Mobile ARMOUR (MA in short): All Range Maneuverability Offence Utility Reinforcement

Unlike some misconception that people keep calling it Mobile armor, It got an 'U' in it. Also, there always have been a misconception that MAs are non-humanoid forms, however, MAs can take the form of humans as well as MSs can take the form of non-humans. A good example will be the TMA(transformable Mobile Armour) of 0087~0088 (Zeta and ZZ)

A Mobile Armour is type of unit developed by the company ZIP to competite as the next generation mobile weapon against the Zeonic's Mobile suit as the main battle unit of Zeon. It focuses on increasing the generator power output so that the unit can support the installation of mega particle cannon There is also a official saying that within the 4 main aspects: Maneuverability, Acceleration, Fire Power, and Defence, at least two need to be above average of the Mobile weapons of that generation. This saying is true to all MAs after the One Year War but the MAs (Except the ones specially design for New Types) within the One Year War actually are weaker than RGM-79 in all aspects but Fire Power. Mobile Suits are humanoid weapon systems in the Gundam anime series. ... ... In the Gundam anime series, the One-Year War is the first major war of the Universal Century (UC) and is setting of many stories in the series. ... In the Gundam anime series, the One-Year War is the first major war of the Universal Century (UC) and is setting of many stories in the series. ...

While the mobile armour concept is most prevalent in the original Universal Century timeline, mobile armours also appear in the Future Century, After War, and Cosmic Era alternate universes. In the Cosmic Era timeline, mobile armours are initially very different from those in other series, bearing more resemblance to space-use fighter craft than giant robots. However, the most recent mobile armour designs have returned to the original concept. Universal Century (or UC for short) is one of the timelines of the Gundam anime metaseries. ... Spoiler warning: Future Century (FC) is an alternative Gundam timeline seen in G Gundam. ... After War Gundam X (or Gundam X) is an anime television series from Japan. ... The Cosmic Era is the timeline that the anime Gundam Seed and its sequels and spinoffs take place in. ... The Cosmic Era is the timeline that the anime Gundam Seed and its sequels and spinoffs take place in. ...

Some have said that the small RB-79 Ball "mobile pod" from Mobile Suit Gundam should be considered a subtype of mobile armor, but this idea is not widely accepted. The RB-79 with its 180mm recoilless cannon During the outbreak of the One Year War in the Mobile Suit Gundam anime, between the Earth Federation and the Principality of Zeon, the Earth Federation lacked any sort of a mass produced humanoid mecha, known as mobile suits. ... In the fictional Gundam universe, a Mobile Pod is the predecessor of the mobile suit. ... Mobile Suit Gundam (Japanese: 機動戦士ガンダム) is a televised anime that was written and directed by Yoshiyuki Tomino and is made up of 43 episodes that were aired in 1979. ...