MSM-03 Gogg

Model number: MSM-03
Code name: Gogg
Unit type: mass production amphibious mobile suit
Manufacturer: Zimmad Company
Operator(s): Principality of Zeon; civilians
Rollout: May UC 0079 (pre-production version)
First deployment: July UC 0079 (production version)
Accommodation: pilot only, in standard cockpit in torso (later refitted and replica units equipped with linear seat/panoramic monitor cockpit)
Dimensions: head height 18.3 meters
Weight: empty 82.4 metric tons; max gross 159.4 metric tons
Armor materials: super-high tensile steel
Powerplant: Minovsky type ultracompact fusion reactor, output rated at 1740 kW
Propulsion: hydrojet thrusters: 2 x 38000 kg, 3 x 15000 kg
Performance: maximum thruster acceleration 0.76 G; maximum water speed 75 knots
Equipment and design features: sensors, range 5400 meters; freezy yard
Fixed armaments: 2 x mega particle gun, mounted in main body; 2 x torpedo launcher, mounted in main body

When the Zeonic Company's amphibious MS-06M Zaku Marine Type proves a failure, the Zimmad Company steps in to take a new approach to the challenge of underwater combat mobile suits. As the Principality of Zeon is desperate to keep their foothold on Earth during the One Year War, they need an effective way to operate in Earth's oceans. The Zimmad Company's first - and successful - design is the MSM-03 Gogg. Heavily armored to withstand deep sea pressures, and with the sea to act as a natural heat sink, its bulky body houses a large and powerful reactor - large enough to power the Gogg's built-in beam weapons. Being a submersible unit, the Gogg's body also contains ballast tanks, whose water can be used to radiate reactor heat when it operates out of the water in amphibious assaults. With these features, the Gogg is the first "true" amphibious mobile suit and sets the stage for all underwater combat suits to come. Zimmad also produces an improved version, the MSM-03C Hygogg (which has a dramatically different appearance from its predecessor).

Pilot(s): Marcy, Lasa, Lunan
Appearances: Mobile Suit Gundam; Mobile Suit Gundam: The 08th MS Team; Mobile Suit Gundam ZZ; Mobile Suit Gundam Side Story: The Blue Destiny; Mobile Suit Gundam Side Story: MS Generation; Mobile Suit Gundam Side Story 0079: Rise from the Ashes; Mobile Suit Gundam: Federation VS Zeon DX; Mobile Suit Gundam: Journey to Jaburo; Mobile Suit Gundam 0079: Zeonic Front; Gundam Evolve; Mobile Suit Gundam: Pilot's Locus; Mobile Suit Gundam: Bonds of the Battlefield; Mobile Suit Gundam: Target in Sight; Mobile Suit Gundam Battlefield Record UC 0081
Original mechanical designer: Kunio Okawara