Zaku I Development History

[@suhanhwang9988]

"Purely worker unit." Sees somebody get bashed by the long nipper arms. ... Okay.

[@GCJACK83]

Ball Type K was here. Zaku I is a loser.

[@sebastianthomsen2225]

Right 😕

[@TheKing-qz9wd]

Was bound to happen inevitably

[@emersedmilkk4163]

Suhan Hwang “manipulators”

[@darkdragonsoul99]

A shovel isn't a weapon until you use it as one

[@Nxtl68]

Can we talk about how crazy a 105mm machine gun is? That's a huge shell to be rapid fired.

[@hunterlong1820]

At first i was like that’s not that big that’s like a tank shell then i thought for a second about a tank shooting Ike a machine gun lol.

[@alexporter7379]

Wouldn't it be closer to a 105mm Autocannon? I mean that's also insane, but god damn, a 105mm machine gun would be nuts. RIP everyone's ears if they are nearby.

[@Nxtl68]

@@alexporter7379 They call it a machine gun but it would probably be closer to an atocannon, but at the same way that's insane.

[@SilvaDreams]

To be fair the Italians have a 76mm AA tank called the Otomatic that was made in the 1980's and it has a 120RPM fire rate

[@alexporter7379]

@@SilvaDreams that's pretty quick but not quick enough match RPMs of MGs like a .50 cal at 1200 rpm.

[@FC_mania]

Can we PLEASE get a GM development history video next?

[@judeskater93]

FC Mania or top five gms of the one year war???

[@Rocinante2300]

That’d be awesome

[@dukeofduckingham5480]

Oh yes please

[@Feiora]

Why? its a cut rate Gundam made out of cheaper material because the Earth Federation was too cheap to be concerned about the safety and longevity of their pilots...

[@inactiveaccount2437]

Oh yes, more GM love!

[@sergiovarela8907]

the real granddaddy of the MS

[@goufr3540]

Nothing like a classic Zaku I. Probably one of Zeons most robust and well built mobile suits going from before the One Year War and still holds up till Unicorn.

[@lukabazookastj9462]

CWDTrixie more specifically it holds up as a support unit

[@basteala525]

@@lukabazookastj9462 Still, it's that Zeon's most successful One Year War machines (into the far flung future anyhow) were its single oldest and single newest mass production models.

[@Atoronz]

RIP Kirks

[@Feiora]

@@basteala525 It probably helped that alot of the Zaku I were mothballed and thus in storage which made them easier to retrieve for those that would operate them later on, so spare parts and manufacture data was relatively easily obtained..

[@charaznable2859]

I can't believe this mobile suit even survived throughout 0080 they're practically scrap now

[@benlex5672]

You forgot to mention that the Zaku I has a huge overheating problem, which is why they developed the Zaku II in the first place, and why the Test pilot of Zudah said that Zeonic cheated their way to the contract.

[@sebastianthomsen2225]

Did not know That!

[@akiraguy]

tbf zaku I flaws dont cause test pilots to die from it. zudah have killed at least a test pilot.

[@benlex5672]

@@akiraguy Well, TBH it's unknown how many actually died during Zaku I tests because from the official magazine we know that it killed at least 2 during prototype tests while injuring more. And yes I am counting all the zeonic ones since they were labelled as Zaku. On the other hand, Zeonic is known to sabotage other companies' projects so...

[@akiraguy]

@@benlex5672 i took the ms igloo scene where duval said the accident that zudah test pilot dies become the reason ms-5 zaku I won the bid. probably those zeonic test pilots death was during zaku II development, not zaku I.

[@benlex5672]

​@@akiraguy MS-04 and MS-05 blew up several times as well. However, the problem lies in cooling for the Zaku line, not engine overload, meaning it's easier to fix. However, this leads to people thinking Zeonic cheated, especially since the supposed company secrets were leaked and Zeonic launched a whole campaign to shit on the Zudah line while hiding the problems of the Zaku line, which would not be found out until mass production started (mainly underpower due to limitations by cooling problems, as what they probably did was limit the reactor power to solve the cooling problem), leading to the production of Zaku II. The campaign is also how the EFF found out about Zudah as well. BTW I don't know what happened in the English version, but Duval was the one that said it was Zeonic that cheated (persumply the campaign), and it was because of Zeonic that Zudah failed, and how Zudah is a much more powerful machine comparing to the Zaku.

[@ckallerid]

AND YET SOMEONE FELT THE NEED TO WELD A STEEL BEAM RIGHT IN FRONT OF IT'S EYE.

[@-Extra_Lives]

But it looks good tho

[@nasanodia736]

@@-Extra_Lives Here, here!

[@Feiora]

Yea I never understood that, thankfully that was delete in later suit models...

[@marcosdheleno]

@@Feiora it was possibly done to fake 2 eyes. giving a 3d view. or maybe it was done to shield it from possible small arms damage, kinda like how it was done in many medieval armor helmets.

[@Feiora]

@@marcosdheleno except it was a single swivel monoeye with a support beam as wide as the eye right in front of the central position. thats why the eye was always off center afew degrees when you saw these things...

[@Razgriz_01]

"A shovel on the right arm" Has there been any scenes of Mobiles Suits making giant Trenches for defenses?

[@robertdrexel2043]

I think there was one somewhere during Operation Odessa but I do not remember where I saw it.

[@kamilazman2943]

gundam igloo

[@solaireofastora5999]

Moreso for making vehicles and MS fall in to blow up the trench. Meaning they drugged a 18 meter Trench

[@lenny_1369]

12:01 i love that the overheating sniper cannon from the sniper weapon is inspired by the mg42 with the heatsink, it even opens the same way the real gun does for the barrel replacement

[@khan3550]

I like the look of the prototype Zaku 1 it has a bit of Zaku-II flavor to it while not being as chonky

[@ethanol929]

But I like Zakus that way!!! B I G and C H U N K Y

[@ethanol929]

Well I respect that

[@samedwards3186]

The Zaku-II’s chungus-ness is part of its charm, though

[@itsgab5745]

My boi Zaku 1 getting respect

[@areasevenpro]

Damn, Cima got thrown under the bus simply for following orders. No wonder she was completely psycho in 0083.

[@rodrigs9976]

areasevenpro I kinda feel bad for her, I mean she basically helped murder the entire colony without her knowing

[@darkkira1332]

I feel for her, it clearly shows how fucked up the Zeon High Command is while their men and women die thinking they are fighting the good fight.

[@hamletmhb5914]

You can see another similar reaction coming from Dozle, when he was trying to deal with the guilt of that operation, he said that he did it to protect Mineva, while they (the people in the colony) weren't strong enough to protect their Minevas.

[@isher9035]

@@hamletmhb5914 Ye, Dozle had massive survivor's guilt. Also, Cima's not that psycho in 0083. It's never really explained, but she's more or less just a mercenary. So her allegiance is always going to be shaky.

[@MrMannyhw]

It looks and sounds like her.

[@barrybend7189]

Can you please do a video on the most powerful obscure late UC mobile suits?

[@seb24789]

Lots of Crossbone stuff i guess.

[@Rocinante2300]

Or the heavygun

[@Aceshot-uu7yx]

The victory final form is possibly the second strongest UC machine, only behind the unicorn perfectibility.

[@nexusofice9135]

Maybe talk about 08th MS Team's "Gundam Ground Type". That was a weird one almost like a GM with a Gundam skin.

[@yuzumeow]

It’s literally a gundam. Proof? Rewatch the show when sanders first got into the ms he said “so this is the power of a gundam”.

[@nexusofice9135]

@@yuzumeow If you know the show you should also know that is it a batch produced Gundam that actually shares about 80% of the main parts of a GM. Hence why they use GM parts to fix many of them as they get repaired. That is why it is an oddball of Gundam units. It is not a prototype or experimental unit. Maybe what... The generator is different? But if so how great of a difference is there between the original Gundam unit and a GM compared to the Gundam Ground Type? We all know that it is a Gundam... But it has many GM based characteristics and parts associated with it.

[@yuzumeow]

I think the generator is more powerful, and is capable of beam weaponry. Pretty cool how ez8 is classified compared to those 2 lol.

[@nexusofice9135]

@@yuzumeow and these questions and discussions is why I suggested talking about the unit.

[@DevasiaMentalityGaming]

@@nexusofice9135 Both ground type units were actually still more Gundam by volume over their later mass production cousins due to how they were produced with leftover v-project development parts, including luna titanium armor materials. This is why spare parts for repairing or rebuilding them were so scarce, and why the EZ8 even came to be since it was made out of whatever parts they could muster. They don't have nearly the highest specs but they weren't required to, they existed as a stopgap measure while the federation worked out proper mass-production line GMs for use both on land and in space.

[@darkusblader]

Hey kakarot197 are you done reviewing gunpla or will we see reviews in the future I mean season 2 of build divers comes out in October.

[@SenketsuFi]

2:42 that brush metal prototype zaku looks amazing

[@sachinmistry1]

It looks like medieval armor!

[@antitheist3206]

As a Gouf main, I love seeing the humble beginnings of Zeon suits.

[@thisaccountisntreal107]

Real men pilot Goufs

[@lild3838]

Gouf ignited for me

[@cannedpainter9542]

Anti Theist *I see you are a man of culture as well.*

[@Feiora]

*picks off everyone from long range* Death to CQC! ^.^ (I'm Zaku/Hizack btw)

[@djsoundwave5595]

Meh zaku r1 for me

[@i.s.a.t.newroman8992]

Ahhh Zaku tank... I still remember a mission to defeat an unknown giant mobile suit and mission description says I should piloting Zaku tank or Zaku II only... Not gonna lie... That was one of hardest mission I ever joined... In Dynasty warriors Gundam 2 game,

[@barahng]

Even in a Zaku, fighting Lu Bu would be horrifying.

[@Aceshot-uu7yx]

@@barahng you need the plot armor of the wing gundams to kill him.

[@Tea_Sippin]

Underrated, highly effective, and My GO TO bread and butter MS in Battle Operation II 👌

[@hossamahmed3021]

Gotta say I love your channel man, haven't seen someone talk gundam lore and history with such enthusiasm, keep it up !

[@adventwolfbane]

Ah the good old Zaku I the start of the giant robot fighting machines.

[@tyler_mizzacc203]

Nice touch adding the Zeonic Front theme when looking at the Commander Type!

[@Autechltd]

*SIIIP* "Yep, they don't make them like they used to." - Zaku I

[@Bangcat]

For anyone curious about 6:29... Yes, that is Cima. A cut from one of the games but a back story of the gal who would basically become a pirate aiding the re establishment of Zeon in Stardust Memory. Gihren's Greed was the name of the game, and I like to think that much of Zeon had no idea it was going to be a lethal gassing. That cut scene from the game shows she had no idea, and though it's not said in the Stardust Memory show's flashbacks, I'm inclined to believe it. It would show why she took a very turned and changed way of being that Cima became more or less a pirate. It's likely that the failing Zeon pilot she left in a Zaku as a suicide mission may have been someone taken from other quadrants of Zeon who actually did know what he was doing so very long ago. But that's a theory. Either way, it makes me like her character all the more when I learned about this.

[@DSan-kl2yc]

Zakus' are the Hardest working Mech suits in the business.

[@SwiftGundam]

Glad you mentioned the Developers manga but they had alot more of a hand in the Zaku's production. Hell, the model worked on by Hosioka was the one that proved the best outta all the rest.

[@zeekyaw]

I love the idea of a Zaku I Sinper Type. Beautiful machine

[@Tokumastu1]

Would you be willing to cover the development of the Psycho gundam and the cyber newtypes, given how the two go hand in hand.

[@marauderprime1353]

First I'm glad to see that you're back to make it more Gundam videos

[@JWTan84]

Love this series of videos! Looking forward to GM line or even the RX line!

[@Sta_cotto]

I'd love to see a special development episode purely for The Origin's canon, covering the Mobile workers, Bugu, and "new" Guntank and Guncannon

[@STbattlefront]

The Zaku no matter how it looks still remains as my fav mech

[@H250V]

A cool machine, and it's variants are pretty neat as well (especially that Sniper). Can't wait for you to cover the ol' reliable Zaku 2.

[@shadowgouf]

I love your videos. They always brings me joy to learn more about my favorite franchise

[@300kyuubi]

Aww yeah! Love me some development history. And your work

[@Erdenichtspricht]

10:45 a WINCH, man. It has a *winch* on the left arm. A *wench* is "a girl or young woman, especially a buxom or lively one."

[@arnantphongsatha7906]

I knew an MS coming with wenches as standard equipment was too good to be true.

[@johnprzybycien1644]

You didn't mention the Zaku radar type (it's a zaku 1, with a radar dome), mostly seen during the Gryps conflict, and Neo Zeon wars, besides the reconnaissance equipment, it's basically an upgraded zaku 1.

[@andrewgenio]

6:29 where's this from? She looks like Cima from 0083

[@MGBandit75]

Andrew Mac Gaul Gundam Encounters in Space. That was Cima during the One Year War when she was a marine.

[@RexWort]

MGBandit75 Damn.... I kinda feel bad for her :/

[@SeeASquaRE]

Holy shit, this is like foreshadowing. SPOILER:(for Stardust Memory) Of her betraying Delaz Fleet during Operation Stardust and becoming a Fed double agent.

[@TheDonMVo]

Aw hellz yeah, thanks for this! There are few to no MS history videos out there

[@jens.einzelgaenger.mp4]

That Zeonic Front song really hit me hard. Love that game. Great video, covered a lot of great things. Zeon is my fav.

[@euariaeu8873]

damn.i feel.it is part of our own history.so nice keep up.i hope you next the gm origins.hehe

[@Felix24148]

I think you may have a typo. As far as I know, the MS-05B Zaku 1 had a generator output of 899 KW. You have it listed the same as it's predecessor the MS-05A at 833 KW. You also missed a few other details. Matt Austin in Zeonic Front initially piloted an MS-05A, but later switched to a MS-05B. And he was the only one in the Midnight Fenrir corps to only use Zaku 1s. The others switched over to a Dom and Gouf. It was shown in the game that the Zaku 1s that were available were eventually upgraded in various ways. Including improved outer armor and an OS that automatically adjusts to the pilot. Your video also completely ignores the MS-05 First Refined Type Zaku. Which is also known as the MS-05BIS Zaku British Invasion "Green Devil".

[@kakarot197]

The 833kw seems to have been a typo across the board, which should've been 899kw. Thanks for noticing. As for the last two, Dev History focusses mostly on canon aspects (or things that could fit into canon to fill some gaps). While interesting designs, the Solomon Express units do not fit with this.

[@Felix24148]

@@kakarot197 Honestly just because something is a part of a side manga, doesn't mean it doesn't have a place in the canon continuity. You mentioned Hosioka from the developers manga. Which is a side manga, yet seems completely canon. What's more, the MS-04 they built was the one that got Gihren's attention in the initial tests. They also built their own Mobile Worker with parts and details from the Crabman. The MS-05 First Refined Type is a cool machine. One I wish there was more info about. But I really don't see it's canonicity called into question. Especially since nothing about it's design really calls into question the technology of the time. It was just a heavily refitted Zaku 1 with Zaku II parts and some original possibly prototype armor components. From what I could tell of it's upper body, the armor had some shape similarities to the MS-06F2. So it's entirely possible many early prototype parts that were too costly for mass production were used on it.

[@CommanderTato]

Zaku 1 Sniper is so damn sexy. Zaku received the good old tank treatment, when a chassis got obsolete they made them TD or artillery so they become useful once again.

[@patjuice8677]

The Zaku 1 Sniper Type’s weapon looks like a German MG34

[@sparrowfox6943]

6:36 Showing everyone dead 6:37 with a random reese's pieces commercial "We take pride in what we do. Are we the best at what we do? Yup"

[@spanner5995]

不思議なのはビーム兵器を小型化するのに手間取っていたジオンが急激にジオングの指ビームやエルメスのビットといった兵器を実用化できたこと

[@satriaputrapratama4703]

Shame that Zudah got shafted by Zaku for Mass production. It should've been Commander only unit. Though Zimmad would eventually catch up the arm race with the Dom line

[@LagunaShirogane]

Ive piloted a Zaku I on Gundam Battle Operation 2 and often preferred them over the Zaku II. Gave my opponents a run for their money in my Zaku I. Ive piloted a Zaku I standard (B Type), Zaku I Sniper Type, Zaku IS aka Zaku I Commander Type, and Zaku I GS (Garret Schmitzer's variant). The Zaku I often works with my aggressive play style and players often underestimate its capabilities in the right hands. I guess I would be one of those Zeon pilots that would stick with his or her Zaku I over moving on to the Zaku II. More so, I would probably end up adding equipment from both the Gelgoog and the Gouf as other armaments for my Zaku I though. I did favor the Gelgoog though as well along with the Gouf.

[@itsrifahanif]

Love it Mr Kakarot!!! i hope you can cover more sides stories about ONY (a lot of untouch interesting story to cover) in case you wondering, manga on 2:30 is Developers - Mobile Suit Gundam Before One Year War , pretty enjoyable story IMO and yes the person on 6:30 is our cima garahau sama ;)

[@Xtavalis]

What anime is 6:30 from? It kinda looks like Stardust Memory, but I do not remember this scene at all.

[@itsrifahanif]

@@Xtavalis i thinks its from a game, maybe gihren greed (do some checking at wiki and its say so)? i can't find the cutscene tho

[@legamersh7453]

hell yeah¡ i was waiting for more of these videos, thanks man, you are awesome

[@hiroramirez3383]

Please, talk about the MS of the origin! Plus thanks to give me the picture of how would look a zaku with hand fights weapos, now i wanna custum a zaku like so! And thanks to show too the glorious wallpaper of dozle sabi zaku 2. i found it, and i love it.

[@Arrowdodger]

Excellent work as always, dude!

[@dereck062]

what show is the @6:22, looks like Cima poisoning colony.

[@avengravel6133]

THIS IS EPIC!!!!! Thanks Kakarot197 I love this kind of lore :3

[@Shogotetsu]

What was that clip from the colony gassing from ?

[@Corvoreviews]

I'm pretty interested in it too.

[@akiraguy]

it from added scene exclusive on dvd version of 0083.

[@patch-fm]

Hey look guys its space holo-

[@gm2998]

UC early stories are so much interesting! Great video!

[@Coolio_Ash]

the zudah is one of my favorite movile suits literally ever

[@PaladinodoCerradooficial]

Man I have to say I love your job!

[@eluoj]

I would like to know more of the Gelgoog's backpack. Since the normal Gelgoog doesnt have them XD.

[@brianjohnson5272]

Where's the Lt commander's ms 05S variant from Zeonic front (Ps2)? Give that game some love bud, you use it's music after all.

[@GCJACK83]

Zaku Tank: Gets called a "purely worker vehicle" RB-79K Ball Type K: "Am I a joke to you?!"

[@ZachBlackforest]

Char: Yes, yes you are.

[@Idazmi7]

6:25 - Which anime is this scene from?

[@AgentWebs]

I love the Zaku I I'm so hyped for more development history videos!

[@MsGhost06]

Love the details of this video keep up the great hope really hoping for the Zaku II history video

[@zujiahuang8454]

Where's the footage at 3:58 from?

[@Tai_Jaiger]

History Channel eat your heart out

[@tonlito22]

I've been hunting for that Cima scene. Thank you.

[@squgieman]

after reading into her story i feel horrible for her, betrayed by everyone she ever tried to trust, zeon, the feds, everyone, and left to die to a (imo) shitty main character

[@PenPen077]

When you are in a war on 0069 and keep saying nicE after every kill

[@masonperkins2105]

Great video I enjoyed it!

[@macped6751]

I’m brand new to Gundam and I personally like these Zaku’s mechas the best

[@francslanxiacheh4315]

shit, I watch it like a real history documentary , Nice Vids Man

[@miceltusav88]

My friend when they use a gundam.: "you won't win in a zaku!" Me, about to kick their ass: "I'll show you that a difference in mobile suit abilities DOESN'T decide a battle."

[@Fuchimy18]

Great vid!

[@sonwig5186]

In the fanfiction I'm writing the main mech is a heavily customized Zaku 1 with a Zudah gimballed rocket and two Zaku 2 shoulder shields. Oh and it has the pipes on its torso and legs (which I've intepreted as radiators).

[@chunli_enthusiast]

Y'all really thought I wouldn't notice the Endless Battle Theme from Encounters in Space huh

[@ChemFiendtaco]

my favorite and my ace machine, if i go down-im going down swinging

[@JTruong3rd]

I'm surprised Cima just didn't defect after the gas attack or just desert.

[@nat1club349]

its crazy how most people dont even know this stuff but gundam just has so much deep lore

[@Blitzozs]

the zaku 1 sniper type is probably gonna be my favourite looking mobile suit in the whole gundam universe

[@Holesale00]

What OVA or Gundam series is the scene from 6:27 onward from??? i have been looking everywhere!!

[@g--stef4756]

To my recollection, neither, they're animated cutscene parts from Gihren's Greed used for exposition and the like.

[@obeliskblaze]

More vids like this please, where you discuss mass production type mobile suits

[@marceledel8619]

For those who are curious, there's also Garret Schmitzer's Zaku I with a rocket launcher from the game Zeonic Front.

[@Xtavalis]

I was surprised to see it take the #1 spot in the vote on what 10 suits to give everyone free at launch with Gundam Battle Online 2 comes to the West (not mad about it, just surprised).

[@BlueDinosaur1234]

we need more gundam lore videos like this on youtube

[@David7793]

I like this series very much though I feel you forgot the Zanny as a possible variant for the Zaku?

[@averagenolife6860]

Gotta love the grunt suit, if it weren't for them all the newer models wouldn't be possible.

[@frannyfranfrancis]

Yessssss! More to come? Please!

[@aaronwolfe9640]

Great content!

[@derekmills5082]

Hell yeah keep it up. MORE MORE MORE MORE

[@mahwiiiife408]

Oooooh that's why that logistics guy in the 1979 anime was using a Zaku I B type. I love these Development History videos!!!!!!!! Edit: His name was Gadem and I admire the confidence he had in the Zaku I B type and understand now.

[@EURIPODES]

Say what you want about Zeon but their suits had swagger.

[@ZeonicZaku1-Zeon_Grunt_Suit]

Nice fan service of me, should I pose next?

[@SpiralOther]

I am waiting for the day someone big sponsor kakarot so we can have a 30 min long video talking about mobile suit development

[@kentakato8082]

Favorite mobile suit is zaku 1 because that mobile suit i use all gundam games the zaku 1 is have a personal value for me i want to use zaku 1 for 1 year war

[@vf1skull1]

I'm a huge advance of Zeta fan I would love it if you would do a long drawn-out video on the AOZ lore using the kits you have and images of the ones you don't for reference material. I honestly never get enough Hazel Madness and it's definitely my favorite suit I'm also a big Watership Down fan so it's always a double win for me.

[@MaxHDAvenger]

Zaku boi with spike knuckles

[@alessandrofuligni4015]

The pictures are taken from MS Era, a wonderful source manual

[@igonatangi]

Cool that you mentioned Hosioka.

[@AmahiMio]

*flashback of hordes of Zaku Tanks in Dynasty Warriors Gundam*

[@davegravel882]

Hey kakarot when will you make the Gouf développement history???

[@ariflewar789]

Thanks for history lessons.