AMX-006 Gaza-D

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General and Technical Data

Model Number: AMX-006
Code Name: Gaza-D
Unit Type: Mass Production Transformable General Purpose Mobile Suit
Manufacturer: Axis
Operator: Neo Zeon
Capacity: Pilot only :: Panoramic Monitor/Linear Seat Cockpit in chest
First deployment: 0088 U.C.
Height: 17 meters
Weight: 28.7 metric tons
Construction:

• Gundarium Alloy
  

Power Plant: Minovsky Ultracompact Fusion Reactor :: 2140 kW
Equipment and Design Features:

• Sensors :: Range 10800 meters
  

Fixed Armaments:

• 2x 14-tube Missile Launcher, handheld in use
  • AMS-01H Heavy Missile
  • 1x missile per tube, 14 total per launcher
  
  
• 2x 4-tube Missile Launcher, mounted on shoulder pods
  • AMS-01H Heavy Missile
  • 1x missile per tube, 14 total per launcher
  
  
• 2x Beam Saber, stored in recharge racks on hips
  
• 2x Beam Gun, mounted over back available only in Mobile Armor Mode
  

Optional Fixed Armaments: N/A

Optional Hand Armaments:N/A

Technical and Historical Notes
Although the Gaza-D was functionally the same as the Gaza-C, it was a better performer in terms of power output, speed and maneuverability. In addition to a pair of beam guns, two beam sabers, and its "knuckle buster" beam rifle, the Gaza-D was also equipped with various missile launchers in its shoulder binders for additional heavy firepower. In addition to its superior specs and increased armaments the Gaza-D also featured an improved transformable frame that could, unlike the Gaza-C, handle multiple transformations without breaking down.

Introduced at the beginning of the First Neo Zeon War, the AMX-006 Gaza-D was a moderate improvement over Neo Zeon's mass-produced frontline model, the AMX-003 Gaza-C. As the Gaza-D's basic construction and transformation sequence were practically the same as the Gaza-C's, it was easy to mass-produce, as the existing Gaza-C production lines at the Axis asteroid base were easily modified to facilitate production of the Gaza-D. At the outbreak of the war, the Gaza-D often complemented - and eventually replaced - its predecessor as one of Neo Zeon's mainstay mobile suits. By UC 0095 there are still Gaza-D mobile suits in service to Neo Zeon remnants