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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 and thus hindering their deployment, the Zeon military initiated a program to develop an atmospheric flight-capable mobile suit. The program acquired three YMS-07A Prototype Gouf and one YMS-07B Gouf and modified them into four identical MS-07H Gouf Flight Test Types. To achieve sustained atmospheric flight, the experimental 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. Its armaments include two hand-mounted 5-barrel 75mm machine guns, four 180mm rocket cannons on the legs and a handheld 360mm giant bazooka.

The four Gouf Flight Test Types conducted 38 test flights in four weeks and multiple flaws were discovered, such as the inability to maintain a constant cruising speed while flying and having low flight range due to its heavy weight. To resolve these issues, the Gouf Flight Test Types were reworked several times, with the last incarnation being the MS-07H-4 model before the program was finally scrapped. After the One Year War, the Earth Federation Forces captured the Gouf Flight Test Type's design plan and produced a limited number of modified units for their own use. The modifications include the installation of the panoramic monitor and linear seat in the cockpit, and the use of thermonuclear jet engines in the legs instead of thermonuclear rocket engines.

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 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 as used by the Dom series of mobile suits. It is fed by a 10 rounds magazine, and a single round can blow the torso off of an enemy mobile suit.

History

Four Gouf Flight Test Types were produced at Side 3's 29th colony and transported to Earth via Musai-class cruisers. They first arrived at the 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 Forces reclaimed California Base, they acquired the Gouf Flight Test Type's design plan and produced a limited number of modified units for their own use. During the Gryps Conflict in UC 0087, 4 such units were deployed by the Earth Federation Forces to defend Jaburo. They were seen hovering across the ground instead of flying when fighting in vain against the invading AEUG forces.

Variants

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

Gallery

Gunpla

Notes and Trivia

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

Reference

External links

Gouf Flight Test Type on MAHQ

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+|image=ms-07h.jpg;Front (Standard Colors)
+MS-07H Gouf Flight Test Type back lineart.png;Rear
-ms-07h-fed.jpg;Earth Federation Colors
+MS-07H_Gouf_Flight_Test_Type_different_colors.png;MSV Colors
+ms-07h-fed.jpg;EFF Colors
 MS-07H Gouf Flight Test Type (from Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam);Video
 |transformable=No
-|production=Limited Production
+|production=Prototype
 |environment=Aerial
 |type=Suit
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 |OfficialName=Gouf Flight Test Type<br>グフ（飛行試験型）
-|archetype=MS-07B Gouf
+|designation=MS-07H
+|archetype=YMS-07A Prototype Gouf, MS-07B Gouf;YMS-07B Gouf
 |era=Universal Century
+|mechdesigner=Kunio Okawara
-|series=Mobile Suit Variations, Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam, Dynasty Warriors Gundam 2, Dynasty Warriors Gundam 3, Dynasty Warriors Gundam Reborn,
+|series=Mobile Suit Variations, Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam, Dynasty Warriors Gundam 2, Dynasty Warriors Gundam 3, Dynasty Warriors Gundam Reborn, Gundam Build Divers, Mobile Suit Gundam Zeta (Manga), Mobile Suit Gundam Katana
-|manufacturer=Zeonic;Zeonic Company
-|operator=Principality of Zeon, Earth Federation Forces
+|manufacturer=Zeonic;Zeonic Company, Earth Federation Forces
+|operator=Principality of Zeon, Zeon Remnants, Earth Federation Forces, Coalition of Volunteers
-|pilot=Billy Won Dike
+|producedUnits=4
-|paccommodation=Pilot only~in standard cockpit in torso (later production models fitted with panoramic monitor/linear seat cockpit in torso)
+|pilot=Billy Wong Dyke
 |height=19.3
 |headheight=18.8
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 |emptyweight=63.9
+|weight=76.6
-|maxaccel=0.66
+|sensorrange=3600
 |powerplant=Minovsky Ultracompact Fusion Reactor
 |poweroutput=1034
-|propulsion=Thermonuclear Jet Engines: 50875 kg~total
+|propulsion=Thermonuclear Rocket Engines~Zeon's unit, Thermonuclear Jet Engines~Earth Federation Forces' units
+|propRocketThrusters=50875~Thermonuclear Rocket Engines
+|paccommodation=Pilot only~in standard cockpit in torso (Earth Federation Forces' units fitted with panoramic monitor/linear seat cockpit in torso)
 |armaments=2 x 5-barrel 75mm Machine Gun
+x 180mm Rocket Cannon
 |OptionalEquip=360mm Giant Bazooka
+}}The '''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.
-}}
-The '''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 and thus hindering their deployment, the Zeon military initiated a program to develop an atmospheric flight-capable mobile suit. The program acquired three [[YMS-07A Prototype Gouf]] and one [[MS-07B Gouf|YMS-07B Gouf]] and modified them into four identical MS-07H Gouf Flight Test Types. To achieve sustained atmospheric flight, the experimental 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. Its armaments include two hand-mounted 5-barrel 75mm machine guns, four 180mm rocket cannons on the legs and a handheld 360mm giant bazooka.
-Following the Principality of Zeon's invasion and subsequent occupation of much of Earth during the One Year War, the Zeon military found that their revolutionary mobile suits that proved so effective in space combat were essentially slow-moving targets on Earth, which made fighters made for atmospheric combat surprisingly effective against them (Federal pilot Lydo Wolf, for example, was a fighter ace before becoming a Mobile Suit pilot). This encouraged Zeon engineers to think of ways to create a mobile suit design that was capable of sustained atmospheric flight. A program was initiated to develop an atmospheric flight-capable mobile suit, and four MS-07 Goufs were modified into the experimental MS-07H Gouf Flight Test Type.
+The four Gouf Flight Test Types conducted 38 test flights in four weeks and multiple flaws were discovered, such as the inability to maintain a constant cruising speed while flying and having low flight range due to its heavy weight. To resolve these issues, the Gouf Flight Test Types were reworked several times, with the last incarnation being the [[MS-07H-4 Gouf Flight Test Type|MS-07H-4 model]] before the program was finally scrapped. After the One Year War, the Earth Federation Forces captured the Gouf Flight Test Type's design plan and produced a limited number of modified units for their own use. The modifications include the installation of the panoramic monitor and linear seat in the cockpit, and the use of thermonuclear jet engines in the legs instead of thermonuclear rocket engines.
 ==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 gun hand fires physical rounds at a rapid rate and possesses enough firepower to destroy lightly armored mobile suits with ease. However its effectiveness against heavy armor is very limited. Unlike [[MS-07B Gouf]]'s original gun hand, both MS-07H's five-barrel machine guns are magazine-fed at the forearms for better ammunition capacity. Despite the gun hand's bulky and awkward appearance, its barrels demonstrate limited degree of digital dexterity, including the ability for Gouf Flight Test Type to hold and fire the 360mm Giant Bazooka.
+: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 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
-:Despite not having normal hands, the MS-07H Gouf Flight Test Type was still able to use the same 360mm Giant Bazooka used by the Dom series. The bazooka is magazine fed and holds 10 rounds per magazine. A single round can blow the torso off of an enemy mobile suit.
+:The same Giant Bazooka as used by the Dom series of mobile suits. It is fed by a 10 rounds magazine, and a single round can blow the torso off of an enemy mobile suit.
 ==History==
-Mounting aerodynamic control surfaces on its backpack and a pair of powerful thermonuclear jet engines on each leg, 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. This initial design would prove flawed, however, and over the course of its test flight schedule, the Gouf Flight Test Types were refurbished and redesigned along the way, the last incarnation being the MS-07H-4 model before the program was finally scrapped.
+Four Gouf Flight Test Types were produced at Side 3's 29th colony and transported to Earth via [[Musai-class]] cruisers. They first arrived at the 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.
-However, when the Earth Federation reclaimed California Base, they discovered the MS-07H Gouf Flight Test Types and began using them for their own purposes, even up to UC 0087 during the early part of the [[Gryps Conflict]], when the Earth Federation used them in vain to defend Jaburo from the AEUG.
+When the Earth Federation Forces reclaimed California Base, they acquired the Gouf Flight Test Type's design plan and produced a limited number of modified units for their own use. During the [[Gryps Conflict]] in UC 0087, 4 such units were deployed by the Earth Federation Forces to defend Jaburo. They were seen hovering across the ground instead of flying when fighting in vain against the invading [[AEUG]] forces.
 ==Variants==
 ;*[[MS-07H-2]] (Gouf Flight Test Type Kai)
 ;*[[MS-07H-4 Gouf Flight Test Type]]
-;*[[MS-07H-8 Gouf Flight Type]]
-==Picture Gallery==
+==Gallery==
-<gallery hideaddbutton=true>
+<gallery hideaddbutton="true">
-MS-07H_Gouf_Flight_Test_Type.jpg|Gouf Flight Test Type: MSV illustration by [[Kunio Okawara]]
+MS-07H_Gouf_Flight_Test_Type.jpg|MSV illustration by [[Kunio Okawara]]
-Ms07h_p01.jpg|Gouf Flight Test Type as featured in Gundam Chronicle Battleline card game
+Ms07h_p01.jpg|As featured in Gundam Chronicle Battleline
 ms-07h gouf.jpg|Gouf Flight Test Type (Standard Production Colors) as seen on [[Mobile Suit Gundam Gihren’s Greed]]
-Goufflighttest zeta.png|A squad of Gouf Flight Test Types ([[Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam]])
+Goufflighttest zeta.png|A squad of Gouf Flight Test Types (from [[Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam|Z Gundam]] TV series)
 </gallery>
-==Gunpla==
+==[[Gunpla]]==
-<gallery hideaddbutton=true>
+<gallery hideaddbutton="true">
-MSV-MS07H_101.jpg|1/144 Original MS-07H Gouf Flight Test Type (1983): box art
+MSV-MS07H_101.jpg|1/144 [[Mobile Suit Variations Model Series|Original]] MS-07H Gouf Flight Test Type (1983): box art
-Ms-07hmsv.jpg|1/144 Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam "MS-07H Gouf Flight Test Type" (1985): box art
+Ms-07hmsv.jpg|1/144 [[Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam Model Series|Z Gundam]] "MS-07H Gouf Flight Test Type" (1985): box art
 </gallery>
-==Notes & Trivia==
+==Notes and Trivia==
 *In the Gundam Musou series of games, the Gouf Flight Test Type uses a Heat Sword for melee combat.
-*In their [[Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam]]'s appearance, Gouf Flight Test Types are only seen hovering above ground in a similar fashion to the [[MS-09B Dom]] instead of full fledge flight. It's unknown if this is due to modifications done by the Earth Federation or if its an ability the Gouf Flight Test Type possessed all along.
+==Reference==
 ==External links==