YMS-07A Prototype Gouf
Model number: YMS-07A
Code name: Prototype Gouf
Unit type: prototype 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 17.7 meters
Weight: empty 58.2 metric tons; max gross weight unknown
Powerplant: Minovsky type ultracompact fusion reactor, output rating unknown
Propulsion: rocket thrusters: total output unknown
Fixed armaments: none
Optional fixed armaments: shield, mounted on left forearm
Optional hand armament: 120 mm machinegun, drum-fed, 100 rounds per drum
As the Principality of Zeon invaded and conquered many corners of Earth during the One Year War, Zeonic Company engineers were hard at work on a new ground combat mobile suit to supplement and replace the aging MS-06J Zaku II. The first prototype of this new model was the YMS-07A Prototype Gouf, which was essentially a redesigned Zaku with more efficient use of equipment and space, making it lighter and more maneuverable than the Zaku. The Gouf was intended to mount fixed weapons - specifically a 5-barreled 75 mm machinegun hand and a tentacle heat rod - but these weapons weren't ready at this early stage of production and would not appear until the second production unit, the MS-07B. A second prototype unit, the YMS-07B, incorporated additional thrusters in the legs, giving the Prototype Gouf the ability to make jet-assisted jumps.

Appearances: MSV (Mobile Suit Variations)
Original mechanical designer: Kunio Okawara
Custom Figure: YMS-07A Prototype Gouf
Original Figure: MS-07B Gouf
Other Parts Used: none
Reference Artwork: Mark Simmons
Paint colors: flat yellow chromate, flat charcoal grey, flat ghost grey, flat light grey, flat insignia red, flat black, gloss pink, gloss orange
Special Features: none
Time To Create: 4 days
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