Model Number: MS-09F Code name: Dom Funf Unit type: variable environment mobile suit Manufacturer: Zimmad Company Operator: Principality of Zeon First deployment: UC 0079 Accommodation: pilot only, in standard cockpit
in torso Dimensions: head height 18.5 meters Weight: max gross weight 44.8 metric tons Armor materials: super-hard steel alloy Powerplant: Minovsky type ultracompact fusion
reactor, output rated
at 1199 kW Equipment and design features: sensors, range
unknown Fixed armaments: scattering beam gun, mounted
in torso; heat saber,
battery powered, stored in recharge rack on back, hand carried
in use Optional hand armaments: MMP-80 90mm machine gun,
clip-fed, 32
rounds per clip, spare clips can be stored on waist armor storage
racks; 880mm raketen bazooka, clip-fed, 5 rounds per clip, spare
clips can be stored on waist armor storage racks; 90mm assault
rifle;
3-tube missile launcher
Technical
and Historical Notes
The final Dom variant designed during the One Year War, the MS-09F
Dom Funf was one of the most flexible designs produced by any
of the three major mobile suit manufacturers. Based heavily on
the Zimmad
Company’s previous suit, the MS-09
Dom, the Dom Funf was built
around a modular design. Designed before the Zeon military instituted
their United Maintenance Plan, the Dom Funf’s design allowed
for ease of repair and conversion for different environments.
The two most striking differences between the two suits are the
redesigned shoulders and legs. Given the Dom Funf’s construction,
the unit could be easily refitted for different environments,
saving both time and materials. With the introduction of the Dom
Funf’s modular construction, the boundary between space
and land types vanished. With just a few hours of work, a space-use
Dom Funf could be re-equipped for ground combat, and many other
environments including, but not limited to desert and tropical
environments.
The Dom Funf saw little production during the One Year War. A
few
units were produced at the Zeon space fortress A Baoa Qu during
the
final weeks of the One Year War, with one being stationed aboard
the
flagship of Admiral Aiguille Delaz, the Gwazine-class
Gwaden. Given the state of the desperate fighting
outside, and the pristine condition of the mobile suit in question,
the unit was possibly the personal mobile suit of Admiral Delaz,
though there is no evidence to corroborate this. The Funf was
an excellent design, versatile and powerful, but was never produced
in enough numbers or soon enough to make any difference in the
outcome of the war.