GNZ-004/BW Gaga Cannon

Model number: GNZ-004/BW
Code name: Gaga Cannon
Unit type: mass production Innovade use mobile suit
Manufacturer: Earth Sphere Federation (based on an Innovators design)
Operator: Earth Sphere Federation
Rollout: AD 2314
First deployment: AD 2314
Accommodation: pilot only, in standard cockpit in torso
Dimensions: unknown
Weight: unknown
Armor materials: E-Carbon
Powerplant: GN Drive Tau, power output rating unknown
Propulsion: GN verniers, total output unknown
Equipment and design features: sensors, range unknown; Trans-Am System
Fixed armaments: 2 x GN Vulcan Gun, mounted in chest; 2 x GN Cannon, mounted on shoulders
Optional hand armaments: none

After the conflict with the Innovades ended in 2312, the Earth Sphere Federation discovered hundreds of usable GNZ-004 Gaga suicide attack units aboard the ship Celestial Being. The units were hastily modified into the GNZ-004/BW Gaga Cannon and put into service with the ESF military during the ELS invasion in 2314. The Gaga Cannons were piloted by Innovades managed by Veda and featured a pair of GN Cannons to the shoulders. The cannons were derived from the rear portion of the GNX-609T GN-XIII‘s beam rifle. These new weapons were necessary as the assimilation abilities of the ELS through direct contact rendered the suicide attack function useless. Before launching, the programming of the nanomachines on the surface of the Gaga Cannon were altered, and as a result, the suit’s main color was now blue. This change of color prevented those pilots that were involved in the final battle with the Innovades from seeing it as an enemy unit. Of the 10+ Gaga Cannon units that were deployed against the ELS, less than 10 percent survive the conflict. Some GNX-803T GN-XIV pilots later reported that help from the Gaga Cannons saved them from being destroyed by the ELS.

First appearance: Mobile Suit Gundam 00 the Movie -A wakening of the Trailblazer-
Original mechanical designer: Takayuki Yanase

Rear view