AMX-009 Dreissen
Code Name: Dreissen
Unit Type: mass production general purpose mobile suit
Suit Organizational Type: Zeonic Type
Manufacturer: Neo Zeon
Operators: SODOM, Chinese Empire, Liberty Revolution, Serpentine Syndicate, The Shinter, Grand Colonial Alliance, Jovian Alliance
First Deployment: UC 0088
Accommodation: pilot in panoramic monitor/linear seat cockpit in torso
Dimensions: overall height 23.4 meters; head height 22.0 meters
Weight: empty 36.7 metric tons; max gross 66.8 metric tons; mass ratio 1.50
Construction: gundarium alloy on monocoque frame
Powerplant: Minovsky type ultracompact fusion reactor, output rated at 2380 kW
Propulsion: rocket thrusters: 2 x 21400 kg, 4 x 9800 kg, 3 x 8600 kg; vernier thrusters/apogee motors: 16
Performance: maximum thruster acceleration 1.61 G
Equipment and Design Features: sensors, range 13100 meters
Fixed Armaments: 2 x 3-barrel beam cannon, power rated at 2.8 MW, mounted in forearms; 3 x tri-blade, melee throwing weapon, stored on racks on backpack, hand-carried in use
Optional Fixed Armaments:
Optional Hand Armaments: beam lancer, power rated at 1.7 MW, powered by rechargeable energy cap, can be combined with beam tomahawk; beam tomahawk, power rated at 0.92 MW, powered by rechargeable energy cap, can be combined with beam lancer
Technical and Historical Notes: As Neo Zeon launched its assault on Earth during the First Neo Zeon War, several new mobile suits were designed for this ground campaign. One of the more popular models was the AMX-009 Dreissen, which was loosely based on the old Principality of Zeon's MS-09 Dom. Although armed with a 3-barrel beam gun in each forearm, the Dreissen was more well-suited to melee combat, as it could carry a beam lancer and a large beam tomahawk, both of which could be combined into a single, two-handed beam melee weapon. The Dreissen also carried three "tri-blade" weapons, which were basically razor-sharp, mobile suit-sized boomerangs. Although initially produced in small numbers for combat on Earth, the Dreissen's excellent performance and adaptability proved it to be a popular and versatile mobile suit, and it was soon mass-produced for both ground and space combat for the rest of the war.