The ZGMF-1017 GINN is a mass-produced general purpose mobile suit of ZAFT. It is featured in the anime series Mobile Suit Gundam SEED.
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Technology & Combat Characteristics
The GINN is a durable, basic mobile suit and the first to be used in combat. It is designated as a Zero Gravity Maneuver Fighter by ZAFT, thus the designation "ZGMF". It has two large, thruster-filled "wings" on its back, a fin-shaped sensor array on its head and no built-in weapons. The GINN's thrusters can only keep it airborne for a short time under gravity, so it uses the Guul subflight lifter to fly in the atmosphere.
The suit is usually equipped with a 76mm machine gun and a 10-meter-long blade, and they can be replaced or supported by handheld and leg-mounted missile launchers, heavy ion cannon, recoilless rifle and sniper rifle. The missile launchers and heavy ion cannon are classified as "D-Type" assault weapons and often used in assaulting base or fortress. The Earth Alliance estimates GINN's power to be equivalent of 3 TS-MA2 Moebius, although in reality, it is closer to 5 Moebius. The suit also has no problem taking down an Alliance escort ship singlehandedly.
The GINN's complex operating system require Coordinators' level of reflex to be used in combat effectively. However, the technology use to construct the GINN is based on the exoskeleton suits used on the Tsiolkovsky which are similar to the Power Loader, and both Earth Alliance and Orb Union's Morgenroete Inc. have successfully restore damaged GINN and used them for data collection. These machines are piloted by Coordinators allied with both factions (a rarity in Earth Alliance's case), with the most famous being the white colored unit belonging to the Earth Alliance's Jean Carry.
The versatile GINN has multiple variants (the desert, marine, tactical air reconnaissance and long-range recon variants are seen in the anime) to cope with different environment and mission requirements. It is also manufactured in such high quantities from CE 69~71, that it is even used by non-aligned factions, especially mercenaries and pirates, and remains in use for many years to come.
The GINN served as ZAFT's mainstay mobile suit until late in the First Alliance-PLANT War, where it is outperformed by the newer, lighter GAT-01 Strike Daggers of the Earth Alliance as well as the Orb's MBF-M1 M1 Astray. Fortunately for ZAFT, by this time, the more advanced ZGMF-600 GuAIZ was in production to replace the aging GINN. However, due to the GINN's excellent operability, it and its variants continued to be used widely even after the GuAIZ's introduction.
Armaments
- MA-M3 Heavy Blade
- A double-edged physical blade developed by Martius Arsenals, it was developed using the same molecular processing technology as the outer armor of the Laurasia-class.[1][2] Its blade has incredible toughness, and can easily cleave an Earth Alliance mobile armor in half. When not in use, it is stored on the waist.[1]
- MMI-M8A3 76mm Heavy Assault Machine Gun
- A ballistic machine gun developed by Maius Military Industry, the 76mm heavy machine gun is the standard equipment of the GINN, since it can take full advantage of its high mobility.[1] It has two firing modes: semi-auto (for precision firing) and full-auto (for rapid firing). It is most suited for mid-range combat.[2] Its standard ammunition is high velocity armor piercing (HVAP) rounds.[3] It is mounted on the back when not in use.[4]
- M66 "Canus" Short-range Guided Missile Launcher
- A D-Type weapon, it is a pair of hand-carried missile launchers. Each launcher is loaded with two small missiles and has two large missiles mounted on the side.[2]
- M68 "Pardus" Short-range Guided 3-barrel Missile Launcher
- A D-Type weapon, it is a pair of missile pods. each containing three missiles.[2] When used in conjunction with the GINN's radar, it is capable of limited target tracking.[1] Though an attachment allowing it to be hand-carried was developed in parallel, it was mostly mounted on hardpoints on the legs, since doing so frees the GINN's hands to carry other weapons.[3]
- M69 "Barrus Kai" Heavy Ion Cannon
- A D-Type weapon,[5] it is a cartridge-based beam cannon.[2] Each cartridge has enough power to fire three shots.[5] Compared to the later beam rifles, it is very large and unwieldy. It is used less often than the "Canus" and the "Cattus" due to its low efficiency.[2]
- M68 "Cattus" 500mm Recoilless Rifle
- A large bazooka-type weapon most suited for anti-ship combat.[2] It is fed by a box magazine mounted on the top, allowing it to reload or switch to other types of ammunition quickly.[3]
- Sniper Rifle
- The GINN is able to use the sniper rifle normally equipped to the ZGMF-LRR704B GINN Long Range Reconnaissance Type. During Operation Spit-Break, one GINN so equipped attacked the LCAM-01XA Archangel during the ship's attempted escape from JOSH-A.
Special Equipment & Features
- Self-Destruct System
History
Developed from the YMF-01B Proto GINN, the ZGMF-1017 GINN was the first mass production military use mobile suit developed by ZAFT and roll off the production lines on November 3, CE 69. It continued to be ZAFT's primary and most heavily mass-produced mobile suit up into CE 71. Many specialized variants of the suit were produced during the First Alliance-PLANT War to perform various tasks and for operating in diverse environment. The GINN was eventually replaced by the ZGMF-600 GuAIZ as ZAFT's main mass production type mobile suit, but it and its variant still remain in common use late into CE 73.
Variants
- TMF/S-3 GINN OCHER Type
- UWMF/S-1 GINN WASP Type
- YF-3A GINN FEMWS
- ZGMF-1017 GINN Ceremonial Decoration Type
- ZGMF-1017 Gai's GINN
- ZGMF-1017 Elijah's GINN
- ZGMF-1017 Miguel's GINN
- ZGMF-1017 Vair's GINN
- ZGMF-1017 Works GINN
- ZGMF-1017 UN'no's GINN
- ZGMF-1017M GINN High Maneuver Type
- ZGMF-1017AS GINN Assault Type
- ZGMF-LRR704B GINN Long Range Reconnaissance Type
- ZGMF/TAR-X1 GINN Tactical Air Reconnaissance Type
- ZGMF-1017 GINN Insurgent Type
- ZGMF-1017 GINN Tempester
- ZGMF-1017 GINN Fuego
- ZGMF-1017 Rau Le Creuset's GINN
- Appearing in the manga Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Re:, it is a custom colored GINN used by Rau Le Creuset after his outstanding performance at the Battle of Yggdrasil. The GINN's color scheme is similar to that of the standard ZGMF-515 CGUE color scheme.
Picture Gallery
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Gunpla
Action Figures
Notes and Trivia
- It is unknown who the true developer of GINN is, some source listed it as Asimov Design Bureau while other listed it as Heinlein Design Bureau.
- The Proto-GINN bears a close resemblance to the Universal Century's MS-05B Zaku I. Like wise the Proto-GINN's successor unit, the ZGMF-1017 GINN, closely resembles the MS-06 Zaku II. The GINN and Zaku mobile suit lines performed similar roles in their respective timelines, as the events of the Cosmic Era were largely derived from those of the early Universal Century.
- The GINN's weaponry carries the theme of being named after animals. "Barrus" is Latin for Elephant, "Pardus" is Latin for Leopard, "Cattus" is Latin for Cat, and "Canus" is a spin on "Canis" which is Latin for dog. The change on 'Canus" is likely to keep the pattern of the names ending with "us".
- The GINN is possibly named after the Jinn, an spirit in Islamic and pre-Islamic Arabian mythology. An infernal jinn is called an ifrit (Efreet). Therefore, it is possible that the name of the GINN is a reference to the MS-08TX Efreet.
- In phase 46, Athrun said that the M1 Astrays cannot handle the GINNs by themselves. It is unknown if this means that the GINN has superior performance than the M1 Astray in space in certain areas, or that the GINNs' pilots are more skilled than the M1 Astrays'.
Reference
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- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 High Grade Gundam SEED 1/144 Mobile GINN (2003) instruction manual
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 Mobile Suit Gundam Seed - MS Encyclopedia (2008), p.12
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 High Grade Gundam SEED 1/144 GINN Type Insurgent (2006) instruction manual
- ↑ Mobile Suit Gundam Seed - MS Encyclopedia (2008), p.11
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Mobile Suit Gundam SEED - C.E. Mechanics & The World (2012), p.80
