YMS-07A Prototype Gouf

Model number: YMS-07A
Code name: Prototype Gouf
Unit type: prototype ground combat mobile suit
Manufacturer: Zeonic Company
Operator: Principality of Zeon
First deployment: UC 0079
Accommodation: pilot only, in standard cockpit in torso
Dimensions: head height 17.7 meters
Weight: empty 58.2 metric tons; max gross weight unknown
Powerplant: Minovsky type ultracompact fusion reactor, power output rating unknown
Propulsion: rocket thrusters: total output unknown
Equipment and design features: sensors, range unknown
Fixed armaments: none
Optional fixed armaments: shield, mounted on left forearm
Optional hand armaments: 120mm machine gun, drum-fed, 100 rounds per drum

As the Principality of Zeon invades and conquers many corners of Earth during the One Year War, Zeonic Company engineers are hard at work on a new ground combat mobile suit to supplement and replace the aging MS-06J Zaku II Ground Combat Type. The first prototype of this new model is the YMS-07A Prototype Gouf, which is essentially a redesigned Zaku with more efficient use of equipment and space, making it lighter and more maneuverable than the Zaku. The Gouf is intended to mount fixed weapons - specifically a 5-barreled 75mm machine gun hand and a tentacle heat rod - but these weapons aren't ready at this early stage of production and don't appear until the second production unit, the MS-07B. A second prototype unit, the YMS-07B, incorporates additional thrusters in the legs, giving the Prototype Gouf the ability to make jet-assisted jumps.

Appearances: MSV (Mobile Suit Variations)
Original mechanical designer: Kunio Okawara