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MS-06FZ
Zaku II Kai
Model number: MS-06FZ Code name: Zaku II Kai Unit type: mass production general purpose mobile suit Manufacturer: Zeonic Company Operator: Principality of Zeon First deployment: UC 0079 Accommodation: pilot only, in standard cockpit in torso Dimensions: head height 17.5 meters Weight: empty 56.2 metric tons; max gross 74.5 metric tons Armor materials: titanium/ceramic composite Powerplant: Minovsky type ultracompact fusion reactor, output rated at 976 kW Propulsion: rocket thrusters: 3 x 24500 kg, 2 x 3000 kg; vernier thrusters/apogee motors: 14 Performance: maximum thruster acceleration 1.07 G; 180-degree turn time 1.6 seconds; maximum ground running speed 103 km/h Equipment and design features: sensors, range 3200 meters Fixed armaments: none Optional fixed armaments: 3-slot grenade rack, carries standard high-explosive/fragmentation or smoke/hide grenades, mounted on waist armor rack Optional hand armaments: MMP-80 90mm machine gun, clip-fed, 32 rounds per drum, spare clips can be stored on waist armor racks, with attached grenade launcher, 1 round; heat hawk, battery powered, can be stored on waist armor rack; sturm faust, rocket-propelled warhead, can be stored on waist armor storage racks
Late during the One Year War, the Principality of Zeon military started its "Unified Complete Equipment Plan" to upgrade and improve existing mobile suit designs and to make its own manufacturing capabilities more streamlined by incorporating similar parts and systems in several different mobile suit lines. One of the mobile suit types to be redesigned under this plan was the venerable MS-06F Zaku II, which had been serving Zeon since the early days of the war. The new MS-06FZ Zaku II Kai, with an improved type of cockpit and greatly increased thruster acceleration, was a tremendous improvement over the standard F-type in terms of speed and maneuverability. However, one drawback to the increased performance was that the Zaku II Kai's operational time was reduced by half, as it used fuel twice as fast due to the added thrust. And due to its late introduction into the war, only a small number of Zaku II Kais were produced, some operating in the skirmishes against the Earth Federation Forces stationed in the Side 6 area in December UC 0079.
Pilot:
Bernard Wiseman
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