General and Technical Data

Model number: TMF/A-802 P-Mod.W
Code name: BuCUE Waltfeld Custom Type
Unit type: commander's custom ground assault mobile suit
Manufacturer: ZAFT (Zodiac Alliance of Freedom Treaty)
Operator(s): ZAFT; Junk Guild; Serpent Tail
First deployment: C.E. 70
Accommodation: 2 pilots, in standard cockpit in torso
Dimensions: unknown
Weight: unknown
Armor materials: unknown
Powerplant: ultracompact energy battery, power output rating unknown
Equipment and design features: sensors, range unknown
Fixed armaments: 13-tube 400mm missile launcher, mounted on back; 2 x head spike; 4 x foreleg spike; 2 x cutter

Technical and Historical Notes

The TMF/A-802 BuCUE serves as one of ZAFT's ground assault models during the war, and several variants of it are produced. One is the TMF/A-802 P-Mod.W BuCUE Waltfeld Custom Type. This particular variant is produced solely for North African commander Andrew "Andy" Waltfeld (aka "Desert Tiger"). Andy's custom BuCUE is most easily identified by the orange tiger motif similar to his tiger-colored normal suit. Because ZAFT lacks beam saber technology at the time, Andy's custom unit is equipped with two long fangs, and it also has claws mounted on the feet. Waltfeld's custom BuCUE also serves as the prototype for his later unit TMF/A-803 LaGOWE, which also features claws and a similar color scheme. The custom BuCUE functions as Andy's personal unit until the LaGOWE is completed and rolled out onto the battlefield. After Andy is critically injured in a battle with Kira Yamato's GAT-X105 Strike Gundam, his custom BuCUE is left behind and eventually falls into the hands of Junk Guild member Kisato Yamabuki.

Miscellaneous Information

Pilot(s): Andrew Waltfeld, Elijah Kiel, Loretta Adja, Kisato Yamabuki
Appearances: SEED-MSV (Gundam SEED Mobile Suit Variations); Mobile Suit Gundam SEED ASTRAY R; Mobile Suit Gundam SEED ASTRAY; Mobile Suit Gundam SEED X ASTRAY
Original mechanical designer: Kunio Okawara