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>A freaking GM's shield can deflect a beam.
That's partially anti-beam coating but not all have massive copious amounts. At some point it wears off but they can at least take a hit before being destroyed so the point sticks. MS armor does have scenes of occasionally surviving a hit so long as it's not a cockpit and the average MS isn't as armored as The O or covered as the Hyaku Shiki. The ZZ could take hits and the Stark Jegan gets grazed in the arm by the Kshatriya's funnels without causing any loss of function. I recall scenes in UC specifically where shoulder beam hits get tanked too.