Technology & Combat Characteristics
Although the Gaza-D was functionally the same as the AMX-003 Gaza-C, it has enhanced power output, speed and maneuverability. In addition to a pair of beam guns, two beam sabers, two leg claws and its "knuckle buster" beam rifle, the Gaza-D was also equipped with missile launchers and missile pods in its shoulder binders and added mega particle guns in its leg claws for additional firepower. In addition to its superior specs and increased armaments, the Gaza-D also featured an improved transformable frame that could, unlike the Gaza-C, handle multiple transformations without breaking down.
History
Introduced at the beginning of the First Neo Zeon War, the AMX-006 Gaza-D was a moderate improvement over Neo Zeon's mass-produced frontline model, the AMX-003 Gaza-C. As the Gaza-D's basic construction and transformation sequence were practically the same as the Gaza-C's, it was easy to mass produce, as the existing Gaza-C production lines at the Axis asteroid base were easily modified to facilitate production of the Gaza-D. At the outbreak of the war, the Gaza-D often complemented – and eventually replaced – its predecessor as one of Neo Zeon's mainstay mobile suits.
By U.C. 0096, the Gaza-D was still in service with the Neo Zeon remnants, the Sleeves. These units would be repainted in a green color scheme and given the distinctive markings featured on many of the mobile suits used by the Sleeves. Several of these Gaza-Ds were deployed as part of the asteroid Palau's defense force during the Earth Federation's attack on Palau, but they performed poorly against the Federation's more advanced mobile suits.