MSM-03 Gogg

This article is about a fictional machine from the Universal Century timeline of the anime Gundam metaseries.



The MSM-03 Gogg is the first successful amphibious mobile suit produced by the Zimmad Company. The Gogg was needed to help secure Zeon's footholds in the Earth's oceans.

The Gogg was heavily armored to withstand deep sea pressure. The mobile suit also held a powerful reactor, so powerful that the Gogg could even use twin mega particle guns mounted in its body. The Gogg, however, had no cooling systems and used the water as a natural heat sink. Lastly, the MSM-03 Gogg had ballast tanks also built inside the body, allowing it to travel fully submerged. The tanks could also hold water to cool the mobile suit's reactors during out of water operations, but as soon as the water ran out, its reactor would overheat, forcing it back into the water.

The MSM-03 design proved marginally successful. However, it wasn't produced in a lot of numbers and was later replaced by more powerful and better designed amphibious mobile suits, such as the MIP Company's highly successful MSM-07 Z'Gok. The Gogg served as a base from which almost all other underwater combat mobile suits were designed.

MSM-03C Hygogg
The biggest obstacle for Zeon’s Earth invasion plan was to conquer the oceans. Therefore, many amphibious mobile suits were designed for effective combat performance under the waves. The high power generators required needed to be able to fit into the new, sleek, hydrodynamic body designs, yet maintain maximum power output. Some of the designs made using data gathered from experiments under the simulated oceans of space colonies proved to be failures (MS-06M Zaku Marine Type) under actual atmospheric operations, while others needed only minor revision. The MSM-03C Hygogg (as well as the MS-07E Z'Gok-E), falls into the latter category, being an overhaul of its successful cousin, the MSM-03 Gogg.

The MSM-03C Hygogg was designed to pair up with the MSM-07E Z'Gok-E, in the "Silent" operation under the command of U-boats (U-Con, Mad Angler, etc.). Depending on mission requirements, an underwater jetpack can be equipped for boosting up and jumping purpose.

With the revised mono-eye layout, better mobility through the redesigned shoulder armor, and its smaller size (total height 15.4 m compares to 18.3 of the original version), the Hygogg is one of the better amphibious MS designs produced during the One Year War. Its weapons included 4 torpedoe tubes, mounted in the head, an attachable hand missile unit, and beam cannons, mounted in the palms.

Many Hygoggs were designated to the territories of North America, South Africa, South Asia, and the Australian continent, the most famous of which being those assigned to the Cyclop team in an attempt to steal the RX-78NT-1 Gundam "Alex" prototype from the Federation's Arctic Base.

MSM-03 Gogg
Manufacturer: Zimmad Company Operator: Principality of Zeon; civilians Unit type: mass production amphibious mobile suit Dimensions: head height 18.3 meters Weight: empty 82.4 metric tons; max gross 159.4 metric tons Powerplant: Minovsky type ultracompact fusion reactor, output rated at 1740 kW Armament: 2 x mega particle gun, mounted in main body; 2 x torpedo launcher, mounted in main body Pilot(s): Marcy, Lasa, Lunan

MSM-03C Hygogg
Manufacturer: Zimmad Company Operator: Principality of Zeon Unit type: mass production amphibious mobile suit Dimensions: head height 15.4 meters Weight: empty 54.5 metric tons; max gross 79.2 metric tons Powerplant: Minovsky type ultracompact fusion reactor, output rated at 2735 kW Armament: 2 x beam cannon, mounted in hands; 4 x torpedo launcher, mounted in main body; 2 x hand missile unit, mounted over arms Pilot(s): Mikhail Kaminsky, Andy Strauss, Gabriel Ramirez Garcia