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MS-07H-4 Gouf Flight Test Type
Model number: MS-07H-4
Code name: Gouf Flight Test 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 18.8 meters
Weight: empty 65.2 metric tons; max gross weight unknown
Powerplant: Minovsky type ultracompact fusion reactor, power output rating unknown
Propulsion: rocket thrusters/thermonuclear jet engines: total output unknown
Fixed armaments: 2 x 5-barrel 75mm machine gun, clip-fed, barrels are mounted as hand fingers
Optional hand armaments: none
During the One Year War, the Zeon military attempts to develop an atmospheric flight-capable mobile suit to complement its ground-based mobile suit forces. The first prototype model developed under this program is the MS-07H Gouf Flight Test Type, but during its scheduled two-week test flight schedule, one problem after another arises, and the Goufs are redesigned and rebuilt in the field. After four weeks of delays and botched test flights, the MS-07H-4 piloted by Frank Bellnarl, is equipped with a set of new high-performance jet engines. However, after 10 days of test flights in the new model, the H-4-type experiences engine problems and explodes in mid-air, killing Bellnarl. Zeon's flight-type mobile suit development program is then immediately cancelled. However, despite the program's cancellation, some modifications continue to be made in the field, with the final MS-07H-8 Gouf Flight Type seeing action in Southeast Asia.
Pilot: Frank Bellnarl
Appearances: MSV (Mobile Suit Variations)
Original mechanical designer: Kunio Okawara
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