MS-07H-8 Gouf Flight Type

MS-07H-8 Gouf Flight Type
MS-07H-8 Gouf Flight Type
Unit Type
Limited Production Aerial Mobile Suit
Profile
Developed from	MS-07H-4 Gouf Flight Test Type
First Seen	0079 U.C.
Last Seen	0096 U.C.
Manufacturer	Zeonic Company
Operator	Principality of Zeon Pirates
General Characteristics
Overall Height	18.7 meters61.352 ft <br />736.22 in <br />
Head Height	18.2 meters59.711 ft <br />716.535 in <br />
Max Weight	77.6 metric tons
Empty Weight	61.5 metric tons
Power-plant	Minovsky Ultracompact Fusion Reactor
Power Output	1130 kW1,515.355 hp <br />
Sensor Range	3600 meters11,811.024 ft <br />
Pilot Accommodations	Pilot only (in standard cockpit in torso)
Armor	Super-hard steel alloy
Movement
Max Acceleration	1.40 G
Propulsion	Jet Engines: 4 x ? kg
Rocket Thrusters	108400 kg238,981.025 lb <br />119.491 tons <br /> (Total)
Real World
Mechanical Designer	Hajime Katoki
Appearances*
OVA	08th MST 08th MST: BTD
Manga	UC: TNS

The MS-07H-8 Gouf Flight Type is an experimental mobile suit that appears in the series Mobile Suit Gundam: The 08th MS Team.

Technology & Combat Characteristics

Developed as a refined version of the MS-07H-4 Gouf Flight Test Type, the MS-07H-8 Gouf Flight Type was a prototype unit designed to test the concept of an atmospheric flight-capable MS. However, Zeon military halted this unit's development to focus on the creation of a dedicated aviatic MS. Despite the cancellation of the program, several experimental units still occasionally found their way into the field for testing. The model featured an improved backpack fitted with more powerful thrusters and thermonuclear jet engines. Aerodynamic control surface wings were added to the backpack and waist armor, giving the MS-07H-8 more stability in flight. Although it was a vast improvement over its predecessors, tests revealed that the Gouf Flight Type was still plagued by the same problems: its engines were prone to overheating and consumed a lot of fuel at high altitudes and high speeds, thus limiting its range and flight time.

Armaments

• 3-barrel 35mm Machine Gun

For Gouf Flight Type, The 5-fingered machine gun left hand featured on MS-07B Gouf was replaced by a normal manipulator hand, and instead a 3-barrel 35mm machine gun could be mounted on the left forearm. This new machine gun had greater effect on more heavily armored machines, and was magazine fed. The gun has a special mount in the rear to hold the Gatling shield.

• Gatling Shield

The Gouf Flight Type was equipped with a modified shield used by MS-07B Gouf. It featured a compact offense-defense device known as Gatling shield, which stored its melee weapon the heat sword. For Gouf Flight Type, the shield was modified so that it could be mounted normally on left forearm, or it could be mounted on top of the 3-barrel 35mm Machine Gun when the 75mm Gatling gun was equipped.

• 75mm Gatling Gun

A major improvement over MS-07B Gouf's five-finger machine guns, the 75mm Gatling gun featured a cyclic, 6-barrel design which facilitated cooling and synchronized the firing-reloading sequence. This configuration allowed higher rates of fire to be achieved without the barrel overheating. The Gatling gun's concentrated shots and high penetration power could easily destroy Federation's mobile suits, such as RX-75 Guntank Mass Production Type. The 75mm Gatling gun was drum-and-belt fed, with the entire set being welded onto a specially-designed frame to be mounted onto Gouf Custom's shield. It was fired via a hand-held trigger which was controlled via a normal MS manipulator. A major advantage of this design was that Gouf Custom could easily discard the Gatling gun if its ammunition was depleted, or whenever its weight proved to be a hindrance when its pilot needed speed and maneuverability.

• Heat Sword Type D III

A melee weapon originally developed for the Gouf line of mobile suits. Like Zaku's heat hawk, the heat sword is a blade that is heated to high temperatures in order to increase it's cutting capacity. The Heat Sword was designed after a broadsword so its blade is longer than the tomahawk allowing for a greater range of attack. It is stored under the top side of the Gatling Shield.

History

At least four MS-07H-8 Gouf Flight Type mobile suits were known to exist. Two units were built and stationed at Ginias Sahalin's Southeast Asian base in U.C. 0079. They were used to escort the Apsalus III when the massive mobile armor rose out of the mountain. When Aina Sahalin forced a ceasefire with the Earth Federation Forces, she allowed the pilots of the Gouf Flight Types to rendezvous with the Zanzibar-class Kergeren that was taking off and returning to space. However, when the Zanzibar-class was destroyed by a RGM-79(G) GM Sniper, one of the Goufs was destroyed while the other, damaged but still operational, was destroyed shortly after. The third unit was featured in Mobile Suit Gundam: The 08th MS Team - Battle in Three Dimensions, ambushing EFF's 08th MS Team while they were on their way to attack Zeon's Southeast Asian base. In the ensuing battle it was defeated by Shiro Amada's RX-79(G)Ez-8 Gundam Ez8. In U.C. 0096, another Gouf Flight Type unit appeared. This unit was under the possession of an unknown group of Pirates who stormed and occupied Zeon remnant's base in New Guinea.

Gallery

High Grade Mobile Suit Gundam: The 08th MS Team 1/144 MS-07H-8 Gouf Flight Type

Front view

Rear view

3-barrel 35mm machine gun

Gatling shield

Heat Sword Type D III

MS-07H8 Gouf Flight Type art by Naochika Morishita

Earth Pirate's MS-07H8 Gouf Flight Type in U.C. 0096, as appeared in Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn: The Noble Shroud

Zeon's MS-07H8 Gouf Flight Type vs EFF 08th MS Team's RX-79(G)Ez-8 Gundam Ez8

MS-07H8 Gouf Flight Type in action, firing 75mm gatling gun.

External Links

• MS-07H-8 Gouf Flight Type on MAHQ

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