MS-06V-6 Zaku Tank Green Makaku


General and Technical Data

Model number: MS-06V-6
Code name: Zaku Tank Green Makaku

Unit type:
artillery mobile suit
Manufacturer: Zeonic Company/Principality of Zeon field engineers
Operator: Principality of Zeon
First deployment: UC 0079
Accommodation: pilot only, in standard cockpit in torso
Dimensions: overall height 14.0 meters
Weight: empty 50.0 metric tons; max gross weight unknown
Powerplant: Minovsky type ultracompact fusion reactor, output rated at 951 kW
Propulsion: engine-driven caterpillar treads: 2
Equipment and design features: sensors, range 3200 meters
Fixed armaments: 8-tube missile launcher, mounted on lower tank body


Technical and Historical Notes

As the One Year War raged on, the Zeon military found itself desperately in short supply of replacement parts for mobile suits and other combat weapons. Zeon was forced to salvage what parts and supplies they could from existing damaged units, often cobbling together makeshift designs to get more operational units to the field. One product of this situation was the MS-06V Zaku Tank, which fused a Zaku mobile suit's upper body, head and arms with the Magella Base drive base of a HT-01B Magella Attack tank. Zaku Tanks were prized commodities for Zeon field commanders who were starved for replacement mobile suits, and the Zaku Tanks were often employed as construction units for building bases and moving supplies. However, Zaku Tanks could also, if necessary, be outfitted with weapons and fielded as combat units. The MS-06V-6 Zaku Tank Green Makaku was a variation of the standard MS-06V. Though this suit was developed for labor, it was equipped with an 8-tube missile launcher. The new manipulator arms proved to be very efficient and the Green Makaku was given more complicated work.

Miscellaneous Information

Appearances: MSV (Mobile Suit Variations); Mobile Suit Gundam: Bonds of the Battlefield
Original mechanical designer: Kunio Okawara