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MS-07B
Gouf
Model number: MS-07B Code name: Gouf Unit type: mass production ground combat mobile suit Manufacturer: Zeonic Company Operator: Principality of Zeon First deployment: UC 0079 Accommodation: pilot only, in standard cockpit in torso Dimensions: overall height 18.7 meters; head height 18.2 meters Weight: empty 58.5 metric tons; max gross 75.4 metric tons Powerplant: Minovsky type ultracompact fusion reactor, output rated at 1034 kW Propulsion: rocket thrusters: 40700 kg total Performance: maximum thruster acceleration 0.54 G; maximum ground running speed 99 km/h Equipment and design features: sensors, range 3600 meters Fixed armaments: 5-barrel 75mm machine gun, barrels mounted as left hand fingers; heat rod, retractable, variable heat/electric shock charge, mounted in right forearm Optional fixed armaments: shield, mounted on left forearm Optional hand armaments: 120mm machine gun, drum-fed, 100 rounds per drum; heat sword Type-βIV, battery powered, stored in shield, hand-carried in use; H&L-SB25K/280mmA-P Zaku bazooka, 4 round magazine
Designed
as a high-performance replacement for the MS-06J
Zaku II, the ground combat MS-07B Gouf became famous during
the One Year War at the hands of ace Zeon pilot Ramba Ral. Though
his personal Gouf was technically a prototype (possibly the
YMS-07B), the production-model Gouf which came off the assembly
line shortly thereafter was exactly identical. This fully-equipped
production model B-type Gouf immediately followed a limited
production run of A-type Goufs,
which were produced without the built-in armaments of the standard
B-types due to a parts shortage. However, the standard Gouf
lived a short life itself, as production was quickly halted
and the new ground combat MS-09 Dom
went into production. Though the Gouf's production run was short,
units were deployed all across the world, including places such
as Australia and the Gobi Desert.
Pilot(s):
Ramba Ral, Habe, March, Visch Donahue, Renchef, Manning
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