Model number: MS-06R-3S
Code name: High Mobility Type Zaku (aka Gelgoog Early Prototype)
Unit type: high mobility mobile suit
Manufacturer: Zeonic Company
Operator: Principality of Zeon
First deployment: UC 0079
Accommodation: pilot only, in panoramic monitor/linear seat cockpit in torso
Dimensions: head height 19.0 meters
Weight: empty 43.5 metric tons; max gross 73.7 metric tons
Armor materials: super-hard steel alloy
Powerplant: Minovsky type ultracompact fusion reactor, output rated at 1390 kW
Propulsion: rocket thrusters: 56600 kg total
Performance: maximum thruster acceleration 0.77 G
Equipment and design features: sensors, range 6200 meters
Fixed armaments: heat sword, stored on backpack, hand-carried in use
Optional hand armaments: beam rifle, power rating unknown; 2 x 50mm vulcan gun

Technical and Historical Notes

The Zeonic Company produces four MS-06R-2 Zaku II High Mobility Type units, with one of them designated for development and testing purposes. This unit is modified into the MS-06R-3S High Mobility Type Zaku, or as it is commonly known the Zaku III. The MS-06R-3S is armed with a beam rifle, a heat sword and a pair of vulcan guns. The unit's main purpose is to test the technology that is later used in the MS-14S (YMS-14) Gelgoog Commander Type.

Miscellaneous Information

Pilot: Thomas Meyer
Appearances: M-MSV (aka MS Collection)
Original mechanical designer: Kunio Okawara

Lineart

Beam rifle