MS-10 Pezun Dowadge

The MS-10 Pezun Dowadge is a mobile suit that first appeared in the original design series MS-X.

Technology & Combat Characteristics
Based upon Zeon's tried-and-true MS-09 Dom series, the Pezun Dowadge was one of the last mobile suits in Dom family to be made during the One Year War. Produced at the asteroid base Pezun, the Dowadge featured improved close-range combat abilities. While the Dom featured a weak beam cannon on its chest, only suitable for temporarily disabling enemy sensors, the Pezun Dowadge upgraded the weapon into a true beam cannon. Its other weapons include a remodelled giant bazooka, a heat saber, and an eight-barreled 420mm rocket launcher. However, the end of the One-Year War came swiftly, and it is uncertain if the Pezun Dowadge actually saw combat. The relationship between the Pezun Dowadge and the MS-09G Dowadge from Mobile Suit Gundam ZZ remains uncertain.

Armaments

 * Breast beam cannon
 * The breast-mounted beam cannon of the Pezun Dowadge may look similar to the one used by the MS-09 Dom, but instead it is now a true beam cannon that can be used from mid to close range.


 * 8-barrel 420mm rocket launcher


 * Giant Bazooka
 * The primary weapon of the Pezun Dowadge is a large bazooka. The bazooka is magazine fed and holds 10 rounds per mag, and a single round can blow the torso off of an enemy mobile suit.


 * Heat Saber
 * The heat saber is battery powered and can be stored on a back recharge rack.

History
Unlike its MS-X fellows, the Pezun Dowadge did not appear in the original 52-episode plan for Mobile Suit Gundam; in fact, "Dowadge" was an early production name for the MS-09R Rick Dom. Although the renamed machine, Tomino (who has a fondness for odd names) kept the Dowadge name around, eventually creating the Pezun Dowadge. The Dowadge was eventually made into an action figure as part of Hajime Katoki's Zeonography series. The figure could be converted into the Rick Dom, and came in either its standard purple colors, or Char Aznable's familiar red.