MS-10 Pezun Dowadge

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The MS-10 Pezun Dowadge was a Principality of Zeon prototype general purpose mobile suit from the Gundam anime series. The Pezun Dowadge never appeared in any actual animated form, but it is an official MS-X mobile suit variation.

Based upon Zeon's tried-and-true MS-09 Dom series, the Pezun Dowadge was one of the last mobile suits in Dom family to be made during the One-Year War. Produced at the asteroid base Pezun, the Dowadge featured improved close-range combat abilities. While the Dom featured a weak beam cannon on its chest, only suitable for temporarily disabling enemy sensors, the Pezun Dowadge upgraded the weapon into a true beam cannon. Its other weapons include a remodelled giant bazooka, a heat saber, and an eight-barreled 420mm rocket launcher. However, the end of the One-Year War came swiftly, and it is uncertain if the Pezun Dowadge actually saw combat. The relationship between the Pezun Dowadge and the MS-09G Dowadge from Mobile Suit Gundam ZZ remains uncertain.

Unlike its MS-X fellows, the Pezun Dowadge did not appear in the original 52-episode plan for Mobile Suit Gundam; in fact, "Dowadge" was an early production name for the MS-09R Rick Dom. Although he renamed the machine, Tomino (who has a fondness for odd names) kept the Dowadge name around, eventually creating the Pezun Dowadge. The Dowadge was eventually made into an action figure as part of Hajime Katoki's Zeonography series. The figure could be converted into the Rick Dom, and came in either its standard purple colors, or Char Aznable's familiar red.

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[edit] MS-10 Pezun Dowadge

Manufacturer: Pezun asteroid base
Operator: Principality of Zeon
Unit type: prototype general purpose mobile suit
Head height: 18.9 meters
Weight: empty 61.4 metric tons; max gross weight unknown
Powerplant: Minovsky type ultracompact fusion reactor
Armament: giant bazooka; heat saber; breast beam cannon; 8-barrel 420mm rocket launcher
Pilots: Rezin Schnyder