Gwanvan class battleship

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Gwanvan
Gwanban class battleship
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.