The Official Gundam Unicorn Mecha Thread Mk II

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Re: The Official Gundam Unicorn Mecha Thread Mk II

I just made a quick comparison and it seems to be a normal Type D Jegan, and not the early Jegan model seen in CCA.

So, do we have an idea of how much recycled equipment and parts does the Geara Zulu uses?

For example, the standard Geara Zulu backpack is quite similar to the one seen on the Zaku F2 and even to that of the more recent model kits of the standard MS-06F. But an even better candidate might be the compact backpack of the Zee Zulu, which is only visible after it ejects the large hydrojets on its back. Oddly enough, this backpack seems like something taken from the very first incarnations of the MS-06 as it has no visible thrusters.

We also know that Angelo's and one of the Heavy Weapons Type Geara Zulu 's from Gilboa's team had a compact version of the 90mm machinegun used by OYW Zeon MS.

Then we have in episode 4 that one of the Zee Zulus is firing physical rounds from its machinegun while the other one is firing beams. These remain constant during the fight. Probably a similiar case the beam rifle and machinegun of the GAT-01A1 and GAT-01A2R? (briefly discussed here), than thinking that the same rifle can fire both beams and physical ammunition.

The backpacks of the Heavy Weapons versions of the Geara Zulu and Geara Doga are also quite similar for two weapons that should work differently (large caliber ballistic cannon and high output beam cannon).

All these reused backpack weapon designs seem to indicate that the Geara Zulu was meant to use as much recycled equipment as possible, just as seen in the Royal Guard version which uses the Geara Doga's backpack.

A more interesting question would be if the older MS such as the Geara Doga can also use those weapons and backpacks. At least Full Frontal's custom Geara Doga seems to be able to use the Geara Zulu's rifle so far.

Finally, I found this image of some ground-use Geara Dogas from the Gihren's Greed series. As you can see, the standard Geara Doga backpack is has been replaced with a platform of sorts for loading containers. My personal guess is that there could be an unseen backpack, between the containers and the back of the MS, something like the one on the Black Tri-Stars MS-06S.

The point is, that maybe one of the above mentioned backpacks used by the Geara Zulu and Zee Zulu was also originally meant to be used by the Geara Doga, and might be concealed in a similar way as in the case of the MS-06S.
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Re: The Official Gundam Unicorn Mecha Thread Mk II

whoops, new thread time.
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