AMX-006 Gaza-D

Model number: AMX-006
Code name: Gaza-D
Unit type: mass production general purpose transformable mobile suit
Manufacturer: Neo Zeon
Operator: Neo Zeon
First deployment: March UC 0088
Accommodation: pilot in panoramic monitor/linear seat cockpit in head
Dimensions: mobile suit mode: overall height 23.66 meters, head height 17.0 meters; mobile armor mode: overall length 16.1 meters
Weight: empty 28.7 metric tons; max gross 68.4 metric tons; mass ratio 1.86
Armor materials: Gundarium alloy
Powerplant: Minovsky type ultracompact fusion reactor, output rated at 2,140 kW
Propulsion: rocket thrusters: 98,200 kg total (4 x 18,400kg, 2 x 12,300 kg); vernier thrusters/apogee motors: 12
Equipment and design features: sensors, range 10,800 meters
Fixed armaments: 2 x 14-tube missile launcher (uses AMS-01H heavy missile), mounted in shoulder binders in mobile suit mode and on main body in mobile armor mode; 2 x 4-tube missile launcher (uses AMS-01H heavy missile), mounted in shoulder binders in mobile suit mode and on main body in mobile armor mode; 2 x beam saber, power rated at 0.9 MW, stored in recharge racks in shoulder binders, hand-carried in use in mobile suit mode; 2 x beam gun, power rated at 3.2 MW each, mounted on main body/backpack
Optional hand armaments: knuckle buster, power rated at 8.5 MW, powered by rechargeable energy cap, mounts on main body in mobile armor mode

Introduced at the beginning of the First Neo Zeon War in UC 0088, the AMX-006 Gaza-D was a moderate improvement over Neo Zeon’s mass produced frontline model, the AMX-003 Gaza-C. As the Gaza-D’s basic construction and transformation sequence were practically the same as the Gaza-C’s, it was easy to mass produce, as the existing Gaza-C production lines at the Axis asteroid base were easily modified to facilitate production of the Gaza-D. At the outbreak of the war, the Gaza-D often complemented – and eventually replaced – its predecessor as one of Neo Zeon’s mainstay mobile suits. Although the Gaza-D was functionally the same as the Gaza-C, it was a better performer in terms of power output, speed and maneuverability. In addition to a pair of beam guns, two beam sabers, and its knuckle buster beam rifle, the Gaza-D was also equipped with various missile launchers in its shoulder binders for additional heavy firepower. The Gaza-D continued to be used by later Neo Zeon factions and participated in the defense of the Palau asteroid during the Laplace Incident of UC 0096.

Pilot(s): Panpa Lida, Wyme, Beanne, Gottn Goh, Glemy Toto, Creyue Oye
First appearance: Mobile Suit Gundam ZZ
Original mechanical designer(s): Mamoru Nagano (principal design, Gundam ZZ version), Mika Akitaka (cleanup, Gundam ZZ version)

4-tube missile launcher (Version 1)

Cockpit hatch (Version 1)

Knuckle buster (Version 1)

Rear view (Mobile suit mode, Version 1)

Rear view (Mobile suit mode, Version 2)

Rear view (Mobile armor mode, Version 1)

Rear view (Mobile armor mode, Version 2)