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Vehicles
AT-AP
(All Terrain Attack Pod)
Craft: |
Rothana Heavy Engineering's
All Terrain Attack Pod (AT-AP) |
Type: |
Walker |
Height: |
10.97 Meters Tall |
Weapons: |
1 Heavy Projectile Launcher |
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Crew: |
1 Pilot, 2 Gunners |
Top Speed: |
60 Kilometers per hour over
even terrain |
Troop Capacity: |
None |
Cargo Capacity: |
200 Kilograms |
Passengers: |
None |
The AT-AP (All Terrain Attack Pod) was a highly successful way of transporting heavy artillery from place-to-place.
A larger iteration of the successful All Terrain Personal Transport (AT-PT), the All Terrain Attack Pod scaled up much of those systems into a two-man model.
Its main function was to serve as a mobile gun platform used for shelling enemy positions, rather than attacking troops or other vehicles. It featured highly-advanced targeting systems that gave it the nickname "sniper tank."
Although it was noted as a two-legged walker, the AT-AP did have a third leg hanging from underneath the fuselage, effectively making it a tripod. This would extend during combat to help stabilize the walker, when overcoming rough terrain and when firing its main
gun.
The AT-AP was armed with a mass-driver cannon fixed to the front of the craft, a heavy blaster cannon mounted on a turret, and a medium laser cannon at the bottom of the main
fuselage.
Behind the main weapon's gunner's saddle was a supply cage filled with tools necessary for repairing any mechanical failure to the walker's articulation assembly.
As the Clone Wars raged on, the Galactic Republic's army commanders realized the need to build up and diversify their walker
armor. One of the new designs coming out of Republic think-tanks was the AT-AP, a walker utilizing some systems interchangeable with the AT-TE.
Although armored, the AT-AP was too weak to be utilized on its own and gun batteries of this type would usually be accompanied by tanks on the
battlefield.
AT-AP artillery was used during the Wars in later conflicts, such as the Battle of Kashyyyk, where they helped defend the city of Kachirho. These walkers also participated in assaults on Separatist fortifications during the Outer Rim Sieges, on planets such as Saleucami and Felucia.
During the Galactic Civil War, some of the Galactic Empire's AT-APs were manufactured by formerly abandoned factories out on the fringe, leading to Rebel forces highjacking lines and getting some of the
walkers.
Some AT-APs also fell into the hands of pirates, the Hutt Cartel, and other groups such as the Zann Consortium, leading to skirmishes and outright battles against either Rebels or Imperials. Some were available to buy from Hutt
palaces.
AT-APs saw extensive use on Kashyyyk, fighting alongside AT-KTs in the ongoing conflict with Wookiee insurgents.
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