Robot Spirits Articles On Th Zeon African Front & MS-06D

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I found some interesting bits of info on the African Front and the MS-06D while taking a look around the Tamashii Robot Spirits site (translated with google):

"<Africa Front>
War of Independence by Zeon called "One Year War" to later, was originally was intended to short-term battle. But, long-term of the war through a "one-week war," "Ruumu campaign" has become a deterministic, Zeon is a poor space colony nation of goods became a form of falling into a corner. "Earth invasion" is, dione overturned the situation is a necessary strategy in order to ensure a Tsugisen ability, its purpose was to win the takeover and resources development base.

Among them, Africa direction is, and the purpose of suppressing a variety of resources, including the Middle East district, is an important area which also has combined aspects of as a stepping stone to Europe Cheats under the Earth Federation forces, invasion troops is the primary, secondary and a large number the fed is conquered began to made reliable. Has been strategic resource acquisition here is enough to support the logistics of Zion, mining base commander M'Quve is "dione ten years after the fight," I was about to leave the word.

In the suppression, air power with a focus on Gow attack aircraft carrier has become the main axis, MS was used three-dimensional tactics to work with this.

In particular, specializing in the desert only or "MS-06D Zaku Desert Type", from being state-of-the-art machine "MS-09 Dom" are sequentially turned on that specializes in the movement of the uneven terrain, also greatly transformed the way of ground war then, MS has became the center of the front maintenance.

However, in the wake of the Earth Federation Army victory in the "Odessa strategy" in the war late November, the Middle East and Europe forces of Zion becomes a rout, its impact will be that also extends to African mainland. Finally federal troops are crossing to Africa mop-up operations, the African Zeon forces, which merges with the rout forces from European destinations, some attempts to retreat into space, also was some attempt to thorough die resistance. Mop-up game, but continued even after the end of the war, "One Year War", the remaining Zeon forces that scattered in the vast African continent is skillfully hiding, began to expand the guerrilla war for a long time even after the One Year War. In particular, the uprising in the "primary Neo Zeon conflict" when and UC0096 of the "third-order Neo Zeon conflict," the form of overt in such as when the UC0088, showed a major rebellion as it is while operating the old forces ing."

http://tamashii.jp/special/gundam_anime/msv_map.html

The map itself is also a nice touch, indicating where some of the MSV units were respectively deployed.

MS-06D:

"In the Zeon army of earth invasion in the One Year War, based on the "MS-06J Zaku II" in the land battle specification, a variety of local warfare specification machine was developed and introduced. Among them, it has been developed as an aircraft corresponding to harsh environments such as the tropics and the desert is a D-type "MS-06D Zaku Desert Type".

That we repair that specializes in the operation of the street desert of name has been applied to the whole body various parts, dust-proof cover of each joint in order to prevent the inflow of sand to the internal mechanism, legs to allow the movement of rough terrain auxiliary propulsion unit parts, the lumbar region, such as the cooling radiator of suppressing back the overheating of the aircraft has become a feature that can be seen from the appearance.

Production airframe is basically all is turned to the African front, it supported the offensive of dominating dione in the African Campaign of the year war medium term. This time there was progressing the development and deployment of the "MS-07 Gouf" "MS-09 Dom", a full-fledged deployment is the late war, leading up to it, including the "MS-06D" Zaku series than is played.

In addition, there are different types shape of the head antenna by the time production, appearance initial type that has been deployed in Caracal Corps that extends a total of two of the rod antenna to the head left and right, the late type in the parietal complex It has become a appearance in which the formula of the blade antenna has been installed.

MS-06D with a durability that also corresponds to the local game, which is continue to be used in the guerrilla warfare of one year after the war, also joined the Neo Zeon forces under the Full Frontal in UC0096 "Garang Cher" It was showing its appearance in such traction work."

http://tamashii.jp/special/gundam_anime ... ml#dzaku_v

Among the other figures available, some minor notes worth mentioning include the 4-finger claw of the Z'gok S which has become more common over the years, specially as a physical difference between a MSM-07 (MSM-07A) and a MSM-07S. The Gouf page also confirms that a MS-07B with standard hands is a MS-07A and confirms the existence of a MS-07B with vulcan fingers on both hands, which IIRC is supposed to be a MS-07C/MS-07C-1.