Unit type: mass production general purpose mobile suit
Manufacturer: Zeonic Company
Operator(s): Duchy of Zeon
Rollout: UC ?
First deployed: March UC 0079
Production run: ? units
Head height: 17.5 meters
Overall height: ? meters
Base weight: 58.1 metric tons
Full weight: 73.3 metric tons
Power generator output: 951 kilowatts
Rocket thrusters: 43,000 kilograms total
20,500 kg x 2
1000 kg x 2
Maximum thruster acceleration: 0.59 Gees
180-degree turn time: 1.7 seconds
Maximum ground running speed: 88 km/h
Sensor radius: 3200 meters
Frame type: monocoque
Armor materials: super hard steel alloy
Basic armament:
none
Hand-carried armament:
Type 5 heat hawk
ZMP-50D/120mm assault rifle
H&L-SB25K/280mmA-P bazooka
A result of the ban of nuclear weapons due to the Antarctic Treaty, the MS-06F Zaku II was designed to replace the aging -06C type with a lighter, faster, and more adaptable frontline unit. This F-type was the most mass produced version of the Zaku II series, and although it was designed primarily for space battle, the F-type could be seen in ground combat as well.
Although all nuclear weaponry was removed from the armament of the Zaku II, the F-type could still equip a variety of weapons, ranging from machine guns to bazookas. The Zaku II proved effective against all Federation space, air and ground vehicles, including battlehips. Only until the appearance of the Federation's GUNDAM unit did the Zaku II prove less than effective. It also could not compete with the Federation's mass produced mobile suit, the RGM-79 GM. Once the Dom began mass production, construction of the Zaku II stopped.
A-type:
Type 5 heat hawk
ZMP-50D/120mm assault rifle
B-type:
Type 5 heat hawk
H&L-SB25K/280mmA-P bazooka
heat hawk - An axe-like weapon for chopping up Federation light and medium armor at close range. The blade of this weapon can be heated via an internal battery, creating a secondary effect of melting through armor as well as cutting through it. The heat hawk can be stored on the left hip armor storage rack.
assault rifle - Produced by Zeonic Company, the ZMP-50D is the basic Zeon assault rifle available to nearly all Zeon mobile suits. The ZMP-50D fires 120x300 millimeter rounds via a 100 round cylindrical drum mounted on the top of the receiver at a rate of 650 rounds per minute. The 120mm round is capable of punching through even ground tank armor, but it falls short of doing serious damage to mobile suits in a single shot.
bazooka - The same model used by the MS-06C to launch nuclear warheads, Heckler & Loch's standard Zaku bazooka is now used by nearly all MS-06 series Zaku IIs to fire conventional explosive 280 millimeter rockets. The bazooka is fed via an internal magazine which holds 4 rockets of a variety of warheads, including HEAT and HESH.