Gwanvan class battleship

Gwanvan
Fast Facts
Ship Type	Battleship
Class:	Gwanvan
Launched:	Universal Century 0080-0083
Class Fate:	Unknown
General Characteristics
Displacement:	Unknown
Length:	415m
Beam:	Unknown
Draft:	Unknown
Armament:	6 x Mega Particle cannons, 3 x Hyper Mega Particle cannons, AA defense
Mobile Suit Complement:	Unknown (projected at around 20)
Ships of the Line	"Gwanzan", "Gwanvan"

In the fictional Gundam universe, in the post One Year War era, the Axis Zeon's engineers were asked to upgrade the "Gwanzine" class battleships, resulting in the creation of the "Gwanban" class. This class served as the flagship for Axis Zeon fleets in Gundam 0083 and the first Neo Zeon movement in ZZ Gundam.

Although more compact and sharing little external resemblance to its predecessor, the "Gwanvan" class is a technological refinement that repackages and updates all of "Gwazine" class' capabilities, such as the provision of an MS launcher in the fore and hyper Mega Particle cannons. As with all "Gwazine" class vessels, the "Gwanvan class" is capable of sailing between the Earth sphere and Jupiter without resupplies.

At least two vessels of the "Gwanvan" class were confirmed to exist: the "Gwanzan" and the "Gwanvan". The "Gwanzan" served as the flagship of the Axis Advance Fleet that supported the Delaz Fleet as documented in Gundam 0083. Little was known about the fate of this vessel after UC0083. The "Gwanvan" served as the flagship of the entire Axis fleet during the Z Gundam episode in UC0087 after the previous flagship, the "Gwadan", was sunk. It would later be succeeded by the "Sadalahn" in the first Neo-Zeon movement as documented in the ZZ Gundam episode until a renegrade Neo Zeon faction led by Glemmy Toto seized it for their flagship. The "Gwanvan" was presumed to be sunk as the renegrades were quelled.

ee also

*Mobile Suit
*List of Mobile Suits
*Minovsky Physics

External links

* [http://www.mahq.net MAHQ]
* [http://www.geocities.com/gundam_uc0079/index.html The World-Wide Gundam Informational Network]
* [http://side7.gundam.com/rgz/info/uc_ship2.html Library of Londonion (ship names & fates)]