ZM-S19S Shy-Tarn

Model number: ZM-S19S
Code name: Shy-Tarn
Unit type: space mobile suit
Manufacturer: BESPA (Zanscare Empire)
Operator: BESPA (Zanscare Empire)
First deployment: UC 0153
Accommodation: pilot only, in panoramic monitor/linear seat cockpit in torso
Dimensions: head height 15.9 meters
Weight: empty 11.4 metric tons; max gross 19.8 metric tons
Armor materials: titanium alloy neo ceramic composite
Powerplant: Minovsky type ultracompact fusion reactor, output rated at 4,990 kW
Propulsion: rocket thrusters: 85,140 kg total (4 x 15,480 kg, 2 x 11,610 kg); vernier thrusters/apogee motors: 16
Equipment and design features: sensors, range unknown
Fixed armaments: beam shield, mounted in left forearm; 2 x beam cannon, mounted on backpack over shoulders; 2 x beam gun, mounted in torso; 2 x beam gun, mounted on sides of leg heels; 2 x beam cannon, mounted in toes of feet
Optional hand armaments: beam rifle with attached removable beam saber, powered by rechargeable energy cap

BESPA’s ZM-S19S Shy-Tarn mobile suit was designed strictly as a defensive unit, intended to serve as a guard for important military or government facilities. Armed with eight heavy beam guns mounted all over its body, the Shy-Tarn was equivalent to an entire team of mobile suits in terms of firepower. Due to the size and number of weapons, the Shy-Tarn suffered heavily in terms of speed and mobility, and thus was relegated to local duty. Without the ability to operate over great distances, combined with its sheer firepower, the Shy-Tarn was well suited in its role as a powerful, last line of defense against invaders. Zanscare also produced a variant for use in imperial ceremonies, the Shy-Tarn (Imperial Guard).

Pilot(s): Nikolai Hans, Patrick Boone
First appearance: Mobile Suit Victory Gundam
Original mechanical designer: Junya Ishigaki

Backpack

Beam rifle

Beam rifle, equipped with beam saber

Cockpit hatch

Head

Rear view