Technology & Combat Characteristics

A more advanced modification of the MS-06-SSP Police Zaku designed to deal with more dangerous threats, the Armored RRU Type has a different head with additional sensors. Additionally, the sirens have been removed from the shoulders.

A commander variant exists that has an additional antenna on its head to differentiate it from the standard variant of the Armored Type.

History

After the Principality of Zeon won the One Year War, the MS-06 Zaku was sold by Zeon to several colonies as a gesture of good will. However, the sovereign colonies of Side 6, worried about the growing arrogance of Zeon, would reorganize their coast guard into the new "Armored Riot Police". To facilitate this, Side 6 would modify several of their Zakus into Police variants, officially intended to maintain public order and strengthen Side 6's defensive capabilities. Some of these Police Zakus would be further upgraded into the Armored RRU Type to be operated by their special forces.

In UC 0085, two Police Zaku Armored RRU Types, piloted by Raggucci and Árraga, would be sent out in response to the GMS-α Red Gundam defeating a pair of Police Zakus in combat. Both Armored Zakus would follow the fighting between the Red Gundam and the GMS-Ω GQuuuuuuX inside the colony. After the GQuuuuuux deploys a smokescreen, allowing both Gundams to escape, the Armored Zakus tear apart the colony's refugee district in search of the mobile suits. After a brief scuffle with the Pomeranians' Zaku in the maintenance tunnels, Ragguci's Zaku is defeated by the reactivated GQuuuuuuX in combat. Árraga's Zaku pursues the GQuuuuuuX out into space, but is defeated by it after being beheaded by the Gquuuuuux's heat hawk.