ZGMF-1017 GINN

The ZGMF-1017 GINN is the standard mobile suit of the Zodiac Alliance of Freedom Treaty (ZAFT) from November CE 69 to September CE 71. The GINN is designated a Zero Gravity Maneuver Fighter by ZAFT, thus the designation "ZGMF." It is derived from the YMF-01B Proto GINN, the first mobile suit to be built by ZAFT. Many Proto GINNs are redesignated as ZGMT-01 GINN Trainers, and all ZAFT mobile suit pilots are initially trained on this machine.

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, a recoiless cannon 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. The GINN is even used by nonaligned factions, especially mercenaries and pirates. 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. Late in the Bloody Valentine War, GINN pilots found their heavier, sturdily armored mobile suits much clumsier than the lightweight GAT-01 Strike Daggers of the Earth Alliance and MBF-M1 M1 Astrays of the Orb Union, and highly vulnerable to beam weapons; fortunately for ZAFT, by this time the beam-equipped, faster ZGMF-600 GuAIZ was in full production.

GINN types remain in common use late into CE 73, including the new, more powerful GINN High Maneuver II, which seems to have been designed as an alternative to the ZGMF-600 GuAIZ. However, the expense of the HM2 limits its use to a few elite pilots and units. The faction of ZAFT that decides to carry out Chairman Zala's mad plans of genocide by dropping Junius 7 on Earth uses GINN HM2s as their main MS.

Variants
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, ground-type TMF/A-802 BuCUE air-type AMF-101 DINN, and aquatic-type UMF-4A GOOhN). Nevertheless, all major GINN variants remained in use on the last day of the war, (September 26 CE 71). After the war, the expensive successor unit ZGMF-600 GuAIZ would be quickly phased out in favor of a more versatile and powerful suit, the ZGMF-1000 ZAKU Warrior (and its commander-type variant, the ZGMF-1001 ZAKU Phantom).

YMF-01B Proto GINN/ZGMT-01 GINN Trainer
Manufacturer: Maius Military Industries/Zodiac Alliance of Freedom Treaty User: Zodiac Alliance of Freedom Treaty Powerplant: ultracompact energy battery Unit type: prototype general purpose mobile suit/training use mobile suit Head height: unknown Weight: unknown Armament: unknown

ZGMF-1017 GINN
Manufacturer: Asimov Design Bureau User: Zodiac Alliance of Freedom Treaty Powerplant: ultracompact energy battery Unit type: mass production general purpose mobile suit Head height: 21.43 meters Weight: 78.5 metric tons 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 Pilot(s):Miguel Aiman, Olar, Matthew

ZGMF-1017AS GINN Assault Type
Manufacturer: Maius Military Industries/Zodiac Alliance of Freedom Treaty User: Zodiac Alliance of Freedom Treaty Powerplant: ultracompact energy battery Unit type: mass production assault mobile suit User: Zodiac Alliance of Freedom Treaty, Kaite Madigan Head height: 21.43 meters Weight: unknown Armament: beam gun/revolver with bayonette x1, shoulder mounted Gatling gun x2, M68 "Pardus" 3-barrel missile launcher x2, wrist mounted dual rocket-propelled grenade launcher x2 JDP2-MMX22 experimental 27mm armor assault rifle x1, MA-M3 heavy sword x1 Pilot: Kaite Madigan

ZGMF-1017 GINN Gai Murakumo Custom
Manufacturer: Maius Military Industries/Zodiac Alliance of Freedom Treaty User: Zodiac Alliance of Freedom Treaty Powerplant: ultracompact energy battery Unit type: custom high mobility mobile suit User: Serpent Tail Head height: unknown Weight: unknown Armament: 'Armor Schneider' combat knives x2, M68 "Cattus" 500mm recoilless rifle x1 Pilot: Gai Murakumo

ZGMF-1017 GINN Goud Veia Custom
Manufacturer: Maius Military Industries/Zodiac Alliance of Freedom Treaty User: Zodiac Alliance of Freedom Treaty Powerplant: ultracompact energy battery Unit type: custom general purpose mobile suit Head height: 21.43 meters Weight: unknown Armament: MA-M3 heavy sword x1, MMI-M8A3 76mm heavy assault machinegun x1, shoulder shield x1 Pilot: Goud Veia

ZGMF-1017 GINN Elijah Kiel Custom
Manufacturer: Maius Military Industries/Zodiac Alliance of Freedom Treaty User: Zodiac Alliance of Freedom Treaty Powerplant: ultracompact energy battery Unit type: custom general purpose mobile suit User: Serpent Tail Head height: 21.43 meters Weight: 78.5 metric tons Armament: MA-M3 heavy sword x1, MMI-M8A3 76mm heavy assault machinegun x1, buster sword x1 Optional armament: M68 "Cattus" 500mm recoilless rifle Pilot: Elijah Kiel

ZGMF-1017 GINN Heavy Artillery Custom "Fuego"
Manufacturer: Maius Military Industries/Zodiac Alliance of Freedom Treaty User: Zodiac Alliance of Freedom Treaty Powerplant: ultracompact energy battery UNit type: custom heavy bomber mobile suit User: Elisa Azana's pirate gang Head height: unknown Weight: unknown Armament: missile laucher x16 Pilot: Otark

ZGMF-1017 GINN High Mobility Custom "Tempester"
Manufacturer: Maius Military Industries/Zodiac Alliance of Freedom Treaty User: Zodiac Alliance of Freedom Treaty Powerplant: ultracompact energy battery UNit type: custom high mobility mobile suit User: Elisa Azana's pirate gang Head height: unknown Weight: unknown Armament: MMI-M8A3 76mm heavy assault machinegun x1, heavy polearm x1 Pilot: Elisa Azana

ZGMF-1017 GINN Jean Carry Custom
Manufacturer: Maius Military Industries/Zodiac Alliance of Freedom Treaty User: Earth Alliance Powerplant: ultracompact energy battery Unit type: custom general purpose mobile suit Head height: 21.43 meters Weight: 78.5 metric tons Armament: MA-M3 heavy sword x1, MMI-M8A3 76mm heavy assault machinegun x1 Pilot: Jean Carry

ZGMF-1017 GINN Miguel Aiman Custom
Manufacturer: Maius Military Industries/Zodiac Alliance of Freedom Treaty User: Zodiac Alliance of Freedom Treaty Powerplant: ultracompact energy battery Unit type: custom general purpose mobile suit Head height: 21.43 meters Weight: 78.5 metric tons 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. heavy shield x1 Pilot: Miguel Aiman

ZGMF-1017 GINN Un No Custom
Manufacturer: Maius Military Industries/Zodiac Alliance of Freedom Treaty User: Zodiac Alliance of Freedom Treaty Powerplant: ultracompact energy battery Unit type: custom general purpose mobile suit User: Un No Head height: 21.43 meters Weight: 78.5 metric tons Armament: "Gerbera Straight" katana x1, "Tiger Pierce" wakizashi x1 Pilot: Un No

ZGMF-1017M GINN High Maneuver Type
Manufacturer: Maius Military Industries/Zodiac Alliance of Freedom Treaty User: Zodiac Alliance of Freedom Treaty Powerplant: ultracompact energy battery Unit type: high mobility mobile suit Head height: 21.13 meters Full weight: 80.41 metric tons Special equipment: lightwave pulse thrusters 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
Manufacturer: Maius Military Industries/Zodiac Alliance of Freedom Treaty User: Zodiac Alliance of Freedom Treaty Powerplant: ultracompact energy battery Unit type: improved high maneuver mobile suit Overal height: 20.22 meters Full weight: 79.2 metric tons Armament: MMI-M636K beam carbine x1, MA-M92 heavy sword x1, shield x1 Pliot: Sato

TMF/S-3 GINN OCHER Type
Manufacturer: Maius Military Industries/Zodiac Alliance of Freedom Treaty User: Zodiac Alliance of Freedom Treaty Powerplant: ultracompact energy battery with additional battery packs and gas turbine generators Unit type: Operation Commando Hard Environment Reinforced Type mobile suit Head height: 21.43 meters Weight: unknown Special equipment: tight-beam ultrasonic scanner, pulse compression subsurface radar Armament: heavy axe x1, MMI-XM17 experimental 37.5mm hyper-velocity rifle x1 Optional armament: MA-M3 heavy sword x1, MMI-M8A3 76mm heavy assault machinegun x1

YF-3A GINN FEMWS
Manufacturer: Maius Military Industries/Zodiac Alliance of Freedom Treaty User: Zodiac Alliance of Freedom Treaty Powerplant: ultracompact energy battery Unit type: Fighter Experiment Maneuver in Water & Surface mobile suit Head height: unknown Weight: unknown Armament: 533mm 7-barrel torpedo launcher x2, 47mm rifle dart launcher x2 Pilot: Marco Morassim

UWMF/S-1 GINN WASP Type
Manufacturer: Maius Military Industries/Zodiac Alliance of Freedom Treaty User: Zodiac Alliance of Freedom Treaty Powerplant: ultracompact energy battery Unit type: Water Adapted Search & Patrol Type mobile suit Head height: unknown Weight: unknown Special equipment: active/passive sonar array, electric field sensors (AKA "Lorenzini sensors"), range unknown; towed sonar array canister and ultra-long-wave data communication system Armament: rocket dart launcher, MMI-TT04 405mm Mk-II multipurpose torpedo launcher, phonon maser cannon, MA-M3 heavy sword x1

ZGMF-LRR704B GINN Long Range Reconnaissance Type
Manufacturer: Maius Military Industries/Zodiac Alliance of Freedom Treaty User: Zodiac Alliance of Freedom Treaty Powerplant: ultracompact energy battery Unit type: long range reconnaissance mobile suit Head height: 21.43 meters Weight: 81.66 metric tons Special equipment: radome Armament: sniper rifle x1

ZGMF/TAR-X1 GINN Tactical Air Reconnaissance Type
Manufacturer: Maius Military Industries/Zodiac Alliance of Freedom Treaty User: Zodiac Alliance of Freedom Treaty Powerplant: ultracompact energy battery Unit type: aerial reconnaissance mobile suit Head height: unknown Weight: unknown Special equipment: Mirage Colloid Armament: JDP3-MMX50 experimental close combat beam assault rifle x1

ZGMF-1017 GINN Ceremonial Decoration Type
Manufacturer: Maius Military Industries/Zodiac Alliance of Freedom Treaty User: Zodiac Alliance of Freedom Treaty Powerplant: ultracompact energy battery Unit type: ceremonial mobile suit Head height: 21.43 meters Weight: 78.5 metric tons Armaments: 76mm heavy assault machine gun x1 (soldiers only), rifle x1, saber x1 (commanders only)

ZGMF-1017 Works GINN
Manufacturer: Maius Military Industries/Zodiac Alliance of Freedom Treaty User: Zodiac Alliance of Freedom Treaty Powerplant: ultracompact energy battery Unit type: construction mobile suit User: Zodiac Alliance of Freedom Treaty, Junk Guild Head height: unknown Weight: unknown Special equipment: towing winch x1, fine manipulator hand x1 Armament: linear gun Pilot: Liam Garfield