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MS-07C-3
Gouf Heavy Arms Type
Model number: MS-07C-3 Code name: Gouf Heavy Arms Type Unit type: prototype 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 17.7 meters Weight: empty 64.2 metric tons; max gross weight unknown Powerplant: Minovsky type ultracompact fusion reactor, output rating unknown Propulsion: rocket thrusters: total output unknown Fixed armaments: 2 x 5-barrel 85mm machine gun, clip-fed, 2 spare clips stored on hip armor, barrels mounted as hand fingers; 30mm machine gun, mounted in head
Zeon's ground-model MS-07B Gouf mobile suit, intended to be a replacement for the aging MS-06J Zaku II, proved to be somewhat of a problem when it came to armament. Whereas the Zaku II could rely on a wide variety of hand armaments depending on the mission, the Gouf was limited by its permanently-mounted tentacle heat rod and 75mm machine gun hand. To overcome this, the Zeon military developed several mission-specific Gouf variants to operate on different fronts of the One Year War. One of these variants was the MS-06C-3 Gouf Heavy Arms Type, employed primarily in Europe. The old heat rod and single 75mm machine gun hand was replaced by a heavier 85mm machine gun hand on both arms, fed by large-capacity ammunition clips, with spare clips carried on the hips as replacements. These were supplemented by a 30 mm machine gun in the forehead for close-range firepower, and extra thrusters were added to the legs to help it overcome the additional weight of its new weapons.
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