Dopp
The Dopp is the Principality of Zeon's only atmospheric fighter aircraft during the One Year War. It appeared in the anime series Mobile Suit Gundam and Mobile Suit Gundam: The 08th MS Team. Notable pilots include Garma Zabi and Norris Packard.
Technology & Combat Characteristics
The Dopp was an atmospheric fighter by Zeon for invasions on Earth. It was said that Zeon engineers, due to living on space colonies, did not have the knowledge to develop atmospheric aircraft or a place to test them, so the Dopp was designed using computer simulations. As a result, the first four prototypes crashed when tested on Earth. Because it had very poor aerodynamics, the Dopp forcibly achieved flight via a large thrust engine and a large number of attitude control verniers. It had high mobility and a maximum speed of Mach 5 but poor range. As a result, it was often carried in the Gaw. The Dopp was designed for combat in dispersed Minovsky particles, so the cockpit was situated above the rest of the aircraft to give the pilot a large field of view. The Dopp can remain airborne even if a wing is severely damaged, as seen when the RX-78-2 Gundam cut off a wing from Garma Zabi's Dopp.
Armaments
- 30mm 6-tube Missile Launcher
- A 6-tube missile launcher pod was mounted on each side of the cockpit. These weapons were the Dopp's only viable anti-MS weapons.
- 20mm Vulcan Gun
- A vulcan gun was mounted in the center of each of the same pods as the missile launchers. While essentially ineffective against mobile suit armor, they were useful for combat against other aircraft, intercepting incoming missiles/rockets, destroying mobile suit sensors, and attacking lightly-armored vehicles.
History
The Dopp was introduced as part of Zeon's Earth invasion force in the early days of the One Year War, serving as the main fighter jet of Zeon's air force to support and protect their mobile suits from aerial attacks.
Gallery
Anime
Mobile Suit Gundam
A squadron of Dopps flying with a Gaw (Episode 9: Fly! Gundam)
Mobile Suit Gundam: The 08th MS Team
Front
Side
Close-Up
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Squadron of Dopps flying with one in Garma's Colors
Firing 20mm Vulcan Guns
Crashed Dopp Post-One Year War
Mobile Suit Gundam: Requiem for Vengeance
Flies over Cluj-Napoca, Romania in November, U.C. 0079 (Episode 1: Haunted Forest)
Fires 30mm missile (Episode 2)
Games
Dopp from G Generation Wars
Garma's Dopp from G Generation Wars
Gunpla
EX Model 1/144 Garma's Dopp
Action Figures
MSiA / MIA "Zaku & Magella Attack Tank" figure set (North American release; 2001): package rear view.
MSiA / MIA "Zeon Earth Invasion" figure set (Asian limited edition; 2005): package front view features Zaku II Ground Type, Magella Attack, Dopp and Luggun action figures.
MSiA / MIA "Zeon Earth Invasion" figure set (Asian limited edition; 2005): package rear view.
Dopp as part of Kado Senshi "MS-06 Zaku II" (1999): box art.
Notes and Trivia
- In the 08th MS Team OVA, a Dopp identical to the Garma Zabi custom can be seeing flying as part of a squadron.
Appearances
References
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