UMF-4A GOOhN
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This article is about a fictional weapon from the Cosmic Era timeline of the anime Gundam metaseries.
The UMF-4A GOOhN is a one of the two mass production amphibious mobile suit used by ZAFT during the Bloody Valentine War. The GOOhN was designed mainly to attack battleships and submarines in the ocean, and therefore has a strong pressure hull which allows it to dive deep underwater. While in normal mode, it is capable of using its powerful weapons by closing into a ship from below or emerging close to it to attack it. It is also capable of transforming into a swim mode which allows high mobility while in the water. They are usually deployed from the underwater catapults of Vosgulov class submarines. It is a heavily armed mobile suit, equipped with two 7-tube torpedo launchers mounted on its hands operable in both normal mode and swim mode. While in swim mode it has access to two supercavitating missiles and a rifle dart launcher. However, its main weapon is usable only in mobile suit mode: two phonon maser equipped on its chest, which are the equivalent of beam rifles for underwater combat. Although not meant for ground combat, the GOOhNs can also be deployed for attacking shores, although it performs poorly in such role due to its limited mobility and close combat abilities. Therefore, this role is usually given to the UMF-5 ZnOs.
ZAFT also built the UTA/TE-6 GOOhN Underground Mobility Test Type. This model is armed only with the chest mounted phonon masers. Its hands have been modified into digging claws. Though not meant for combat, some units are said to have been used for the Battle of Porta Panama when ZAFT forces had to gather any available forces to destroy the mass driver. The fact of an enemy coming from underground caused shock to the Earth Alliance pilots and gave an advantage to these units that were not fit for combat. After the war, the GOOhN Underground Mobility Test Type was put into production as the UTA/TE-6P Geo-GOOhN, which shows no noticeable differences from the prototype. Geo-GOOhNs played an important role in the invasion of Orb, by using their digging ability to smash through the underground bunkers in which Orb leaders were taking refuge. Unato Ema Saran, Prime Minister and head of the then-ruling Saran family, was killed by one of these Geo-GOOhNs.
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[edit] UMF-4A GOOhN
Manufacturer: Maius Military Industries/Zodiac Alliance of Freedom Treaty
User: Zodiac Alliance of Freedom Treaty
Unit type: mass production transformable amphibious mobile suit
Head height: 20.71 meters
Weight: 70.5 metric tons
Powerplant: Ultracompact energy battery
Armament: phonon maser high energy cannon x2, 533mm 7-barrel torpedo launcher x2, 1030mm Mk. 70 supercavitating torpedo x2, 47mm rifle dart launcher x1
Pilot(s): Marco Morassim, Hans
[edit] UTA/TE-6 GOOhN Underground Mobility Test Type
Manufacturer: Maius Military Industries/Zodiac Alliance of Freedom Treaty
User: Zodiac Alliance of Freedom Treaty
Unit type: underground attack and test mobile suit
Head height: 20.71 meters
Weight: unknown
Powerplant: Ultracompact energy battery
Special equipment: scale system, subsurface radar, acoustic search system
Armament: phonon maser high energy cannon x2, digging claw x2
Pilot(s): Diller Rojo
[edit] UTA/TE-6P Geo-GOOhN
Manufacturer: Maius Military Industries/Zodiac Alliance of Freedom Treaty
User: Zodiac Alliance of Freedom Treaty
Unit type: underground attack mobile suit
Head height: 20.71 meters
Weight: unknown
Powerplant: Ultracompact energy battery
Special equipment: scale system, subsurface radar, acoustic search system
Armament: phonon maser high energy cannon x2, digging claw x2
