MSK-008 Dijeh

The Dijeh is a mobile suit from the anime series Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam. It was piloted by Amuro Ray.

Technology & Combat Characteristics
This unit was quite similar to the successful RMS-099 Rick Dias in terms of performance. Like the RMS-099 Rick Dias, many of the engineers who developed the Dijeh were former Zeon mobile suit manufacturer employees, and its design does incorporate many Zeon-style features, such as mono-eye sensors. One of its most notable visible features are the large radiator fins mounted on its back, which also serve to give the Dijeh high performance during atmospheric flight. To help keep its cost down due to Karaba's limited resources, it employed the beam rifle used by the AEUG's MSN-00100 Hyaku Shiki, as well as the RMS-099 Rick Dias' clay bazooka. For close combat, the Dijeh was armed with a beam naginata ("naginata" is Japanese for "long-handled sword"). The Dijeh prototype was assigned to Karaba's top ace pilot, Amuro Ray, who would use his new mobile suit quite well during their war against the corrupt Titans in UC 0087.

Armaments

 * Beam Rifle
 * Dijeh carries a unique beam rifle same as Hyaku Shiki. It was derived from Rick Dias's beam pistol, power rated at 2.8MW, powered by rechargeable energy cap.


 * Clay Bazooka
 * Dijeh has an option to carry a clip-fed clay bazooka from Rick Dias.


 * Beam Naginata
 * Dijeh carries a beam naginata which was originated from MS-14A Gelgoog.


 * Vulcan Guns
 * Dijeh has a pair of fire linked vulcans guns on its head, its high rate of fire can ward off moving enemy targets.

History
The Dijeh is a mobile suit developed by Karaba, the earthbound variant of the AEUG. Because Karaba was impressed by the AEUG’s RMS-099 Rick Dias the Dijeh’s design was based on the Rick Dias, and its performance also was quite similar. Also because many of the engineers of the Dijeh were former Principality of Zeon members, they used many design features of Zeon mobile suits, like the mono-eye sensor. A special design feature of the Dijeh were its two radiator fins mounted on the back. Also because Karaba didn’t have many resources, the suit’s weapons came from other suits like the MSN-00100 Hyaku Shiki’s beam rifle or the clay bazooka of the Rick Dias. For close combat the suit featured a beam naginata. The prototype of the Dijeh was assigned to One Year War hero and Karaba ace pilot Amuro Ray who used his suit during the Gryps Conflict.

A variant known as SE-DJ-1R Dijeh SE-R also exists, which is a highly powerful variant with massively increased performance. This rarely seen powerful mobile suit is featured as a secret unit in several games of the Super Robot Wars series.

Variants

 * MS-110 Chaika
 * SE-DJ-1R Dijeh SE-R