TMF/A-802P-Mod.W BuCUE Waltfeld Custom Type

Model number: TMF/A-802P-Mod.W
Code name: BuCUE Waltfeld Custom Type
Unit type: commander’s custom ground assault mobile suit
Manufacturer: ZAFT (Zodiac Alliance of Freedom Treaty)
Operator(s): ZAFT; Junk Guild; Serpent Tail
First deployment: C.E. 70
Accommodation: 2 pilots, in standard cockpit in torso
Dimensions: unknown
Weight: unknown
Armor materials: unknown
Powerplant: ultracompact energy battery, power output rating unknown
Propulsion: 4 x engine-driven caterpillar tread (tank mode)
Equipment and design features: sensors, range unknown
Fixed armaments: 6 x spike, mounted on head and forelegs; 2 x cutter
Optional fixed armaments: 2-barrel 450mm railgun, mounted on back; 13-tube 400mm missile launcher, mounted on back

The TMF/A-802 BuCUE served as one of ZAFT’s ground assault models during the Bloody Valentine War, and several variants of it were produced, including the TMF/A-802P-Mod.W BuCUE Waltfeld Custom Type. This particular variant was produced solely for North African commander “Desert Tiger” Andrew Waltfeld. Waltfeld’s custom BuCUE was most easily identified by the orange tiger motif similar to his tiger-colored pilot suit. Because ZAFT lacked beam saber technology at the time, Waltfeld’s custom unit was equipped with two long fangs, and it also had claws mounted on the feet. Waltfeld’s custom BuCUE also served as the prototype for his later TMF/A-803 LaGOWE, which also featured claws and a similar color scheme. The custom BuCUE functioned as Waltfeld’s personal unit until the LaGOWE was completed and rolled out onto the battlefield. After Waltfeld was critically injured in a battle with Kira Yamato’s GAT-X105 Strike Gundam, his custom BuCUE was left behind and eventually fell into the hands of Junk Guild member Kisato Yamabuki.

Pilot(s): Andrew Waltfeld, Elijah Kiel, Loretta Adja, Kisato Yamabuki
First appearance: Mobile Suit Gundam SEED MSV
Original mechanical designer: Kunio Okawara

450mm railgun

Rear view