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MS-06D
Zaku Desert Type
Model number: MS-06D Code name: Zaku Desert Type Unit type: mass production desert combat mobile suit Manufacturer: Zeonic Company/Principality of Zeon field engineers Operator: Principality of Zeon First deployment: UC 0079 Accommodation: pilot only, in standard cockpit in torso Dimensions: overall height 18.2 meters; head height 17.5 meters Weight: empty 61.3 metric tons; max gross 79.4 metric tons Powerplant: Minovsky type ultracompact fusion reactor, output rated at 976 kW Propulsion: jet thrusters: total output 42900 kg Performance: maximum thruster acceleration 0.54 G; maximum ground running speecd 80 km/h Equipment and design features: sensors, range unknown Fixed armaments: 2 x vulcan gun, fire-linked, mounted in head Optional hand armaments: 105mm machine gun, drum-fed; cracker grenade, stored in optional 2-slot cracker pod on hip armor racks
During the
early months of the Universal Century Era's One Year War, Principality
of Zeon military field engineers were developing variants of
its standard Zaku II mobile
suit to operate in the varied and sometimes harsh climates on
Earth. One such variant was the MS-06D Zaku Desert Type, which
was based on the standard ground-combat J-type
Zaku. Developed at Zeon's California Base, the Zaku Desert
Type (or "D-type") was designed for Earth's desert and tropical
regions, and was first field-tested in North Africa by Major
Roy Greenwood's Karakal unit. Operating an early type with 2
antennae on the head, the design soon proved itself, and a newer
version sporting only one antenna was produced shortly thereafter.
In all, 114 D-type Zakus would be produced (43 two-antenna and
71 one-antenna types), making the Zaku Desert Type the backbone
of Zeon's Earthside forces in North Africa and the Middle East
for many months, with the later-produced MS-09
Dom line becoming Zeon's main ground-combat mobile suit.
Pilot:
Roy Greenwood
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