Model number: MS-06S

Code name: Zaku II Commander Type

Unit type: commander's high powered mobile suit

Manufacturer: Zeonic Company

Operator: Principality of Zeon

First deployment: UC 0079

Accommodation: pilot only, in standard cockpit in torso

Dimensions: overall height 18.0 meters; head height 17.5 meters

Weight: empty 56.5 metric tons; max gross 75.2 metric tons

Construction: super-high tensile steel on monocoque frame

Powerplant: Minovsky type ultracompact fusion reactor, output rated at 976 kW

Propulsion: rocket thrusters: 51600 kg total

Performance: maximum thruster acceleration 0.69 G

Equipment and design features: sensors, range 3200 meters

Fixed armaments: none

Optional hand armaments: 120 mm machinegun, drum-fed, 100 rounds per drum, spare drums can be stored on waist armor racks; 280 mm Zaku bazooka, 4 round magazine, can be stored on rack on rear waist armor; heat hawk, battery powered, can be stored on waist armor racks

Featured series: Mobile Suit Gundam; Mobile Suit Gundam: Cross Dimension 0079; Mobile Suit Gundam Side Story 0079: Rise from the Ashes; Gundam Battle Assault; Char's Deleted Affair: Portrait of Young Comet; Mobile Suit Gundam: Journey to Jaburo; Mobile Suit Gundam: Lost War Chronicles; Mobile Suit Gundam: Federation VS Zeon DX; Mobile Suit Gundam 0079: Zeonic Front; Mobile Suit Gundam: Encounters in Space; Gundam Battle Assault 2

Webmaster's notes: Much like the MS-06R-1A Zaku High Mobility Type, the Zaku II Commander Type was an improved model of the Zaku II, equipped with a better generator to increase thrust and most often piloted by aces. The Zaku II S type was fitted with a head antenna to show that it was a commander's unit. However, it should not be forgotten that almost any Zeon mobile suit can be fitted with a command spike and this does not necessarily make it an improved model. Many standard Zaku IIs would recieve antennae in addition to the S type. The most famous MS-06S was that used by Char Asnable, the Red Comet. Though Char was sometimes documented at going speeds three times that of a standard Zaku, the S type isn't nearly fast enough to manage such thrust. The speed most likely lies in Char's tendancy to boost off dying enemy ships to gain a large increase in acceleration.

Char Asnable colors

Char Asnable colors

Char Asnable colors

Char Asnable colors

Char Asnable colors

Char Asnable colors (drawn by Mark Simmons)

unknown ace's colors(drawn by Mark Simmons)

Anavel Gato colors(drawn by Mark Simmons)