MS-06A Zaku II First Mass Production Type


General and Technical Data

Model number: MS-06A
Code name: Zaku II First Mass Production Type
Unit type: mobile suit
Manufacturer: Zeonic Company
Operator: Principality of Zeon
First deployment: August UC 0077
Accommodation: pilot only, in standard cockpit in torso
Dimensions: head height 17.5 meters
Weight: unknown
Powerplant: Minovsky type ultracompact fusion reactor, output rating unknown
Propulsion: rocket thrusters: total output unknown
Fixed armaments: none
Optional hand armaments: 120mm machine gun, drum-fed, 100 rounds per drum, spare drums can be stored on waist armor racks; 280mm Zaku bazooka, 4 round magazine, can be stored on rack on rear waist armor

Technical and Historical Notes

In its military buildup for the anticipated war against the Earth Federation, the Principality of Zeon's military was already hard at work developing an improved version of its first combat-capable mobile suit, the MS-05B Zaku. The first of Zeonic Company's new model Zaku II, the MS-06A First Mass Production Type (or "A-type"), was completed in August UC 0077 and saw the introduction of external power cables and other minor improvements over the old Zaku I. The director of the project, Kycilia Zabi, declared the A-type Zaku II insufficient, and more improvements were later to be made, leading to the mass-produced MS-06C Zaku II Type C (and later the well-known MS-06F model).

Miscellaneous Information

Appearances: MSV (Mobile Suit Variations)
Original mechanical designer: Kunio Okawara
Note: custom lineart by Mark Simmons