MS-06C-5 Zaku II

Model number: MS-06C-5
Code name: Zaku II
Unit type: mass production general purpose mobile suit
Manufacturer: Zeonic Company
Operator: Principality of Zeon
Rollout: unknown
First deployment: UC 0079
Accommodation: pilot only, in standard cockpit in torso
Dimensions: head height 17.5 meters; overall width 9.2 meters (9.7 including spike)
Weight: unknown
Armor materials: super hard steel alloy
Powerplant: Minovsky type ultracompact fusion reactor, power output rating unknown
Propulsion: unknown
Performance: unknown
Equipment and design features: sensors, range unknown
Fixed armaments: shield, mounted on right shoulder
Optional fixed armaments: R6 pack, features 2-barrel machine gun, mounted on left forearm
Optional hand armaments: belt-fed MS machine gun, connects to ammo container mounted under backpack; Type A2 MS bazooka; heat hawk, can be stored on waist armor racks

The Principality of Zeon’s early mass production MS-06C Zaku II was upgraded several times during the initial stages of the One Year War, including the Type C-5 and Type C-6. The Type C-5, in contrast to the regular Type C, was equipped with a backpack for use on both Earth and in space. It also utilized a different cockpit block. The Type C-5’s armaments included a belt-fed machine gun, a bazooka, a heat hawk and a the optional R6 pack with a twin machine gun mounted on the left arm. Type C-5 units participated in the Battle of Loum. Eventually, all Type C versions were updated to Type F, which became the standard version of the Zaku II for the duration of the war.

First appearance: Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin (anime)
Original mechanical designer: Hajime Katoki
Note: Based on the MS-06 Zaku II from the Gundam: The Origin manga.

Heat hawk

Rear view

R6 pack

Type A2 MS bazooka