Model number: MS-07B-3
Code name: Gouf Custom
Unit type: mass production ground combat mobile suit
Manufacturer: Zeonic Company
Operator: Principality of Zeon
First deployment: UC 0079
Accommodation: pilot only, in standard cockpit in torso
Dimensions: overall height 18.7 meters; head height 18.2 meters
Weight: empty 58.5 metric tons; max gross 77.6 metric tons
Powerplant: Minovsky type ultracompact fusion reactor, output rated at 1034 kW
Propulsion: rocket thrusters: 40700 kg total
Performance: maximum thruster acceleration 0.53 G
Equipment and design features: sensors, range 3600 meters
Fixed armaments: heat rod, retractable, superheated slicing/grappling/shocking weapon, mounted in right forearm
Optional fixed armaments: 3-barrel 35 mm machinegun, clip-fed, mounts on left forearm; Gatling shield, mounts 75 mm Gatling gun, drum-and-belt fed; heat saber, battery powered, stored in Gatling shield, hand-carried in use
Featured series: Mobile Suit Gundam: The 08th MS Team; Mobile Suit Gundam: Journey to Jaburo; Mobile Suit Gundam: Lost War Chronicles; Mobile Suit Gundam 0079: Zeonic Front; SD Gundam: G Generation Neo
Webmaster's note: The Gouf Custom is a continuation on the theme of a Gouf; a high quality ground mobile suit lacking hoverjet engines. Similar to the original Gouf in many respects, the custom has multiple small external differences that make it easy to differentiate, including the additon of a central square cockpit window. Other improvements over the old stlye Gouf include a massive 6-barrel 75mm gattling gun attachment for the shield, and a 3-barrel 35mm machine gun in place of the old 5-barrel 75mm. Each of the three barrels contained a six-barrel vulcan cannon, explaining the small size of the bullets. The MS-07B-3's heat saber, unlike the MS-07B's, was a standard model with a simple heated blade. Meanwhile, the Gouf Custom's heat rod, rather than a tentacle, was more like a simple wire with a knob on the end. Though slicing ability was negated, the new heat rod had longer range, could be used as a magnetic grappling hook, and could deliver a disabling shock to an enemy simply by sticking the end to their mobile suit.
Drawn by Mark Simmons
