Combat Frame Data: BC-06CFGM

Model number: BC-06CFGM
Code name: Military Guardian Ground Type
Nickname: Guardian
Classification: mass production ground use combat frame
Manufacturer: Browning Engineering Corporation
Operator: Coalition Defense Force
First deployment: CY 30
Crew: 1 pilot in cockpit in chest
Height: 16.5 meters, 17.5 meters with antenna
Weight: dry weight 75 metric tons, full weight 91.7 metric tons
Armor type: ceramic/titanium alloy composite
Powerplant: cold fusion reactor, max output 1308 KW
Propulsion: rocket thrusters: 4x 9,900 kg, 2x 26,050 kg, 180° turn time 1.45 seconds; legs: top ground speed 190 kph
Sensors:  radar, thermal, optical array; main binocular cameras mounted behind visor in head; expanded optical sensor suite mounted on fin on head
Fixed armaments: x2 30mm Vulcan cannon, fire-linked, mounted on shoulders
Optional hand armaments: plasma rifle, output rated at 1.27 MW; plasma sword, power rated at 0.39 MW, stored in recharge rack in skirt armor, hand-carried in use; missile launcher, loads 1 surface-to-air missile
 

Not to be outdone by their colleagues in law enforcement, the Coalition Defense Force commissioned a military version of the basic Guardian used by the Coalition Customs Bureau. BEC obliged with the BC-06CFGM Guardian Ground type, Military Variant.

The Military Guardian featured enhanced armor, an expanded visual senors suite, and an array of optional hand armaments including a plasma rifle, plasma swords, and a single-shot missile launcher. Lacking an organized enemy to fight, the CDF Guardians were mainly relegated to guard duty and parades.

Until the HALO Conflict of CY 40.