| rdfs:comment | - MS-06F Zaku II (MS-06F ザクII), commonly known as Zaku, has an early claim to fame as being the very first Mobile Suit to display its abilities to the audience within the Gundam universe. Its mechanic roots are born from the desire of enhancing the powers and maneuverability of a tank, thus leading to a weapon with a human-like figure and two legs. Built from plans originally stolen from the Earth Federation early within the One Year War, it became a common weapon of mass destruction for the Zeon forces. As the name suggests, it's an improved version of the first walking mass-produced Mobile Suit, the Zaku I.
|
| abstract | - MS-06F Zaku II (MS-06F ザクII), commonly known as Zaku, has an early claim to fame as being the very first Mobile Suit to display its abilities to the audience within the Gundam universe. Its mechanic roots are born from the desire of enhancing the powers and maneuverability of a tank, thus leading to a weapon with a human-like figure and two legs. Built from plans originally stolen from the Earth Federation early within the One Year War, it became a common weapon of mass destruction for the Zeon forces. As the name suggests, it's an improved version of the first walking mass-produced Mobile Suit, the Zaku I. While it may be the first of its kind introduced, the Zaku II is abruptly known as being one of the laughably weakest and inferior Mobile Suits. Two Zaku units are enough to tear apart the peace within the space colony, Side 7. Within Gundam's sudden launch soon after, however, a first flying Amuro effortlessly slays six Zaku units. Throughout the war, it's then known as the Mobile Suit for throwaway units or flat characters to become cannon fodder for the protagonists. Its namesake has been said to be the Japanese word for "small fry" (雑魚, zako) or the Japanese onomatopoeia for the sound of military boots marching (ザクッザクッ, zakutsu zakutsu). Given the Zaku's nature of being common red shirts to be shot down, fans often choose to go with the former definition.
|
