PMS-XXXG-02D3 Deathscythe Hell (Ver. PMS)

Model Number: PMS-XXXG-02D3
Code name: Deathscythe Hell (Version PMS)
Unit Type: Stealth close-combat mobile suit
Manufacturer: Prototype Mobile Suits, Inc (based on original design by Prof. G.)
Operator: Mars Defense Corps
First deployment: Early AC 216
Pilots: Duo Maxwell
Accomodation: pilot only, in standard cockpit in torso
Height: 16.3 meters
Weight: 7.4 tons
Armor: Gundanium alloy
Powerplant: Ultracompact fusion reactor, power output rating unknown
Equipment and design features: Head mounted sensors, range unknown; ECM Hyper Jammer stealth suite, jams communications and sensors within set range of the suit, mounted on backpack; Armor cloak, limited beam deflection, enhances the stealth capabilities of the unit, mounted on shoulders
Fixed armaments: 2 x vulcan gun, fire-linked, mounted in head; 2 x vulcan gun, fire-linked, mounted on torso
Optional fixed armaments: 1 x Buster shield, mounted on left arm, can be fired as a projectile
Optional hand armaments: 1 x twin beam "chain scythe", equipped with electromagnetic-weighted chain, stored on rear skirt armor, hand carried in use

In preparation of the expected conflict with Venus, Mars governor Milliardo Peacecraft, with funding from the Winner Corporation, secretly designed and rebuilt the original Gundams to meet the threat. Prototype Mobile Suits, Inc, already well regarded by the governor for their refit of his Tallgeese mobile suit, was again hired to design and help build these upgraded Gundams.

The modern version of Duo's infamous Deathscythe Hell boasts little noticeable change in armament or equipment- stealth suite, the standard vulcan guns, and the small multi-purpose buster shield. Much of the unit's changes were cosmetic adjustments to the armoring, or internal hardware, using the same cutting edge technology and parts used on the other new Gundams. The most noteworthy change to the suit's armament was the suit's "chain scythe", a dual-bladed beam scythe with a long chain on the end of it. The electromagnetic weight on the chain could be used to latch on to things, usually to bring an enemy mobile suit within range of the Gundam's deadly close-range arsenal.

The Gundam would be completed very early in the war, and see action in a handful of skirmishes before hostilities were temporarily ceased by Venus's offer for peace talks. It would again see action after the talks failed badly, and serve as Duo's unit throughout the rest of the war.