GT-9600 Gundam Leopard

Pilot	Roby Loy
Allegiance	Earth Federation Vulture
Unit Type	Heavy Weapons Mobile Suit
Model	GT-9600
Height	16.8 meters
Weight	8.5 tons
Armor	Luna Titanium Alloy
Weapons	Beam Knife x 1 Inner Arm Gatling x 1 Breast Gatling x 2 Head Vulcan x 2 Head Cannon x 2 Hornet Missile x 2 Shoulder Missile x 11 Grenade Launcher x 6

Another of the Gundam series developed during the 7th Space War, the GT-9600 Gundam Leopard represents raw firepower at its best. One takes a quick look at the specs and quickly realizes it was created for one reason: to level a

city single-handedly. Just as the GX and GW were piloted by Newtypes using the Flash System, the Leopard also belonged to a Newtype. It's unknown exactly how many Leopards found their way into space during the War, but the only known one still in existence now belongs to Roby Loy.

The Leopard lacks the mobility of the Airmaster and has no Satellite Cannon-equivalent, but as far as conventional weapons go, it beats the others in terms of sheer firepower hands down. With a huge gatling gun on its left arm and a grenade launcher on its right, as well as a horde of internal weapons, the Leopard is a formidable opponent for any mobile suit pilot simply because of the barrage it could let off to repel an enemy attack.

Pilot Roby Loy recognizes and takes advantage of the Leopard's firepower strengths. Though the Leopard can't fly (unless it's attached to the G-Falcon, of course), Roby provides the ground support in many a skirmish with a spray of bullets into the air to knock down anything that can fly. Midway through the series when the Freeden reaches the ocean, the Leopard is converted into a sea-going mobile suit and let's loose its unique style of combat underwater against Orcs. On any terrain (or lack thereof), the GT-9600 Gundam Leopard is a strong ally or a fearsome enemy, and it remains such right up until its upgrade late in the series.