MS-05B Zaku I Land Warfare Type

Model number: MS-05B
Code name: Zaku I Land Warfare Type
Unit type: mass production land warfare mobile suit
Manufacturer: Zeonic Company
Operator(s): Principality of Zeon
First deployment: unknown
Accommodation: pilot only, in standard cockpit in torso
Dimensions: head height 17.5 meters
Weight: empty 50.3 metric tons; max gross 65.0 metric tons
Armor materials: super-hard steel alloy
Powerplant: Minovsky type ultracompact fusion reactor, output rated at 899 kW
Propulsion: rocket thrusters: 2 x 19,500 kg, 2 x 850 kg
Performance: maximum thruster acceleration 0.63 G; 180-degree turn time 2.9 seconds; maximum ground running speed 65 km/h
Equipment and design features: sensors, range 2,900 meters
Fixed armaments: none
Optional hand armaments: 105mm machine gun, drum-fed, 100 rounds per drum, spare drums can be stored on waist armor racks; 120mm machine gun, drum-fed, 100 rounds per drum, spare drums can be stored on waist armor racks; 280mm Zaku bazooka, 4 round magazine, can be stored on rack on rear waist armor; heat hawk, battery powered, can be stored on waist armor racks; raketen bazooka; giant bazooka; heat sword

The MS-05B Zaku I was the Principality of Zeon’s first mobile suit to see heavy mass production. As a pre-war suit, the Zaku I was retired before the One Year War. However, due to losses, it continued to see limited combat throughout much of the war, mostly being used at isolated bases and by supply convoys. As the war progressed, more old Zaku Is were put back into service. The Zaku I Land Warfare Type was little more than a stock Zaku I repainted in region-specific colors. Most Zaku Is were assigned either to pilots that requested them, or to newly formed squadrons that were unable to obtain the best equipment available. Some saw action in Southeast Asia, and others were assigned to the Midnight Fenrir Corps. Pilot Manning kept his Zaku I throughout the remainder of the war, adding different weapons and option parts to suit his liking. These included a shield, the MS-07B Gouf’s heat sword, and even a shield salvaged from a fallen RGM-79 GM.

Pilot(s): Matt Austin, Lee Swaggard, Manning
First appearance: Zeonic Front: Mobile Suit Gundam 0079

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