Zaku Tank

Technical Data and General Information

Model number: MS-06V Code name: Zaku Tank Unit type: construction 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 13.0 meters Weight: empty 45.0 metric tons; max gross weight unknown Powerplant: Minovsky type ultracompact fusion reactor, output rated at 899 kW Propulsion: engine-driven caterpillar treads: 2 Equipment and design features: sensors, range 2900 meters Fixed armaments: none

Technical and Historical Notes

As the One Year War raged on, the Zeon military found itself desparately in short supply of replacement parts for mobile suits and other combat weapons. Zeon was forced to salvage what parts and supplies they could from existing damaged units, often cobbling together makeshift designs to get more operational units to the field. One product of this situation was the MS-06V Zaku Tank, which fused a Zaku mobile suit's upper body, head and arms with the Magella Base drive base of a Magella Attack tank. Though the most common Zaku Tank was armed with weapons as a combat unit, many variations also existed depending on available parts and the tasks required of it. One such Zaku Tank variation was a construction unit used by Zeon forces stationed in Southeast Asia, which used the upper body of a MS-05B Zaku I and mounted a bulldozer blade and a pair of long manipulator arms for heavy lifting.