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YMS-07A
Prototype Gouf
Model number: YMS-07A Code name: Prototype Gouf 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 58.2 metric tons; max gross weight unknown Powerplant: Minovsky type ultracompact fusion reactor, output rating unknown Propulsion: rocket thrusters: total output unknown Fixed armaments: none Optional fixed armaments: shield, mounted on left forearm Optional hand armament: 120mm machine gun, drum-fed, 100 rounds per drum
As the Principality of Zeon invaded and conquered many corners of Earth during the One Year War, Zeonic Company engineers were hard at work on a new ground combat mobile suit to supplement and replace the aging MS-06J Zaku II. The first prototype of this new model was the YMS-07A Prototype Gouf, which was essentially a redesigned Zaku with more efficient use of equipment and space, making it lighter and more maneuverable than the Zaku. The Gouf was intended to mount fixed weapons - specifically a 5-barreled 75mm machine gun hand and a tentacle heat rod - but these weapons weren't ready at this early stage of production and would not appear until the second production unit, the MS-07B. A second prototype unit, the YMS-07B, incorporated additional thrusters in the legs, giving the Prototype Gouf the ability to make jet-assisted jumps.
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