MSM-07S Char’s Z’Gok

Model number: MSM-07S
Code name: Char’s Z’Gok
Unit type: commander’s high powered amphibious mobile suit
Manufacturer: MIP Company
Operator: Principality of Zeon
Rollout: August UC 0079
First deployment: September UC 0079
Accommodation: pilot only, in standard cockpit in torso
Dimensions: head height 18.4 meters
Weight: empty 67.3 metric tons; max gross 95.2 metric tons
Armor materials: titanium ceramic composite
Powerplant: Minovsky type ultracompact fusion reactor, output rated at 2,650 kW
Propulsion: hydrojet thrusters: 92,000 kg total
Performance: maximum water speed 103 knots
Equipment and design features: sensors, range 5,200 meters
Fixed armaments: 6 x 240mm rocket launcher, 5 rounds per launcher, mounted in head; 2 x mega particle cannon, mounted in forearms

The MSM-07S Char’s Z’Gok was a moderate improvement over the standard MSM-07 Z’Gok, sporting a more powerful reactor and a more economical use of armor and construction materials, resulting in a lighter gross weight and increased performance. Produced late in the One Year War, the S-type was usually reserved for ace pilots and unit commanders. Zeon ace pilot Char Aznable used one of these S-type Z’Goks during Zeon’s assault on the Earth Federation Forces’ Jaburo military headquarters on November 30, UC 0079. Because the attack was hastily organized, Char was unable to make use of several mobile suits designed at the captured California Base for an attack on Jaburo.

Pilot: Char Aznable
First appearance: Mobile Suit Gundam
Original mechanical designer: Kunio Okawara

Rear view