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The AMX-011S Zaku III Custom (also known as the "Zaku III Kai") is a mobile suit introduced in the anime Mobile Suit Gundam ZZ. Known pilots included Mashymre Cello and Danton Hyleg.

Technology & Combat Characteristics[]

The Zaku III Custom is essentially the basic, modular AMX-011 Zaku III fitted with various optional parts to enhance its performance. Mashymre's Zaku III Custom has a new head unit which mounts a pair of vulcan guns instead of the head beam cannon, a different left shoulder armor with hide bomb dispenser, a new backpack with larger propellant tanks and high output verniers, a long rear skirt armor with thrusters that also functions as stabilizer, and finally different knee armor. Danton's unit features an all-red color scheme reminiscent of Char Aznable's MS. In addition, it retained the original Zaku III's backpack and knee armor, and was equipped with a Beam Machine Gun originally used by the AMS-119 Geara Doga.

Armaments[]

  • 30mm Vulcan Gun
These head mounted shell firing weapons have a high-rate of fire but have little power and are generally ineffective against mobile suits, though it can damage lightly armored areas such as the sensors. These weapons are ideal for shooting down small, fast moving, lightly armored targets such as missiles or small vehicles.
  • Beam Cannon/Beam Saber
Mounted on the front skirt armor and hand operated in use, the barrel units of the pair of beam cannons can be ejected and used as beam sabers. As a beam cannon the output is 2.8 MW and when the barrel is removed and becomes a beam saber the output is 0.85 MW.
  • Beam Rifle
Mashymre's Zaku III Custom uses a high performance beam rifle which was developed as an optional armament for the standard Zaku III. It has a long effective range and high output.
  • Beam Machine Gun
Used by Danton Hyleg's Zaku III Custom, it was original used by the AMS-119 Geara Doga.
  • Hide Bomb Dispenser
Mounted in the left shoulder armor of Mashymre's Zaku III Custom.
  • Option Rack Shield
The shield on the right shoulder contains a storage rack carrying spare beam sabers and grenades.

Special Equipment & Features[]

  • Propellant Tanks
The two propellant tanks on the backpack of Mashymre's Zaku III Custom have a larger capacity than those on the standard Zaku III. Beside improving the suit's cruising range, they also allow the suit to accelerate several times faster than the standard Zaku III.

History[]

First Neo Zeon War[]

Although the AMX-011 Zaku III design lost out to the AMX-014 Döven Wolf as Neo Zeon's new mass-production mobile suit, a limited number of units were produced. These Zaku IIIs proved quite popular with many Neo Zeon officers and ace pilots fighting in the First Neo Zeon War. One Zaku III unit ended up in the hands of Haman Karn loyalist Mashymre Cello, who would employ his customized Zaku III in one of the last battles of the war. Although Mashymre's Zaku III was referred to as the AMX-011S Zaku III Custom, it was actually the basic Zaku III with various optional equipment for performance enhancement.

During the Battle of Axis, Mashymre engaged Ple Two's NZ-000 Queen Mansa, and nearly scored a hit with his beam saber before being intercepted by a group of Döven Wolf, lead by ace pilot Rakan Dahkaran. In the ensuring battle, the more advanced Doven Wolfs trapped Mashymre's Zaku III Custom and nearly killed him, but Mashymre used his Cyber Newtype abilities to resist and destroy one Döven Wolf before he sacrificed himself by detonating his Zaku III Custom.

Investigation of Axis[]

In late U.C. 0096, after the Laplace Conflict ended, the Mastema special forces team was deployed to investigate part of the shattered asteroid Axis, which was drifting in the Earth Sphere. When the Mastema team was attacked by Birnam forces during the investigation, a civilian assisting the team, Arlette Almage, hastily reactivated a red-colored Zaku III Custom abandoned in a hangar located underneath a residential area in Axis.

This red-colored Zaku III Custom was built by Arlette in the past for Char Aznable's use, but Char opted for the MSN-04 Sazabi instead. This mobile suit was then stored for research purposes and later abandoned following the end of Char's Rebellion. The reactivated Zaku III Custom was piloted by veteran test pilot Danton Hyleg and battled against Birnam's RX-78AN-01 Gundam AN-01 "Tristan". During the fight, the Zaku III Custom managed to damage the Tristan and destroy its Beam Rifle. After the battle, the mobile suit was permanently disabled as it was too large to bring with them.

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