Model number: MS-06J
Code name: Zaku II Ground Combat Type
Unit type: mass production ground combat 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 70.3 metric tons
Powerplant: Minovsky type ultracompact fusion reactor, output rated at 976 kW
Propulsion: rocket thrusters: 45400 kg total
Performance: maximum thruster acceleration 0.65 G; maximum ground running speed 85 km/h
Equipment and design features: sensors, range 3600 meters
Fixed armaments: none
Optional fixed armaments: 2 x 3-tube missile pod, mounted on legs
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; 175mm HT-01B Magella Attack cannon; heat hawk, battery powered, can be stored on waist armor rack

Technical and Historical Notes

During the One Year War, the Principality of Zeon's most heavily mass-produced mobile suit was the MS-06F Zaku II. However, many variants of the F-type Zaku were also introduced during the war, and the MS-06J Zaku II was almost completely identical to it. The J-type was built exclusively for ground combat, removing the vernier thrusters required on space-use F-type models. The J-type also carried a slightly more powerful powerplant (possibly to assist in its mobility under the full-gravity conditions of Earth) and was waterproofed for limited underwater operations. Despite these minor differences, the J-type Zaku is 99% visually identical to the standard F-type. The J-type also uses all of the same standard armaments as its spaceborne counterpart, although some have rarely been known to hand-carry the 175mm cannon pulled from a HT-01B Magella Attack tank. J-type Zakus were notably employed in the Southeast Asia campaign and in Australia.

Miscellaneous Information

Appearances: MSV (Mobile Suit Variations); Gundam 0079: The War for Earth
Original mechanical designer: Kunio Okawara