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
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Technical
and Historical Notes
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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).
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Miscellaneous
Information
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Appearances:
MSV
(Mobile Suit Variations)
Original mechanical designer: Kunio Okawara
Note: custom lineart by Mark Simmons