ZGMF-1000/A1 Gunner ZAKU Warrior

Model number: ZGMF-1000/A1
Code name: Gunner ZAKU Warrior
Unit type: mass production general purpose mobile suit
Manufacturer: ZAFT (Zodiac Alliance of Freedom Treaty)
Operator: ZAFT
First deployment: unknown
Accommodation: pilot only, in standard cockpit in torso
Dimensions: overall height 20.50 meters
Weight: max gross weight 91.11 metric tons
Armor materials: unknown
Powerplant: ultracompact energy battery, power output rating unknown
Equipment and design features: sensors, range unknown; hardpoints for mounting Wizard packs
Propulsion: unknown
Fixed armaments: MA-M8 beam tomahawk, stored inside shoulder shield, hand-carried in use; 4 x hand grenade (ZR30F fragmentation grenade, ZR20E high explosive grenade, ZR271 thermite incendiary grenade, ZR11Q flash grenade, ZR13Q smoke grenade), stored on hip armor; shoulder shield, connected to left arm
Optional fixed armaments: M1500 “Orthros” high-energy long-range beam cannon
Optional hand armaments: none

As a part of ZAFT’s New Millennium series mobile suits, the ZGMF-1000 ZAKU Warrior could be outfitted with various Wizard packs to operate in different mission roles. One such configuration was the ZGMF-1000/A1 Gunner ZAKU Warrior. In addition to the standard armaments of the ZAKU Warrior, the Gunner ZAKU Warrior was equipped with an “Orthros” long-range beam cannon similar to the long-range rifle first used in C.E. 71 by the Earth Alliance’s GAT-X103 Buster Gundam. Coincidentally, former Buster Gundam pilot Dearka Elsman used a Gunner ZAKU Warrior in October C.E. 73 during the attempt to stop extremist Coordinators from dropping the remains of the PLANT Junius Seven on Earth.

Pilot(s): Lunamaria Hawke, Dearka Elsman
First appearance: Mobile Suit Gundam SEED DESTINY
Original mechanical designer: Kunio Okawara

Backpack

Cockpit

M1500 “Orthros” high-energy long-range beam cannon

MA-M8 beam tomahawk

Rear view

Shield

Torso

ZR20E high explosive grenade