MS-06R2 ZAKU HIGH MOBILITY TYPE

Model number: MS-06R2
Code name: Zaku High Mobility Type
Unit type: limited production space combat mobile suit
Operator: Zeon Duchy
Dimensions: head height 17.5 meters; overall height 18.0 meters
Weight: empty 49.5 metric tons; max gross 75.0 metric tons
Construction: ?
Powerplant: Minovsky type ultracompact fusion reactor, output rated at 1340 kW
Propulsion: rocket thrusters, 60000 kg total
Performance: thruster acceleration 0.80 G
Equipment and design features: sensors, range 5600 meters
Fixed armaments: none
Optional hand armaments: 120mm machinegun, drum-fed, 100 rounds per drum; heat hawk, battery powered; cracker grenades, can be stored on waist armor storage racks; 280mm Zaku Bazooka, 4 round magazine; 360mm Giant bazooka, clip-fed, 10 rounds per clip

During the interim months between the end of Operation British and the deployment of Federal mobile suits, Zeon engineers continued tinkering away with their venerable MS-06 series of Zaku II mobile suits. While terrestrial designers were hard at work preparing their MS-09 Dom series (and stopgap MS-07 Gouf), the research crew at Solomon came up with a new and improved Zaku design until something better came their way. This new Zaku sports massively improved thruster output and maneuverability, among other things.

Though it still uses the same basic frame as the MS-06F, the MS-06R2 sports a vastly improved reactor, a lighter weight and greatly increased rocket output. It is also equipped with the as-yet-orphaned 360mm Giant Bazooka, which would later be equipped on the MS-09.

This high-performance variant is quite expensive to produce, and is usually only issued to seasoned officers. This is also for health concerns, as the Zaku HMT's expanded output is sometimes greater than green pilots can bear. It is the favored mobile suit of SAF ace Major Johnny Ridden, "The Crimson Lightning."

ZMP-50D 120mm machinegun. Standard-issue Zaku rifle, with a large optical sight.

Heat hawk. Standard-issue melee weapon for Zaku mobile suits. Superheated blade.

H&LGB03K 360mm Giant Bazooka. Standard-issue weapon for MS-09 Dom series, it is also frequently equipped on Zaku HMT's to facilitate extra firepower versus warships and fortresses.

Cracker grenade. A powerful fragmentation grenade that first explodes into six sub-explosives, which then detonate into six smaller bombs. Can be configured to emit a flash.