Code name: Zaku Desert Type
Unit type: mass production desert combat mobile suit
Manufacturer: Zeonic Company/Principality of Zeon field engineers
Operator: Principality of Zeon
First deployment: UC 0079
Accommodation: pilot only, in standard cockpit in torso Dimensions: overall height 18.2 meters; head height 17.5 meters
Weight: empty 61.3 metric tons; max gross 79.4 metric tons
Powerplant: Minovsky type ultracompact fusion reactor, output rated at 976 kW
Propulsion: jet thrusters: total output 42900 kg
Performance: maximum thruster acceleration 0.54 G; maximum ground running speecd 80 km/h
Equipment and design features: sensors, range unknown Fixed armaments: 2 x vulcan gun, fire-linked, mounted in head
Optional hand armaments: 105mm machinegun, drum-fed; cracker grenade, stored in optional 2-slot cracker pod on hip armor racks
Featured series: MSV (Mobile Suit Variations)
Webmaster's notes: Based off the ground type MS-06J Zaku II, the MS-06D Zaku Desert Type was introduced early and used in significant numbers on earth. Many squads were formed entirely of the unit. The most notable feature of the MS-06D was a backpack mounted heat dissapator in place of the the standard thrusters. Meanwhile, additional thrusters were added to the legs to make up for the loss, and acceleration remained about the same as the standard Zaku. The Desert Type also had a few features to help make it more self suffecient in a desert environments where reinforcements were less likely. These included a thick communications antenna mounted on the head, flanked by a pair of small caliber vulcan cannons for use as anti-infantry or anti-air weapons. The MS-06D was also the only Zaku II variant to use the 105mm machine gun in favor of the 120mm, since the 105mm still packed significant power but was slightly more compact.
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