ZGMF/TAR-X1 GINN Tactical Air Reconnaissance Type

The GINN Tactical Air Reconnaissance Type is a Mobile Suit Variation of the series Gundam SEED.

Combat Abilities
This GINN variation is lightly armed with a single JDP3-MMX50 experimental close combat beam assault rifle. As its name suggests, the rifle is not only capable of acting as a beam rifle but is also equipped with a long spike mounted above the beam emitter, granting the suit limited close combat abilities.

Mirage Colloid stealth system
The GINN TAR Type is one of the first mobile suits produced by ZAFT to be equipped with the Mirage Colloid stealth system, a system copied from the stolen GAT-X207 Blitz from the Earth Alliance. The system allows the suit to turn invisible to sensors and the naked eye, it however only works when the suit stands still. When moving, brief glimpses of the suit could be seen by the naked eye, unlike the stealth system on the Blitz which worked perfectly even when the suit was in motion.

History
Over the course of the Bloody Valentine War, ZAFT created a large number of variants of its mainstay unit, the ZGMF-1017 GINN. After the theft of four prototype Gundam-type mobile suits from the Earth Alliance's G Project, ZAFT was able to copy all technology installed on the suits, granting them new weaponry and special equipment for their mobile weapons. The GINN Tactical Air Reconnaissance Type was a unit equipped with such new technology and one of the few suits to include Mirage Colloid technology, allowing it to secretly infiltrate enemy locations. This GINN variant was similar to the ZGMF-LRR704B GINN Long Range Reconnaissance Type, with both units being primarly used for recon missions. While the Long Range Recon Type was primarly used in space, the Tactical Air Type was mainly used on Earth.

It is unknown how many models of this suit were created but at least one unit participated in Operation Spit Break, ZAFT's grand attack on the EA's main military base, JOSH-A. Whether the suit was among the many units destroyed in the battle is unknown. Another such unit infiltrated the Junk Guild land ship Lesseps to retrive a rare metal ore but was destroyed by Lowe Guele using the MBF-P02 Astray Red Frame.