Zeon Herzogtum Korps Wahrzeichen

Zeon Principality Corps Rank Insignia

(TL note: I have listed the equivalent Army and Navy ranks for each officer rank, as Bandai has chosen the Naval ranks to be officially localized to the English-language releases, but the enlisted ranks in Japanese are definitely Army ranks only, so I did not list Naval ranks there.   Because of this discrepancy, I will use Army ranks elsewhere on the site.)

Though many parts of the Zeon Military uniforms remain mysterious, the military ranks basically follow the chart below.  A detailed explanation of the different types of rank insignia are explained in detail below.

MPL-97S Python

Python
The unlucky Labor, armed with pride.

Type number: MPL-97S
Manufacturer: Manabe Heavy Industries
Total Height: 7.80m
Total Width: 4.85m
Weight: 7.25t
Loaded Weight: 7.85t
Maximum carrying capacity: 2.60t
Minimum turn radius: 5.90m
Armor Materials: Reinforced Steel
Rollout: August, 1997
Equipment: Stun Stick, Exclusive Shield, etc.

Within the history of Labors that now spans five generations, there is one machine cursed with poor fortune.   This machine is most likely Manabe Heavy Industry’s Second-Generation Patrol Labor, the MPL-97S 'Python'.

VF-1 Valkyrie Cockpit Layout

The VF-1 series cockpit design is an excellent result of the merging of OTM and Human Technology to create a superior man-machine interface system.  Previous fighter cockpits were dogged with concepts such as ‘creating high degree of control’ and ‘reducing pilot workload’, while attempting to emphasize ‘minimizing human error’ over all other issues.

MS Tactics - Anti-Ship Mission

Executing an Anti-Warship Attack in Space

One of the most fundamental reasons for Zeon’s huge successes at the outbreak of the war are the effective Mobile Suit tactics employed by the Zeon MS corps.

Using a squad of three Mobile Suits, this article will demonstrate how to successfully execute an Anti-Ship assault with detailed formation explanations.

あけましておめでとうございます！

今年もよろしくおねがいします！

Happy New Year!  I have been busy with the holidays, but I do have several half-done articles in the works.  I even got a new, actual scanner, so that should help with better pictures, and hopefully faster pictures as well.

I wish I could credit this picture, but I don't remember where it came from.  (Some Japanese site about 10 years ago.)   It is definitely one of my all time favorites.

Pegasus Class Assault Carrier: Grey Phantom

Hull Number: LMSD-76

Gray Phantom

Main Armament:

1 x Twin main cannon

2 x Twin deflection-type mega particle cannon turrets

New Desides/Pezun Rebellion

Table of Organization and Equipment of Earth Federation Forces and Rebel New Desides Forces during the Pezun/New Desides rebellion, U.C.0088

These charts illustrate the composition of both forces during the engagement in Luna airspace,  (Federation Forces and New Desides) and includes fleet organization and structure.

MS-06-R-3 High Mobility Zaku (Gelgoog Forerunner Test Type)

One of the missing links that often appears in development flowcharts, but rarely detailed by itself.
There is no information that I am aware of that suggests anything about the fate of this MS, heavily implied to have been the only example of the type.  It's worth noting that the MS-11 in this case probably does not refer to the MS-11 Action Zaku.

Clarification

Just to put this out there - it's never going to be my intention to try and get a profile for every Mobile Weapon/Fighter/whatever robot and every character listed at some point, but just to try and provide some information on things that maybe don't get as much coverage, or things I think are particularly confusing.

That being said, I am going to try to post more smaller articles to fill the gaps between the larger and more image intensive ones to try and keep things moving along.

How I decide this is fairly random, but again, I'm always open to requests for information on specific topics as well, so feel free to post comments on what you want to see.

Shin Matsunaga

Military ID Number: PM05576744-S

Affiliation: Space Attack Corps

Biography:

Born in U.C. 0055 as the eldest son of the Side 3 Matsunaga family, a prominent family comparable to the Federation’s Yashima family.  As suggested by the name, the family was of mixed Eastern and Western blood, and Shin Matsunaga was the only member of this family to enter the military.