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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.
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 ).
Manufacturer: Maius Military Industries/Zodiac Alliance of Freedom Treaty
User: Zodiac Alliance of Freedom Treaty
Unit type: prototype general purpose mobile suit
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 76 mm 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
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 76 mm heavy assault machinegun x1, shield 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
Pilot: Miguel Aiman