{"title":"YMS-15 Gyan","description":"\u003cp\u003eYMS-15 Gyan is Zimmad's entry in the Principality of Zeon's competition for a second-phase mainstay mobile suit, and it appears in \u003cem\u003eMobile Suit Gundam\u003c\/em\u003e (1979, U.C. 0079). Colonel M'Quve of the Mobile Assault Force takes one as his personal machine.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eWhat it does in the story\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAfter Solomon falls, M'Quve withdraws to the ruins of Texas Colony at Side 5 and lays a trap for the RX-78-2 Gundam, seeding the shoal zone with hide bombs and space mines. The Gundam survives the ambush, and the two end up fighting hand to hand in a space built for a fencing match rather than for artillery.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eWhat makes it different\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIt carries two weapons, and that is the design.\u003c\/strong\u003e\nA custom beam saber and a missile shield, nothing else. The idea is that the Gyan charges in behind heavily armed machines such as the Rick Dom and drags the enemy into a range where large weapons stop mattering. Zeon never took to mixing specialised suits in one formation, which is part of why the concept stayed a prototype.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eThe shield is a weapon rack.\u003c\/strong\u003e\nSixty needle missiles fill the outer rim and twenty-five hide bombs float out of the middle. M'Quve uses them to break up formations and to put hits into joints, and packing all of that in leaves the shield thinner defensively than a plain one.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eA fluid pulse accelerator drives its footwork.\u003c\/strong\u003e\nThe cylinder in the pelvis holds pressure the reactor cannot spend immediately and releases it to the actuators on demand. That is what lets the Gyan step in and back out the way a fencer does, and the unit can be ejected if it jams.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIt beats the Gelgoog on paper and still loses.\u003c\/strong\u003e\nZimmad's own material puts the Gyan's basic performance above Zeonic's rival, helped by arms and hands tuned specifically for close combat. The Gelgoog won the competition anyway, because it was more versatile and could carry a beam rifle.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eHow big is it?\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOverall height: 19.9 m\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1\/144: roughly 13.8 cm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eWhy buy from P-Rex Hobby\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eP-Rex Hobby is a \u003ca href=\"\/pages\/vendors\"\u003eBandai Recommended Hobby Store\u003c\/a\u003e with 20,000+ customers served and \u003cspan data-prex-live=\"five-star-reviews\"\u003e1,800+\u003c\/span\u003e five-star reviews. US orders ship duties prepaid with no import fees, and Route Package Protection is available at checkout.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eFrequently asked questions\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"padding:16px 0 4px;border-top:1px solid #e6e6e6;\"\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin:0 0 8px;font-size:17px;font-weight:700;line-height:1.35;\"\u003e1. Why does the Gyan look like a medieval knight?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"margin:0;padding-left:16px;border-left:2px solid #e6e6e6;color:#444;\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe silver finish and the spiked helmet, a Pickelhaube, give it that read on purpose, and M'Quve's fencing style reinforces it in the animation. It is one of the few Zeon suits whose silhouette comes from a historical uniform rather than from an insect or a tank.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"padding:16px 0 4px;border-top:1px solid #e6e6e6;\"\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin:0 0 8px;font-size:17px;font-weight:700;line-height:1.35;\"\u003e2. How many Gyans were actually built?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"margin:0;padding-left:16px;border-left:2px solid #e6e6e6;color:#444;\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe sources disagree. One account has a single unit completed for M'Quve, another says three were produced. Whichever figure is right, the type never went into mass production, and the Gelgoog took the role it was competing for.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"padding:16px 0 4px;border-top:1px solid #e6e6e6;\"\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin:0 0 8px;font-size:17px;font-weight:700;line-height:1.35;\"\u003e3. What is a hide bomb?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"margin:0;padding-left:16px;border-left:2px solid #e6e6e6;color:#444;\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA floating mine carried in the middle of the missile shield, twenty-five of them per shield. They are released to drift and detonate rather than fired, which is why M'Quve can use them to close off a route through the shoal zone.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"padding:16px 0 4px;border-top:1px solid #e6e6e6;\"\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin:0 0 8px;font-size:17px;font-weight:700;line-height:1.35;\"\u003e4. Does the Gyan have a beam rifle?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"margin:0;padding-left:16px;border-left:2px solid #e6e6e6;color:#444;\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNo. Its only ranged option is the missile shield, and Zeon's beam weapon programme was still behind the Federation's at that point in the war. The beam saber it does carry has higher output than a standard Federation saber and is built to pierce rather than slash.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin-top:18px;font-size:13px;color:#6b7280;\"\u003eBackground sources: \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/gundam.fandom.com\/wiki\/YMS-15_Gyan\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003eYMS-15 Gyan — Gundam Wiki\u003c\/a\u003e · \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/ja.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/%E3%82%AE%E3%83%A3%E3%83%B3\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003eギャン（日本語版 Wikipedia）\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"bandai-197-gyan-revive-mobile-suit-gundam-bandai-hguc","title":"HGUC 1\/144 #197 Gyan","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHGUC 1\/144 #197 Gyan\u003c\/strong\u003e from \u003cem\u003e\"Mobile Suit Gundam\"\u003c\/em\u003e — an HGUC kit by Bandai giving the legendary Gyan the REVIVE treatment with sharper detail and a stylish redesign.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe legendary Gyan steps into the REVIVE generation with this HGUC release. 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