Model
number: XM-01 Code name: Den'an Zon Unit type: close combat mobile suit Manufacturer: Crossbone Vanguard Operator: Crossbone Vanguard First deployment: UC 0117 Accommodation: pilot only, in panoramic monitor/linear seat
cockpit in torso Dimensions: head height 14.0 meters Weight: empty 7.9 metric tons; max gross 17.4 metric tons Armor materials: titanium alloy/high-ceramic composite Powerplant: Minovsky type ultracompact fusion reactor,
output rated at 3880 kW Propulsion: rocket thrusters: 3 x 17310 kg, 2 x 8520 kg,
4 x 4460 kg; vernier thrusters/apogee motors: 84 Performance: maximum thruster acceleration 3.99 G Equipment and design features: sensors, range unknown;
beam flag emitter, mounted on backpack Fixed armaments: 2-barrel beam gun, mounted on left
forearm; beam shield, mounted on left forearm; beam saber,
recharge rack/storage location unknown, hand-carried in use Optional hand armaments: shot lancer with mounted 2-barrel
heavy machine gun
Technical
and Historical Notes
The first
mobile suit to be mass produced by the Crossbone Vanguard, the
XM-01 Den'an Zon was designed to specialize in close combat
inside space colonies. Despite its compact size, the Den'an
Zon was faster and more maneuverable than most of the mobile
suits used by the Earth Federation Forces in the early UC 0120s.
The Den'an Zon incorporated many advanced new technologies developed
by the Crossbone Vanguard, including the highly effective beam
shield for defense and the piledriver-like "shot lancer" weapon
for melee combat. Den'an Zons, being the basic unit produced
in the most numbers, was typically assigned to low-ranking soldiers,
though its design would serve as the basis for the more well-rounded XM-02 Den'an Gei and reconnaissance
XM-03 Ebirhu-S mobile suits.