MS-07C-5 Gouf Test Prototype

MS-07C-5 Gouf Test Prototype
MS-07C-5 Gouf Test Prototype
Unit Type
Prototype Ground Mobile Suit
Profile
Developed from	MS-07B Gouf
Developed Into	MS-09 Dom YMS-09 Prototype Dom
First Seen	0079 U.C.
Manufacturer	Zimmad Company Zeonic Company
Operator	Principality of Zeon
General Characteristics
Head Height	18.7 meters61.352 ft <br />736.22 in <br />
Empty Weight	57.4 metric tons
Power-plant	Minovsky Ultracompact Fusion Reactor
Pilot Accommodations	Pilot only (in standard cockpit in torso)
Movement
Propulsion	Rocket thrusters
Real World

The MS-07C-5 Gouf Test Prototype mobile suits from the design series Mobile Suit Variations.

Technology & Combat Characteristics

In efforts to create a dominant land use mobile suit, the Principality of Zeon's Zimmad Company took a standard MS-07 Gouf and extensively modified it. The new unit they created was dubbed the Gouf Test Prototype. The Gouf Test Prototype mounted several extra thrusters in its legs to give it the ability to hover short distances across the ground. It was also given an experimental heat sword melee weapon that was substantially larger than the normal Gouf heat saber.

Armanments

• Heat Saber

The Heat Saber is a battery powered weapon that uses a superheated blade to increase its slicing abilities. Because the Heat Sword do not have the range or the power of the beam saber the pilot is required to be more precise in their use, relying more on skill than technology. This version belong to the Gouf Test Prototype is extra larger than a standard version, and it bears a lot resemblance to the Katana-alike blade that the Dom carries. When not in use, the Heat Saber is stored in the back of the suit.

• Shield

A basic optional arm-mounted defense armament for many mobile suits. The shield is a thick sheet of armor designed to take severe punishment that would normally destroy a mobile suit. Typically physical shields can only take so much damage before they succumb to the pressure and break. Also, the shield could not withstand a beam attack, due to the lack of anti-beam coating technology of that time. A shield can be equipped to the left arm of the Gouf Test Prototype in order to increase defense against physical attacks.

History

Only a single Gouf Test Prototype was constructed during the One Year War, and it was used explicitly as a testbed for new innovations in mobile suit design, never seeing any actual combat. The data gathered from the Gouf Test Prototype would be compiled and several of the new technologies that were tested with it would become standard issue when the Zimmad Company created their next mobile suit, the MS-09 Dom.

Gallery

External Links

• Gouf Test Prototype on MAHQ

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