ZMT-S29 Zanneck

Model number: ZMT-S29
Code name: Zanneck
Unit type: long-range attack use mobile suit
Manufacturer: BESPA (Zanscare Empire)
Operator: BESPA (Zanscare Empire)
Rollout: UC 0153
First deployment: 8 June UC 0153
Accommodation: 1 pilot and 1 gunner in panoramic monitor/linear seat cockpit in torso
Dimensions: head height 19.4 meters
Weight: empty 16.7 metric tons; max gross 38.2 metric tons
Armor materials: high titanium alloy neo ceramic composite
Powerplant: 2 x Minovsky type ultracompact fusion reactor, output rated at 5,570 kW
Propulsion: rocket thrusters: 164,220 kg total (2 x 41,060 kg, 2 x 30,780 kg, 2 x 10,270 kg); vernier thrusters/apogee motors: 52
Performance: unknown
Equipment and design features: sensors, range unknown; 2 x hardpoint, mounts two particle accelerators for mega beam cannon
Fixed armaments: 2 x beam shield, mounted on forearms; mega beam cannon, connected to right arm, powered by particle accelerators; 2 x beam saber, hand-carried in use, 2 x 7-tube missile launcher, mounted in chest
Optional hand armaments: none

In the latter part of the Zanscare War of UC 0153, BESPA fielded many prototype units in battle. One such unit was the ZMT-S29 Zanneck, which in essence was a mobile suit-sized version of the Keilas Guilie attack satellite. Like Keilas Guilie, the Zanneck utilized two particle accelerators to power its powerful mega beam cannon. A similar mega cannon system was also used by the ZMT-S33S Gottrlatan. The Zanneck required a flying saucer base to act as a stabilizer when it fired its cannon. With its beam cannon, the Zanneck was able to hit targets on Earth from high in the atmosphere, or across long distances in a space battle. The blast from the Zanneck’s beam cannon could only be deflected by the LM314V21 Victory 2 Gundam‘s mega beam shield or its wings of light. Though the Zanneck contained seats for two pilots, only one was necessary to operate the unit. Since the Zanneck could attack without warning, the only way to detect it was through the sound of bells that Newtypes like Uso Ewin and Shahkti Kareen could detect. The Zanneck was first deployed on June 8, when it began attacking BESPA’s former European base at Largaine. Only one unit was known to have been built, piloted by the unstable Fuala Griffon and Kil Tandon, and it was destroyed near the war’s end by Uso’s V2 Gundam.

Pilot(s): Fuala Griffon, Kil Tandon
First appearance: Mobile Suit Victory Gundam
Original mechanical designer: Junya Ishigaki

Head

Linear seats

Mega beam cannon

Particle accelerator

Rear view

Zanneck base