UMF-5 ZnO


General and Technical Data

Model number: UMF-5
Code name:
ZnO
Unit type:
mass production transformable amphibious mobile suit
Manufacturer: ZAFT (Zodiac Alliance of Freedom Treaty)
Operator: ZAFT
First deployment: C.E. 70
Accommodation: pilot only, in standard cockpit in torso
Dimensions: head height 21.37 meters
Weight: max gross weight 69.42 metric tons
Armor materials: unknown
Powerplant: ultracompact energy battery, power output rating unknown
Equipment and design features: sensors, range unknown
Fixed armaments: 2 x
phonon maser high energy cannon, mounted on hands; 2 x 533mm 6-tube missile launcher, mounted on chest
Optional hand armaments:
none

Technical and Historical Notes

With war coming to Earth, ZAFT designs various mobile suits to attain supremacy over the entire planet. The UMF-5 ZnO is one of two suits designed specifically for amphibious combat, along with the UMF-4A GOOhN. As an aquatic unit, the ZnO specializes in high-speed maneuverability and can transform into a swim mode to travel at high speeds and ram enemy mobile suits or vessels. The ZnO's armament consists of hand-mounted phonon maser cannons, which are high-powered lasers that can travel through water. Other armaments include two 6-tube missile launchers mounted down the ZnO's chest. In combat, ZnOs are usually deployed from Vosgulov class submarines and operate in conjunction with GOOhNs and on occasion the UWMF-1/S GINN WASP Type. ZnOs are widely used across Earth's oceans, and many units participate in ZAFT's unsuccessful attack on the Earth Alliance's Alaska Base.

Miscellaneous Information

Pilot: Marco Morassim
Appearances: Mobile Suit Gundam SEED; Mobile Suit Gundam SEED ASTRAY R; Mobile Suit Gundam SEED DESTINY
; Battle Assault 3 featuring Gundam SEED; Mobile Suit Gundam SEED: Never-Ending Tomorrow; Mobile Suit Gundam SEED ASTRAY
Original mechanical designer: Kunio Okawara