The Army of Zeon has won a large fleet warfare "Luma Campaign" in the early war of the year by putting a man-type mobile weapon = mobile suits that combines mobility and versatility on the front line. While it was recorded in history that mobilesuits used their mobility to bring out spectacular results, there were aircraft engaged in a strategy to damage the Universe Fleet of the Federal Army in a firm but secure manner. MS-06F Zaku II mine spraying pod loading machine, commonly known as "Zaku Mine Layer".
In order to raise high achievements with less fighting force, the Zeon duty army plans a strategy to install space mines in the space area where the Federation's space fleet will pass and to damage the fleet. For the execution of the strategy, we organized a small unit with three Zaku and Mine Layers in one Musai class light cruiser, dispatched it to the space that will be the warplane of the Japanese warship team and hit the mission It was.
Zak · Mine Layer is a fuselage equipped with a mine scattering pod on the back of MS-06F Zaku II in order to make it specialized in mine dropping work as the center of strategy fulfillment. In the mine scattering pod, a large-sized propellant tank is installed in order to perform mine spraying work for a long time and in a wide range, and has a fuel loading capacity five times that of MS-06 F Zaku II It was. The structure to increase this propellant loading quantity will be handed over to MS - 06R high mobility type Zaku II which will be developed later. Furthermore, even if it moves a long distance for the execution of a strategy, it carries a communication machine enhanced to enable communication with the mother ship, and at the bottom of the backpack it loads 12 mines that are the key to mission accomplishment Then, a rack for dropping is installed. A supplementary bed capable of quickly loading mines was installed in the storage space of the accompanying Musa type light cruiser.
However, as a result of installing a mine scattering pod incorporating a number of functions, the weight of the aircraft increased and agility deteriorated. MS-06F Zaku II It is clear that improving the weight of the main body without improving the main body will cause the aircraft's balance to collapse greatly. On the other hand, it will also prove the high extensibility of MS - 06 Zaku II which does not hinder the operation while the airframe balance collapses. Based on the results of these actual warfare operations, in the later-developed MS-06 Zaku II local variant machine and feature enhancement type variation machine, the redesign will be applied to strengthen the various parts of the aircraft so as not to destroy the airframe balance It was.
The mine spraying unit, centered on this Zaku · Mine Layer, does not fight directly, but also performs missions under the war of one year of the first year of the war, behind the British strategy, Lumum Campaign, He was active until the latter half. Based on the length of its operation period, it is understood that it was evaluated as having high fighting results above the unit size, while not directly participating in battle.