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MS-06V Zaku Tank (Type 1)

Model number: MS-06V

Code name: Zaku Tank

Unit type: artillery mobile suit

Manufacturer: Zeonic Company/Principality of Zeon field engineers

Operator(s): Principality of Zeon; Earth Federation Forces

First deployment: UC 0079

Accommodation: pilot only, in standard cockpit in torso Dimensions: overall height 14.0 meters

Weight: empty 50.0 metric tons; max gross weight unknown

Powerplant: Minovsky type ultracompact fusion reactor, output rated at 951 kW

Propulsion: engine-driven caterpillar treads: 2

Equipment and design features: sensors, range 3200 meters

Fixed armaments: machinecannon, mounted on lower tank body

Featured series: MSV; Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam; Mobile Suit Gundam ZZ

Webmaster's notes: The MS-06V (Type 1) is the merging of an MS-06F and a Magella Attack Tank. Used almost entirely for construction purposes, it's likely that the Zakus used by field engineers to construct these units were somehow damaged in such a way they could not re-enter combat. Equipping heavy manipulator claws in place of the standard arms, the MS-06V was an effecient and mobile working unit. Because its only armament was the machinegun of its Magella Attack bottom, this unit was almost useless in combat, capable only of holding back enemy infantry.