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Mobile Suit Classics
01: MS-01 Mobile Suit
02: MS-04 Early Zaku
03: MS-05 Zaku I
04: MS-05 Zaku I
05: MS-05 Zaku I
06: MS-06A Zaku II
07: MS-06C Zaku II
08: MS-06S Zaku II
09: MS-06C Zaku II
10: MS-06S Zaku II
11: MS-06F Zaku II
12: MS-06E Zaku Recon
13: MS-06Fs Zaku II
14: MS-06J Zaku II
15: YMS-07A Gouf
16: YMS-08A Prototype
17: MS-07H Gouf
18: MS-07H-4 Gouf
19: MS-06M Zaku Marine
20: MSM-01 Zaku Marine
21: MS-06RP Zaku II
22: MS-06R-1 Zaku II
23: MS-06R-1 Zaku II
24: MS-06R-1A Zaku II
25: MS-06R-1A Zaku II
26: MS-06R-1A Zaku II
27: MS-06R-1A Zaku II
28: MS-06G Zaku II
29: MS-06D Zaku Desert
30: MS-06D Zaku Desert
31: MS-06D Zaku Desert
32: MS-06K Zaku Cannon
33: MS-06K Zaku Cannon
34: RX-75-4 Guntank
35: RX-77-2 Guncannon
36: RX-78-1 Gundam
37: RX-78-2 Gundam
38: RX-78-2 Gundam
39: RX-78-3 G-3 Gundam
40: MS-07B Gouf
41: MS-07B Gouf
42: MS-07C-3 Gouf
43: MS-07C-5 Gouf
44: YMS-09 Dom
45: MS-09 Dom
46: YMS-09D Dom
47: MS-06R-2 Zaku II
48: MS-06R-2 Zaku II
49: MS-06R-2 Zaku II
50: MS-06R-2P Zaku II
51: MS-06RD4 Zaku II
52: MS-R09 Rick Dom
53: MS-06E-3 Zaku Flipper
54: MSM-03 Gog
55: MSM-04 Acguy
56: MSM-07 Zugok
57: MSM-07S Zugok
58: MSM-10 Zock

Mobile Suit Gundam, Z Gundam, Gundam ZZ, Char's Counterattack, Gundam 0080: War in the Pocket, Gundam F91, Gundam 0083: Stardust Memory, Gundam 0083: Last Blitz of Zeon, Gundam: The 08th MS Team, and Gundam W: Endless Waltz are copyright Sotsu Agency and Sunrise. V Gundam, G Gundam, Gundam W, and Gundam X are copyright Sotsu Agency, Sunrise and TV Asahi. Turn A Gundam is copyright Sotsu Agency, Sunrise and Fuji TV.

Mobile Suit Classics 16
YMS-08A Prototype

Illustration by Mark Simmons

While Zeonic developed the YMS-07 Gouf, a rival team of Earth Attack Force engineers was working simultaneously on the YMS-08, another land combat mobile suit intended to succeed the Zaku II. This competing design was equipped with supplemental thrusters that enabled it to make short-distance jumps. However, the YMS-08's price/performance ratio was poor, and its development was ultimately merged with that of the YMS-07. Eight prototypes were completed, and later found their way into the hands of Earth Attack Force pilots.

Mobile suit mavens may have noted that there are two established versions of the MS-08, with few design elements in common. For this illustration, we've taken the early-'80s Mobile Suit Variation and revamped it after the style of the late-'90s MS-08TX Ifrit. Thus, we strive to reconcile this decade-old contradiction.