Dopp Fighter
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| Dopp Fighter | |
|---|---|
| Fast Facts | |
| Ship Type | Fighter aircraft |
| Class: | Dopp |
| Launched: | ? |
| Class Fate: | Unseen as of U.C. 0079 |
| General Characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 5.2 tons |
| Length: | 9.2 meters |
| Wingspan: | 12.1 meters |
| Armament: | 6-tube missile launcher x 2, 20 mm vulcan gun x 2 |
In the Universal Century of the anime Mobile Suit Gundam, the Dopp Fighter is the Principality of Zeon's only fighter aircraft in use during the One Year War. Zeon's Gaw Atmospheric Attack Carrier could carry eight of the Dopp Fighters.
The Dopp is superior to other aircraft, but it became considered weak with the introduction of the Federation's MS. The twin 20 mm Vulcan guns are far too weak to peirce a mobile suit's armor. Only the missiles from the 6-tube missile launchers could pose a threat to a mobile suit.
The Dopp Fighter was designed to be fast enough to easily attack and destroy the Earth Federation's naval ships, land battleships, and other fighter aircraft. They were smaller and faster than Zeon's Zaku II and were very difficult to shoot down. A Dopp was more likely to get an attack in on the Federation's Big Tray-Class Land Battlehsip with hit and run tactics, which it had to regularly use since its main flaw was its high fuel consumption, which required constant ressuply from nearby bases or ships such as the Gaw Atmospheric Attack Carrier or a Dodbay-class Land Battleship.
However, the Dopp Fighter would be phased out and discontinued after the One Year War.
