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Model number: ZGMF-X56S/γ
Code name: Blast Impulse Gundam
Unit type: prototype multi-mode mobile suit
Manufacturer: Integrated Design Bureau
Operator: ZAFT (Zodiac Alliance of Freedom Treaty)
First deployment: October C.E. 73
Accommodation: pilot only, in standard cockpit in torso using YFX-M56 Core Splendor
Dimensions: overall height 19.21 meters
Weight: max gross weight 84.68 metric tons
Armor materials: unknown
Powerplant: ultracompact energy battery, power output rating unknown
Propulsion: unknown
Equipment and design features: sensors, range unknown; VPS (Variable Phase Shift) armor; deuterion beam energy supply system, allows for remote recharging of energy with battleship Minerva; hardpoints for mounting Silhouette packs
Fixed armaments: 2 x MMI-GAU25A 20mm CIWS, mounted in chest; 2 x M71-AAK “Folding Razor” anti-armor knife, stored in hip armor, hand-carried in use; 2 x M2000F “Kerberos” high-energy long-range beam cannon, mounted on Blast Silhouette pack; 2 x MMI-M16XE2 “Deluge” hyper-velocity rail cannon, mounted on Blast Silhouette pack; 2 x GMF39 4-tube missile launcher, features AGM141 “Firefly” guided missiles, mounted on Blast Silhouette pack; 2 x MA-M80 “Defiant” beam javelin, stored in Blast Silhouette pack, hand-carried in use
Optional hand armaments: MMI-RG59V mobile shield, mounted on left arm
The ZGMF-X56S/γ Blast Impulse Gundam was ZAFT’s heavily-armed version of the Earth Alliance’s GAT-X105+AQM/E-X03 Launcher Strike Gundam. The Blast Silhouette pack was stored on the Minerva‘s dedicated hangar for the Impulse Gundam and was deployed via a computer-controlled Silhouette Flyer craft. The Flyer delivered the pack to the Impulse Gundam and automatically returned to the Minerva. When equipped with the Blast pack, the Impulse Gundam’s VPS armor shifted to a black and green color scheme. The Blast Silhouette pack’s armaments included two “Kerberos” long-range beam cannons, as well as two “Deluge” rail cannons. Other armaments included a 4-tube missile launcher and two beam javelins.
Pilot(s): Shinn Asuka, Lunamaria Hawke
First appearance: Mobile Suit Gundam SEED DESTINY
Original mechanical designer: Kunio Okawara
Cockpit
M71-AAK “Folding Razor” anti-armor knife
MMI-RG59V mobile shield
Rear view
Silhouette Flyer
Torso
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