In spite of these flaws, the AT-AT still is an immense engine of destruction. The fact that all of its weapons are mounted in its head limits its arc of fire in a narrow cone forward, making it highly vulnerable to flanking attacks. Since AT-ATs are vulnerable to fire from other AT-ATs, a starship would have no trouble wrecking it. The same size also makes it an easy target for orbital bombardment should an enemy have starships in orbit. Its massive size and height allows enemies to see it from literally miles away. The AT-AT and its derivatives have many flaws. Now imagine a group of AT-ATs doing that. Yet in spite of its size, it’s actually capable of reaching 37 mph, which is remarkably quick for a walker of its size and weight. Canon sources list it being a staggering 65.6 feet long and 73.8 feet tall. The walker is quadrupedal, and it’s friggin’ huge. The walker is armed with twin chin-mounted heavy laser cannons, and a pair of medium blaster cannons on its temples. The AT-AT (All Terrain-Armored Transport) was used exclusively by the Galactic Empire (not including captured examples). Someone should totally make this into a “Hang in There!” poster. However, if you look at them, I think you’ll agree with me when I say that they’re all variants of the same basic design. Technically speaking, these are 3 different models of walkers. While its mass driver is powerful and accurate, it would’ve been much better off mounted on a proper turret, as was the case with the Lee. Both of them mount their main guns in a fixed mount, and thus both of them suffer from the same issues. The AT-AP is very similar to the M3 Lee in concept. Said leg is retractable, and is used to stabilize the walker over rough terrain and when firing its mass driver. Its most notable feature is its third leg at the front, making it a tripedal walker. It’s armed with a fixed, forward-firing mass driver, a dorsal laser cannon turret, and a chin-mounted repeating blaster. Wells’ Martians?ĪT-AP (All Terrain-Attack Pod) is a walker used by the Galactic Republic, and later by both the Galactic Empire and the Rebel Alliance.
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