleship and is capable of providing fire support to its mobile suit forces during combat. Based upon Orb Union's Izumo-class battleship, the Archangel-class mobile assault ship was jointly developed by the Atlantic Federation of the Earth Alliance and Orb Union's Morgenroete.
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