| 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 Accomodation: pilot only, in standard cockpit in torso Dimensions: overall height 13.0 meters Weight: empty 45.0 metric tons; max gross 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 |
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| 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. Zaku Tanks were prized commodoties for Zeon field commanders who were starved for replacement mobile suits, and the Zaku Tanks were often employed as construction units for building bases and moving supplies. However, Zaku Tanks could also, if necessary, be outfitted with weapons and fielded as combat units. Following the end of the One Year War, many captured Zaku Tanks were employed at Earth Federal Forces bases across Earth, particularly at the Jabrow military headquarters in South America. |