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The Musaka-class is a class of light cruiser introduced in the movie Mobile Suit Gundam: Char's Counterattack.

Technology & Combat Characteristics[]

The Musaka-class is a further development of the old Musai-class series of light cruiser and is the primary cruiser class deployed by Neo Zeon during the Second Neo Zeon War. The Musaka-class is capable of launching blitzkrieg attacks due to its high engine output, and a pair of radiator fins are mounted on the ship's bottom for dissipating the heat generated by these engines. It can carry six mobile suits and launch them using a pair of catapults at the front, but unlike other ships, the Musaka-class' catapults are tilted at an angle to maximize effective use of space. Both catapults lead to an internal hangar that connects to the recovery deck mounted aft of the ship, between the engines. The Musaka-class is armed with four twin mega particle guns, six missile launchers and twelve anti-air machine guns. By U.C. 0096, the Sleeves deployed several surviving vessels, adding their own modifications to the class. The bow was lengthened, and the propellant tanks were replaced with larger ones, increasing the class' cruising range. It received an upgrade to its defensive armament as well, with its machine guns going from double to triple barreled.

Armament[]

  • Twin Mega Particle Gun
The Musaka-class' primary armament consists of four rotatable 2-barrel mega particle guns, two in front of the bridge, one aft on the dorsal side, and one on the ventral side.
  • Anti-Air Machine Gun
The Musaka-class has a total of twelve anti-air machine guns mounted on the sides for defensive purposes, with four on the sides of each mobile suit hangar and two on each side of the bridge. While the original Musaka-class ships were equipped with 2-barrel machine guns, the modified ships deployed by the Neo Zeon remnant group, Sleeves, utilized 3-barrel machine guns like the Rewloola.
  • Missile Launcher
The Musaka-class is armed with six forward-firing missile launchers that can be configured to fire both anti-ship and anti-mobile suit ordinance. There are three launch tubes on each side of the ship, aligned under each mobile suit catapult.

History[]

In U.C. 0090, during a meeting at Sweetwater, Horst Harness showed former Chimera Corps member Siemens Wilhead a blueprint of the then-unnamed Musaka-class. According to Harness, it was developed by Anaheim Electronics to rival the Federation's latest ship, the Clop-class.

During the Second Neo Zeon War in U.C. 0093, the Neo Zeon fleet under Char Aznable's command was composed of eleven Musaka-class vessels and Char's flagship, the Rewloola. While these ships performed well in the fight against the Earth Federation's Londo Bell task force, they lacked the firepower and numbers to be effective against the Federation as a whole. In U.C. 0096, several surviving Musaka-class ships were among the various vessels utilized by the Neo Zeon remnant faction known as the "Sleeves" that was led by Full Frontal.

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Char's Counterattack Mechanics
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Zuck

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NZ-333 α Azieru

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