UMF-5 ZnO

ZAFT designs various mobile suits to attain supremacy over Earth during the Bloody Valentine War. The UMF-5 ZnO was one of two suits designed specifically for amphibious combat, along with the UMF-4A GOOhN. As an aquatic unit, the ZnO specialized in high-speed maneuverability and could transform into a swim mode to travel at high speeds and ram enemy mobile suits or vessels. The ZnO’s armament consisted of hand-mounted phonon maser cannons, which were high-powered lasers that could travel through water. Other armaments included two 6-tube missile launchers mounted on the ZnO’s chest. In combat, ZnOs were usually deployed from Vosgulov class submarines and operated in conjunction with GOOhNs and on occasion the UWMF-1/S GINN WASP Type. ZnOs were widely used across Earth’s oceans, and many units participated in Operation Spit Break, ZAFT’s unsuccessful attack on the Earth Alliance’s JOSH-A base in Alaska.