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AMX-011S
Zaku III Custom
Model number: AMX-011S Code name: Zaku III Custom Unit type: mass production general purpose mobile suit Manufacturer: Neo Zeon Operator: Neo Zeon First deployment: UC 0088 Accommodation: pilot in panoramic monitor/linear seat cockpit in torso Dimensions: overall height 25.3 meters; head height 21.0 meters Weight: empty 44.3 metric tons; max gross 71.4 metric tons; mass ratio 1.42 Armor materials: gundarium alloy composite Powerplant: Minovsky type ultracompact fusion reactor, output rated at 2860 kW Propulsion: rocket thrusters: 2 x 34200 kg, 3 x 28400 kg, 3 x 19300 kg; vernier thrusters/apogee motors: 19 Performance: maximum thruster acceleration 2.96 G Equipment and design features: sensors, range 9700 meters; 2 x external propellant tanks, ejectable, mounted on backpack Fixed armaments: 2 x 30mm vulcan gun, fire-linked, mounted in head; 2 x waist beam gun/beam saber, power rated at 2.8 MW, hand-carried in beam saber mode, stored in recharge racks in front skirt armor plates and hand-operated in beam gun mode; hide bomb dispenser, mounted on left shoulder; option rack shield on right shoulder, can store additional weapons Optional hand armaments: beam rifle, powered by rechargeable energy cap
Although the AMX-011 Zaku III design lost out to the AMX-014 Dooben-Wolf as Neo Zeon's intended new frontline mass-production mobile suit, several Zaku III prototypes did get produced. These Zaku IIIs proved quite popular with many Neo Zeon officers and ace pilots fighting in the First Neo Zeon War. One Zaku III unit ended up in the hands of Haman Karn loyalist Mashymre Cello, who would employ his customized Zaku III in one of the last battles of the war. Although Mashymre's Zaku III was referred to as the AMX-011S Zaku III Custom, it was indeed nothing more than the basic Zaku III loaded out with various optional equipment selected by Mashymre. His Zaku III Custom sported heavier and more stylized armor, a new head mounting a pair of vulcan guns, optional left shoulder armor with a hide bomb dispenser, a large backpack with powerful thrusters and ejectable external propellant tanks, and an enormous rear skirt armor plate.
Pilot:
Mashymre Cello
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