ZGMF-600 GuAIZ

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This article is about a fictional weapon from the Cosmic Era of the anime Gundam metaseries.

ZGMF-600 GuAIZ

The ZGMF-600 GuAIZ (pronounced "gates" in Japanese and "gwaze" in English) is an advanced mobile suit intended to replaced both the outdated ZGMF-1017 GINN and the commander-model ZGMF-515 CGUE. It incorporated beam weapon technology from the four stolen Earth Alliance G Project units, in the form of a beam rifle and a shield mounting a pair of beam claws. It also mounted two CIWS guns in the head and a pair of extensional arrestors. These weapons, similar to the GAT-X207 Blitz's "Gleipnir" or the GAT-X105 Strike's "Panzer Eisen" rocket anchors, mounted beam blade generators that allowed them to damage mobile suits protected with Phase Shift armor. While the GuAIZ was the most advanced mass production unit of the war, ZAFT was unable to build them quickly enough to field in sufficient numbers. Those that were produced were assigned primarily to ace pilots like Rau Le Creuset and the members of the elite Joule Team. The GuAIZ was markedly superior not only to the GINN and ZGMF-515 CGUE but also to the Earth Alliance's GAT-01 Strike Dagger, and proved to be equal in performance to the Strike. The GuAIZ was drastically inferior to the ZGMF-X10A Freedom, but this should not be taken as a strike against it, since the Freedom and its companion unit, the ZGMF-X09A Justice, were designed to be superior to any mass-production suit.

YFX-600R GuAIZ Experimental Firearms Type

A specialized variant of the GuAIZ was also built before the war's end, the YFX-600R GuAIZ Experimental Firearms Type. This suit was built as a testbed for many of the advanced weapons and technology used in the ZGMF-X09A Justice and ZGMF-X10A Freedom, including Justice's Fatum-00 backpack/subflight lifter and Freedom's hip-mounted "Xiphias" railguns. However, the GuAIZ Experimental Firearms Type expended its battery power very quickly. As a result, it was tethered to an external generator on Jachin Due and fought as a fix turret of sorts. In the comic Bonbon adaptation of Gundam SEED DESTINY, Heine Westenfluss actually piloted the unit and fought against Morgan Chevalier's GAT-01A1+AQM/E-X04 Gunbarrel Dagger at the battle of Jachin Due, eventually overloading his machine and crippling it. However, a GuAIZ Experimental Firearms Type was destroyed by Athrun Zala in the ZGMF-X09A Justice, suggesting that perhaps multiple units were produced. In addition, the YMF-X000A Dreadnought used a modified GuAIZ body.

ZGMF-601R GuAIZ R

After the end of the war, a new variant of the GuAIZ was designed, replacing the extensional arrestors with a pair of hip-mounted folding railguns and removing the additional thrusters to allow less experienced pilots to use them; and so it became the advanced production type ZGMF-601R GuAIZ R. Though more heavily armed than the original GuAIZ, the removal of the additional thrusters on its shoulders reduced it's overall speed, but made them more efficient ground units. The GuAIZ R is generally outperformed by the follow-on ZAKU series (especially ZAKUs equipped with the high-performance Blaze or Slash packs). GuAIZ R units also fared poorly against renegade ZGMF-1017M2 GINN High Maneuver Type IIs in the Battle of Junius Seven, but that was too that they were unarmed and controlling the Meteor Breakers in hope of destroying the remnants of Junius Seven.

Specifications

ZGMF-600 GuAIZ

Manufacturer(s): Maius Military Industries/Clark, Asimov, & Heinlein Design Bureaus
User: Zodiac Alliance of Freedom Treaty
Unit type: mass production general purpose mobile suit
First Deployment: July 12, CE 71
Head height: 20.24 meters
Weight: 80.2 metric tons
Powerplant: Ultracompact energy battery
Armament: MMI-GAU2 "Picus" 76mm CIWS x2, MA-MV03 composite shield with dual beam claw x1, EEQ7R extensional arrestor x2, MA-M21G high-energy beam rifle x1
Pilot: Rau Le Creuset

YFX-600R GuAIZ Experimental Firearms Type

Manufacturer: Zodiac Alliance of Freedom Treaty
User: Zodiac Alliance of Freedom Treaty
Unit type: experimental mobile suit
First Deployment: September 26, CE 71
Head height: 20.24 meters
Weight: unknown
Special equipment: Fatum-00 backpack/subflight lifter, Phase Shift (PS) Armor
Powerplant: Ultracompact energy battery
Armament: MMI-GAU2 "Picus" 76mm CIWS x2, MA-M01 "Lacerta" beam saber x2, MA-M20 "Lupus" high-energy beam rifle x1, MMI-M15 "Xiphias" rail cannon x2, Fatum-00 backpack/subflight lifter (M9M9 "Cervus" turret machinegun x2, MA-4B "Fortis" beam cannon x2, GAU5 "Volucris" machinegun x4)
Pilot: Heine Westenfluss

ZGMF-601R GuAIZ R

Manufacturer:Zodiac Alliance of Freedom Treaty
User: Zodiac Alliance of Freedom Treaty
Unit type: mass production general purpose mobile suit
First Deployment: Cosmic Era 72
Head height: 20.24 meters
Weight: 77.3 metric tons
Powerplant: Ultracompact energy battery
Armament: MMI-GAU2 "Picus" 76mm CIWS x2, MA-MV05 composite shield with beam saber x1, MMI-M20S "Pollux IX" railgun x2, MA-M21G high-energy beam rifle x1
Pilot(s): Shou, Dale