AT-AT

The All Terrain Armored Transport (AT-AT), also called the Imperial Walker, was a major part of the Galactic Empire's army in the fictional Star Wars universe. They were assembled by Kuat Drive Yards, and evolved from the previous built AT-TE Walkers, made for the Clone Wars.

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AT-ATs are 'walking' armoured personnel carriers; large, four-footed machines resembling mechanical camels. Some literature describes the AT-AT at 15.5 meters tall, but onscreen measuring places them closer to 25 or even 30 meters or possibly even taller than that, for the AT-AT seems much taller than 40 meters to the public. Their primary purpose was transportation of more vulnerable units across the battlefield. It could carry either 40 Imperial Stormtroopers and 5 speeder bikes or 2 AT-ST units (partially disassembled due to height issues). Snowtroopers under combat conditions could be deployed via rappeling cable, but the heavier ordinance could only exit upon the slow and comparatively awkward process of the AT-AT kneeling and extending its ramps.

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The arsenal of the AT-AT was also devastating, as they possessed two chin-mounted heavy laser cannons to destroy slow, bulky targets and two temple-mounted medium blaster cannons which could engage lighter targets. The armor plating was extremely resistant to blaster fire, and they could walk over--and thereby crush--people and equipment.

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AT-ATs could be configured to operate in varied planetary environments, known as the dunewalker when configured for desert terrain, or the familiar snow-walker for icy planets such as Hoth. An aquatic version, known as the AT-AT swimmer, also existed; the legs were traded for repulsorlifts, allowing the transport to function as a hovercraft.

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At the Battle of Hoth in ', the Empire used walkers to land beyond the limits of the Rebel Alliance's shield. General Maximillian Veers commanded the ground forces and advanced on the shield generator. Faced with such forces, Luke Skywalker devised a strategy to disable the walkers: his team of snowspeeders would use their magnetic harpoons and tow cables to entangle the walkers' feet, causing them to fall. Wedge Antilles and his gunner Wes Janson managed to disable one walker this way, Luke destroyed a second by cutting a hole in it with his lightsaber and tossing in a Thermal detonator.

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Despite this, the Battle of Hoth was one of the most devastating losses for the Rebels in the entire Galactic Civil War.

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AT-ATs later patrolled the garrison base on the Forest Moon of Endor.

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AT-AT pilots are specially trained soldiers from the Imperial Army. They wear white armor similar to that of TIE pilots.

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