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The MSM-07 Z'Gok is a mobile suit that appears in the manga Mobile Suit Gundam Thunderbolt and its animated adaptation.
Technology & Combat Characteristics[]
The Z'Gok is the primary mobile suit of the Kaufmann team. Compared to the Z'Gok deployed during the One Year War, the Kaufmann team's Z'Gok has globe joints in its arms and legs as well as additional shoulder armor. Its legs are also modified for fighting in cold districts and are capable of hovering. Its armament consisted of iron nails, arm-mounted machine guns, and missiles in its head.[1]
Armaments[]
- Iron Nail
- Machine Gun
- Missile Launcher
History[]
Several Z'Goks, operated by Zeon remnants, attacked the Spartan's landing craft and mobile suits in the Antarctic Circle. Thanks to their unique adaptations for fighting in cold environment, they took out several of the Federation's units indirectly by cutting through the ice sheet. However, they were no match for Io Fleming and his RX-78AL Atlas Gundam and were all destroyed.
In the manga, Z'Goks were also operated by the South Seas Alliance and were used in the defense of the Rig, fighting off the Earth Federation's mobile suits. Some were destroyed in combat against the Atlas Gundam, and the Rig was brought under control of the Federation.
When Daryl Lorenz instigated a coup d'état at the Zeon remnant's Dolos submarine base, both sides clashed using Z'Goks and Zaku Marine Types, which ended with the loyalist forces wiped out and the defectors allying with the South Seas Alliance. Following this, at the Taal volcano base, a Z'Gok was assigned to Billy Hickam, who teams up with a MSM-04 Acguy and a MSM-03 Gogg to put the MS-06R Psycho Zaku Mark II through combat trials. However, the prototype Psycho Zaku, piloted by Daryl, outperformed all three mobile suits, particularly in close combat, where Billy's Z'Gok suffered heavy damage. Billy was almost killed in the trial, but thanks to intervention from Levan Fuu, Daryl realized he was putting his subordinates in danger, and the trial was ended. The Z'Gok and all other Mobile Suits were retired to be repaired in preparation for the Spartan's coming attack.
The Z'Goks brought by the Zeon defectors were deployed to defend against the Federation's assault, but most were destroyed by the Atlas Gundam and the Guncannon Aqua, providing cover while the South Seas Alliance began launching their forces into space for the next part of their plan.
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