MS-06C Zaku II Early Production Type

The MS-06C Zaku II was deemed a success and put into mass production for the Zeon Military Forces. It was deployed in January U.C. 0078 and was the Zeon's main mobile suit at the outbreak of the One Year War. The C-Type, and later Zaku and non-Zaku mobile suits, typically used a 120 mm drum-fed machine gun or a 280 mm bazooka. Later, a 90 mm machine gun became a common weapon among Zeon mobile suits. Zakus, prior to the Antarctic Treaty, were also issued nuclear bazookas (which bear a remakable similarity to the design later used for the Federation's Gundam GP-02) and lightweight nerve gas guns, which they used to devastating effect in the One Week War.

Several pilots became famous for their actions inside the cockpit of the MS-06C Zaku II. In the Battle of Loum, Lieutenant Jr. Grade Char Aznable destroyed 5 of the Earth Federation's Magellan-class battleships in his red-painted C-Type Zaku II, earning him the nickname "Red Comet". The infamous Black Tri-Stars: Gaia, Ortega, and Mash, used their C-Type Zaku II's to capture the Federation's General Revil after crippling his Magellan Battleship Ananke during the Battle of Loum. Chief Petty Officer Johnny Ridden, earned his nickname "Crimson Lighting" after sinking 3 Magellan Battleships. Lastly, The "White Wolf of Solomon" Private 1st Class Shin Matsunaga was promoted to Lieutenant Jr. Grade after destroying a Magellan-Class Battleship and 5 Salamis-Class Cruisers.