MS-06J Zaku II (Dell Custom)
Model number: MS-06J
Code name: Zaku II Ground Combat Type
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: head height 17.5 meters
Weight: empty 56.2 metric tons; max gross 70.3 metric tons
Powerplant: Minovsky type ultracompact fusion reactor, output rated at 976 kW
Propulsion: rocket thrusters: 45400 kg total
Performance: maximum thruster acceleration 0.65 G; maximum ground running speed 85 km/h
Equipment and design features: sensors, range 3600 meters
Fixed armaments: none
Optional fixed armaments: 2 x 3-tube missile pod, mounted on legs
Optional hand armaments: 120 mm machinegun, drum-fed, 100 rounds per drum, spare drums can be stored on waist armor racks; 280 mm Zaku bazooka, 4 round magazine, can be stored on rack on rear waist armor; 175 mm Magella Attack cannon; heat hawk, battery powered, can be stored on waist armor rack
During the One Year War, the Principality of Zeon's most heavily mass-produced mobile suit was the MS-06F Zaku II. However, many variants of the F-type Zaku were also introduced during the war, and the MS-06J Zaku II was almost completely identical to it. The J-type was built exclusively for ground combat, removing the vernier thrusters required on space-use F-type models. The J-type also carried a slightly more powerful powerplant (possibly to assist in its mobility under the full-gravity conditions of Earth) and was waterproofed for limited underwater operations. Despite these minor differences, the J-type Zaku is 99% visually identical to the standard F-type. The J-type also uses all of the same standard armaments as its spaceborne counterpart, although some have rarely been known to hand-carry the 175 mm cannon pulled from a Magella Attack tank. J-type Zakus were notably employed in the Southeast Asia campaign and in Australia, such as Dell's battle-scarred unit.  Having taken a beating at the Zeon defeat at Odessa, his Zaku II had a large chunk blown off of the left shoulder armor, large gouges in the right shoulder plate, a cratered hole in the chest armor, and a damaged and dangling chest cable.  It was later felled by villagers-turned-guerrillas with light anti-tank weapons and a direct hit by Terry Sander's Gundam's beam rifle.

Appearances: Mobile Suit Gundam: The 08th MS Team
Original mechanical designer: Kimitoshi Yamane
Custom Figure: MS-06J Zaku II (Dell Custom)
Original Figure: MS-06F Zaku II
Other Parts Used: none
Reference Artwork: Kimitoshi Yamane
Paint Colors:
|Special Features: none
Time To Create: 2 days
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