Mobile Suit Gundam:
The 08th MS Team
- Gundam Ez8 (EX)
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This one-off remodel was created using various parts, including some from a GM Ground Type, to repair a Gundam Ground Type that was heavily damaged during an attempt to capture the Principality of Zeon's Apsaras II.
The Gundam Ground Type was experimentally produced in small numbers during the early stages of the Federation Forces' MS mass production plan.
Because much of its armor and internal parts were recycled or reproduced from surplus Gundam parts, it lacked a stock of replacement parts, and so bases often had to make field repairs using parts from other machines and equipment.
When Shiro Amada's Gundam Ground Type was incapacitated in the battle against the Apsaras II, his ideas were combined with the combat data collected up to that point to perform a complete overhaul, in the hope of improving the original machine's ground combat performance.
Ez8, or "Extra-Zero-Eight," is not an official model number.
This refers to the "81" on the machine's chest armor, which represents the first unit of the 08th MS Team, or in other words the commander's machine.
