MS-06R-3S Zaku II R-3S

Model number: MS-06R-3S
Code name: Zaku II R-3S (aka Gelgoog Early Prototype, aka Zaku III)
Unit type: high mobility mobile suit
Manufacturer: Zeonic Company
Operator: Principality of Zeon
First deployment: UC 0079
Accommodation: pilot only, in panoramic monitor/linear seat cockpit in torso
Dimensions: head height 19.0 meters
Weight: empty 43.5 metric tons; max gross 73.7 metric tons
Armor materials: super hard steel alloy
Powerplant: Minovsky type ultracompact fusion reactor, output rated at 1,390 kW
Propulsion: rocket thrusters: 56,600 kg total
Equipment and design features: sensors, range 6,200 meters
Fixed armaments: heat sword, stored on backpack, hand-carried in use
Optional hand armaments: beam rifle, power rating unknown; 2 x 50mm vulcan gun

The Zeonic Company produced four MS-06R-2 Zaku II R-2 units, with one of them designated for development and testing purposes. This unit was modified into the MS-06R-3S Zaku II R-3S, or as it was commonly known, the Zaku III. The MS-06R-3S was armed with a beam rifle, a heat sword and a pair of vulcan guns. The unit’s main purpose was to test the technology that was later used in the MS-14S Gelgoog Commander Type.

Pilot: Tomas Meyer
First appearance: M-MSV
Original mechanical designer: Kunio Okawara

Beam rifle

Rear view