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Pilot / Ranba Ral
The Gouf is a new ground combat mobile suit designed to replace the aging J type Zaku II. Its most famous pilot is Captain Ranba Ral of the Space Attack Force. Dispatched to Earth to avenge the death of Colonel Garma Zabi, Ral battles several times with the dreaded Federation mobile suit Gundam. The electric-blue Gouf he uses is supposedly the YMS-07B model - the second prototype version - but it's identical to the mass-produced MS-07B that appears thereafter.
During its development, the Gouf was enhanced with supplemental leg thrusters and built-in weapons. The standard built-in armaments were a set of five 75mm machine guns and an electrified grappling cable called a heat rod, installed in the left and right hands respectively. Due to delays in part availability, the first 32 units were produced without built-in weapons; these were given the model number MS-07A, to distinguish them from the fully-equipped B type. Both varieties could also use the machine guns and bazookas designed for the Zaku II.
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