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The ZGMF-1017 GINN is a mobile suit, a fictional war machine in the Gundam Seed television anime series. The GINN is a durable, basic mobile suit which is analogous to the MS-06 Zaku II in the original Mobile Suit Gundam. It has two large, thruster-filled "wings" on its back and carries basic, dependable weapons - a 76mm machine gun and a 10-meter-long sword form its primary armament. The GINN can also be equipped with a three-round missile launcher on each leg and "D-Class" assault weapons consisting of heavy arm-mounted missile launchers and anti-ship beam guns. The versatile GINN has several variants, some of which (high-maneuver, desert, marine, tactical air reconnaissance and long-range space recon variants) are seen in the TV footage. During and after the Bloody Valentine War, the GINN is commonly used by nonaligned Coordinators, especially mercenaries. The GINN was manufactured in such high quantities from 69-71 that units will be in common use for many years to come. The GINN's powerful thrusters can only keep it airborne for a short time under gravity, so it uses the Guul subflight lifter to fly in an atmosphere.
The basic GINN is designated a Zero Gravity Maneuver Fighter by ZAFT, thus the designation "ZGMF."
GINN types remain in common use late into CE 73, including the new, more powerful GINN High Maneuver II, essentially a new mobile suit built in a GINN-type shell, which outperforms the ZGMF-601R GuAIZ R by a considerable margin, and is high enough in performance to seriously press a Zaku. However, the expense of the HM2 limits its use to elite pilots and units. The faction of ZAFT that decides to carry out Chairman Zala's mad plans of genocide uses GINN HM2s as their main MS.
Specifications
During the early months of the Bloody Valentine War it became increasingly obvious to ZAFT that the one-size-fits-all GINN would not be able to adequately perform all missions, so many variants optimized to specific environments and specific missions were procured, often resulting in wildly differing descendent units (like the officer-type ZGMF-515 CGUE, desert-type TMF/A-802 BuCUE and air-type AMF-101 DINN). Nevertheless, all major GINN variants remained in use on the last day of the war (November 2). After the war, the expensive successor unit ZGMF-600 GuAIZ would be quickly phased out in favor of a more versatile and more powerful suit, the ZGMF-1000 ZAKU Warrior (and its commander-type variant, the ZGMF-1001 ZAKU Phantom).
All units
Manufacturer: Maius Military Industries/Zodiac Alliance of Freedom Treaty
User: Zodiac Alliance of Freedom Treaty (unless otherwise noted)
YMF-01B Proto GINN
Unit type: prototype general purpose mobile suit
Head height: unknown
Base weight: unknown
ZGMF-1017 GINN
Unit type: mass production general purpose mobile suit
Head height: 21.43 m
Base weight: 78.5 t
Armament: MA-M3 heavy sword x1, MMI-M8A3 76mm heavy assault machinegun x1
Optional armament: M66 "Canus" short range guided missile launcher x2, M68 "Pardus" 3-barrel missile launcher x2, M68 "Cattus" 500mm recoilless rifle, M69 "Barrus" heavy particle cannon x1, 76mm sniper rifle x1
ZGMF-1017AS GINN Assault Type
Unit type: mass production general stealth purpose mobile suit
User: Zodiac Alliance of Freedom Treaty, Kaite Madigan
Head height: 21.43 m
Base weight: 78.5 t
Full weight: unknown
Armament: JDP2-MMX22 experimental 27mm armor assault rifle with MA-M3 heavy sword x1, shoulder cannon x2, M68 "Pardus" 3-barrel missile launcher x2
Pilot: Kaite Madigan
ZGMF-1017 GINN Gai Murakumo Custom
Unit type: custom high mobility mobile suit
User: Serpent Tail
Head height: unknown
Base weight: unknown
Armament: combat knife x2, M68 "Cattus" 500mm recoilless rifle x1
Pilot: Gai Murakumo
ZGMF-1017 GINN Goud Veia Custom
Unit type: mass production general purpose mobile suit
Head height: 21.43 m
Base weight: 78.5 t
Armament: MA-M3 heavy sword x1, MMI-M8A3 76mm heavy assault machinegun x1
Pilot: Goud Veia
ZGMF-1017 GINN Elijah Kiel Custom
Unit type: mass production general purpose mobile suit
User: Serpent Tail
Head height: 21.43 m
Base weight: 78.5 t
Armament: MA-M3 heavy sword x1, MMI-M8A3 76mm heavy assault machinegun x1, shield x1
Optional armament: M68 "Cattus" 500mm recoilless rifle
Pilot: Elijah Kiel
ZGMF-1017 GINN Miguel Aiman Custom
Unit type: mass production general purpose mobile suit
Head height: 21.43 m
Base weight: 78.5 t
Armament: MA-M3 heavy sword x1, MMI-M8A3 76mm heavy assault machinegun x1, shield x1
Optional armament: M68 "Pardus" 3-barrel missile launcher x2, M68 "Cattus" 500mm recoilless rifle, M69 "Barrus" heavy particle cannon x1
Pilot: Miguel Aiman
ZGMF-1017M GINN High Maneuver Type
Unit type: high mobility mobile suit
Head height: 21.13 meters
Full weight: 80.41 metric tons
Armament: JDP2-MMX22 experimental 27mm armor assault rifle x1, MA-M3 heavy sword x1
Pliot: Rau Le Creuset, Mikhail Coast
ZGMF-1017M2 GINN High Maneuver Type II
Unit type: high mobility mobile suit
Head height: unknown
Full weight: unknown
Armament: high-energy beam rifle x1, katana x1, shield x1
Pliot: Sato
TMF/S-3 GINN OCHER Type
Unit type: Operation Commando Hard Environment Reinforced mobile suit
Head height: 21.43 m
Base weight: unknown
Armament: heavy axe x1, MMI-XM17 experimental 37.5mm hyper-velocity rifle x1
UWMF/S-1 GINN WASP Type
Unit type: Water Adapted Search & Patrol Type mobile suit
Head height: unknown
Base weight: unknown
Armament: rocket dart launcher, torpedo launcher, phonon maser cannon
ZGMF-LRR704B GINN Reconnaissance Type
Unit type: long range reconnaissance mobile suit
Head height: 21.43 m
Base weight: 78.5 t
Armament: 76mm sniper rifle x1
Optional armament: MMI-M8A3 76mm heavy assault machinegun x1
ZGMF/TAR-X1 GINN Tactical Air Reconnaisance Type
Unit type: aerial reconnaissance mobile suit
Head height: unknown
Base weight: unknown
Armament: JDP3-MMX50 experimental close combat beam assault rifle x1
See Also
List of Mobile Suits
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