MS-09F/trop Dom Tropen

The MS-09F/trop Dom Tropen is a mass-production ground combat mobile suit, it is first featured in the anime series Mobile Suit Gundam 0083: Stardust Memory, the design was later updated and featured in the photo-novel Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn. The unit is piloted by Gaily and Adamsky.

Technology & Combat Characteristics
An advancement on the YMS-09D Dom Tropical Test Type, the Zeon military introduced the MS-09F/trop late in the One Year War, designed to operate exclusively in localized desert and tropical regions on Earth.

In addition to additional sand filters to protect its equipment and powerful cooling systems to overcome the desert heat, the Dom Tropen featured special sand protection filtered intakes for its leg-mounted thermonuclear jet engines, allowing the mobile suit to retain its high ground hovering speeds without fear of sand ruining the engines.

Armaments

 * Scattering Beam Gun
 * A chest mounted scattering beam gun. Does little damage to enemy mobile suits but can be used to blind enemy pilots for several seconds.


 * Heat Saber
 * The Dom Funf features a heat saber as its standard close combat weapon. The heat saber is battery powered and stored on a back recharge rack. It is unknown what model heat saber the Dom Funf uses however it is undoubtedly at least a Type7 like the Rick Dom II uses, if not a newer model.


 * MMP-80 90mm Machine Gun
 * As part of the United Maintenance Plan new weapons were produced that could be used by numerous mobile suits such as the MMP-80 90mm machine gun. The machine gun is magazine-fed with 32 rounds per mag.


 * 880mm Raketen Bazooka
 * A new heavy bazooka that uses a five round magazine. Spare mags can be stored on a waste storage rack.


 * 90mm Assault Rifle
 * A new assault rifle likely developed under the United Maintenance Plan as a weapon that can be used by various Zeon mobile suits in various environments.


 * 280mm Zaku Bazooka
 * A bazooka originally designed for use by the Zaku line of mobile suit. The bazooka is cartridge-fed with four rounds per cartridge.


 * Strum Faust
 * An explosive weapon with a rocket propelled warhead. Can be stored on waist armor storage racks.

History
Not many Dom Funfs were produced before the end of the One Year War. Thus not many could be modified into the Dom Tropen. However at least six units were produced. Two of them would participate in the theft of the RX-78GP02A Gundam "Physalis" from the Earth Federation Forces in October of UC 0083. And another four units aided in the defense of Zeon's underground Kinbareid Base in eastern Africa.