The Gundam also used more conventional weaponry; it could launch rockets with a "Hyper Bazooka", the Federation's answer to the bazookas used by Zeon's Zakus; in addition, its head was outfitted with a pair of small vulcan guns, as a way of attacking light armored aircraft and vehicles without wasting ammo or energy from its more powerful armaments. It also made use of a very unconventional close range weapon known as the "Gundam Hammer" - a large weapon similar to a flail which could be...