MRC-F20 SUMO, Strike Unit for Maneuver Operations mobile suit that appears in the anime series Turn A Gundam.. Click the gundam wiki logo image on the right for more information.
SUMO is an acronym for Strike Unit for Maneuver Operations. The SUMO is a high performance, high mobility mobile suit. The SUMO is light weighted much like the Earth Militia's SYSTEM ∀-99 (WD-M01) ∀ Gundam. In fact, both the SUMO and the Turn A share the same pelvis cockpit system. Indeed, when Rolan Cehack abandoned the Turn A with his Core Fighter, Gym Ghingham had a SUMO cockpit retrofitted onto the Turn A for use by his own forces.
Though the SUMO is designed mainly for use in space, it was proven to be quite versatile on Earth as well. The SUMO's hover systems allowed the unit to achieve great mobility even under the influence of Earth's gravity. Furthermore, the addition of a skirt-like flight booster enables the SUMO to achieve flight in the Earth's atmosphere, allowing the unit to function as a high mobility aerial mobile suit.
