MS-06Z Psycommu System Zaku


General and Technical Data

Model number:
MS-06Z
Code name: Psycommu System Zaku
Unit type: experimental mobile suit
Manufacturer: Principality of Zeon
Operator: Principality of Zeon
First deployment: UC 0079
Accommodation: pilot only, in standard cockpit in torso

Dimensions:
head height 17.7 meters
Weight: empty 60.4 tons; max gross weight unknown
Powerplant: Minovsky type ultracompact fusion reactor, output rating unknown
Propulsion: rocket thrusters: total output unknown

Fixed armaments: 2 x wire-guided 5-barrel mega particle gun, barrels mounted in manipulator fingers, all barrels in each hand are fire-linked

Technical and Historical Notes

The MS-06Z Psycommu System Zaku was the last variant of the Zaku line under the MS-16X [Bishop] plan. The MS-06Z was produced from parts from three MS-06F Zaku II units. All three of these units would be tested at the Corregidor Zone, the same place where the Ace Corps tested the MS-14A Gelgoog. One of the three units would be destroyed by an Earth Federation patrol fleet. The plan was halted due to a critical design flaw: the high energy usage which only would allow 10 minutes of combat. This would eventually lead to the improved MSN-01 High Mobility Psycommu System Zaku. The wire-guided beam arms were identical as the ones which would later be implemented on the MSN-02 Zeong. Because of its wire-guided beam arms, psycommu system, and additional apogee motors to keep up the speed the cost of the MS-06Z was the equivalent of several Zaku IIs.

Miscellaneous Information

Pilot: Yahagi Franziback
Appearances:
MSV (Mobile Suit Variations)
Original mechanical designer: Kunio Okawara