MS-07H Gouf Flight Test Type

Template:Infobox/Mobile Weapon Ver.2The MS-07H Gouf Flight Test Type (aka Gouf Flight Type) is a mobile suit from the Mobile Suit Variations series and the Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam anime series.

Technology & Combat Characteristics

To overcome the issue of mobile suits requiring aerial transport for long range movements while on earth, the Zeon military initiated a program to develop an atmospheric flight-capable mobile suit, and four MS-07 Goufs were modified into the experimental MS-07H Gouf Flight Test Type. To achieve sustained atmospheric flight, the Gouf Flight Test Type has aerodynamic control surfaces on its backpack and its legs are fitted with thermonuclear rocket engines as well as enhanced rocket verniers.

Unfortunately, multiple issues were found over the course of the mobile suit's test flights, and the Gouf Flight Test Types were redesigned several times, the last incarnation being the MS-07H-4 model before the program was finally scrapped. After the One Year War, the Earth Federation Forces acquired the Gouf Flight Test Type's design, changed the leg-mounted thermonuclear rocket engines to thermonuclear jet engines, and produced a limited number of units.

Armaments

• 5-barrel 75mm Machine Gun

For the MS-07H Gouf Flight Test Type, both of its manipulators are replaced by five-barrel 75mm machine guns which are shaped like enlarged fingers. The machine guns fire physical rounds at a rapid rate and can easily destroy lightly armored mobile suits. Unlike the one found on MS-07B Gouf, both MS-07H's machine guns are magazine-fed at the forearms for better ammunition capacity. Despite the machine guns' bulky and awkward appearance, their barrels demonstrate limited degree of digital dexterity, including the ability for Gouf Flight Test Type to hold and fire the 360mm Giant Bazooka.

• 180mm Rocket Cannon

Two rocket cannons are mounted on the side of each leg.

• 360mm Giant Bazooka

The same Giant Bazooka used by the Dom series of mobile suits. The bazooka is fed by a 10 rounds magazine, and a single round can blow the torso off of an enemy mobile suit.

History

The Gouf Flight Test Types were assigned to Zeon's captured California Base and later transferred to an air force base in Arizona for extensive test flights. During the test flights, multiple issues were found and the Gouf Flight Test Types were redesigned several times, with the last incarnation being the MS-07H-4 model before the program was finally scrapped.

When the Earth Federation reclaimed California Base, they discovered the Gouf Flight Test Types and began using them for their own purposes. During the Gryps Conflict in UC 0087, at least 4 units were deployed by the Earth Federation to defend Jaburo. They were seen hovering instead of flying when protecting the base.

Variants

• MS-07H-2 (Gouf Flight Test Type Kai)
• MS-07H-4 Gouf Flight Test Type

Gallery

MSV illustration by Kunio Okawara

As featured in Gundam Chronicle Battleline

Gouf Flight Test Type (Standard Production Colors) as seen on Mobile Suit Gundam Gihren’s Greed

A squad of Gouf Flight Test Types (from Z Gundam TV series)

Gunpla

1/144 Original MS-07H Gouf Flight Test Type (1983): box art

1/144 Z Gundam "MS-07H Gouf Flight Test Type" (1985): box art

Notes and Trivia

• In the Gundam Musou series of games, the Gouf Flight Test Type uses a Heat Sword for melee combat.

External links

• Gouf Flight Test Type on MAHQ