The Droid Tank that Straight up CARRIED the Confederacy

[@crocowithaglocko5876]

How to win battles: *use a gun, and if that don’t work, use more gun*

[@IronWarhorsesFun]

Armored Dakka Tank!

[@EmonWBKstudios]

America, Circa 1938

[@cheezeyman9706]

Engineer tf2?

[@IronWarhorsesFun]

@@cheezeyman9706 Deployable Turrets = Droideka.

[@spider-spectre]

"I solve practical problems."

[@hunterkiller1440]

In the Phantom Menace, they can only could be taken out by the secret Sith Lord Darth Jar Jar. Checks out.

[@Hummingbirdzah]

😂😂😂😂😂Darth Jar Jar lives on forever

[@christianresel8051]

And a single shot of a medium blaster canon wich i find the most disturbing. Those things can repell AT TE fire , yet die against a single shot of something not even military grade? Movies man, showing us stuff that is simply not the truth.

[@Yeahimman32]

@@christianresel8051 plot armor, and if they didn't have plot armor Jar-Jar would be dead and the CIS would likely almost won

[@darkninjacorporation]

One of the most conventional vehicles in all of Star Wars. A tank with a big gun in a turret, and smaller guns in the hull. No exposed gunners, no legs to trip over, no major gimmicks.

[@-CrimsoN-]

Yep yep yep!! One of the very few realistic vehicles in Star Wars. Doesn’t even have treads either, so even on Earth, the AAT would be crazy effective. A tank that is incapable of getting stuck on terrain. 360 turret, extremely durable armor.

[@bobtheseed457]

@@-CrimsoN- ok, so a very tall tank with limited gun depression, crewed by actual, independent crew (why), non-traversable secondary weapons, more launchers (that were at the ground for some reason). Slow, reliable armour only face on, making them very vulnerable to infantry. These things were not good tanks, however, they were better than other vehicles like the ATTE and other vehicles. Why would these things be good

[@-CrimsoN-]

@@bobtheseed457 Not sure. Clearly I don't know as much about tanks as you do.

[@jamesm783]

​@@bobtheseed457 Like you pointed out, they're good relatively speaking. We've seen tanks in the real world that are comparable to the AAT, while the AT-TE and the like are a little farther out there. As for why have independent crew, as opposed to a droid brain? It was made by the trade federation, probably as a product. Not everyone wanted a droid army, but a (by SW galaxy standards) Cheap, reliable, and effective tank would be something that's quite marketable.

[@odinlindeberg4624]

@@jamesm783 Not to mention that the CIS maintained other armies as well as the droid army, making exclusively droid tanks a logistical weakness. That said, the biggest improvement I could think of for the AAT would be removing the torpedo tubes from the foot of the tank and instead giving it a missile launcher on the turret, akin to the M2 Bradley's wire guided TOW launcher addon and making the bottom more of a storage rack. That way the tank can shoot from a hull-down position (using terrain to hide most of the tank from the target you're shooting at) without giving up the use of its most powerful weapon. You could also load missiles from one tank to another, making it less necessary to be strict with how often you fire missiles since they're not locked in a case that can only be opened back in the lucrehulk you deployed from.

[@neofulcrum5013]

I like that it’s canon now that the Rebels had a few of these. If the empire didn’t want them, might as well make use of them. A few modifications and you’ve got a good offensive vehicle.

[@redhood7650]

When was it confirmed? And I'm betting the rebels also used AT TE's since we know that they used AT RTs

[@JoysGameRoom]

@@redhood7650, Star Wars: Commander was made canon shortly after it was released. Y'know, that mobile RTS game.

[@akumaking1]

A lot of Separatist equipment was used by the Rebel Alliance in Legends too.

[@DIEGhostfish]

@@JoysGameRoom Not an RTS, a clash of clans clone.

[@JoysGameRoom]

@@DIEGhostfish, whatever it is, it wasn't a fun game.

[@regalplays7135]

Last time I was this early, the Trade Federation was jamming communications in and out of Naboo

[@SFforlife]

A communication disruption can mean only one thing: invasion.

[@af376w]

@@SFforlife negotiations? We’ve lost all communications!

[@SFforlife]

@@af376w And where are the Chancellor’s ambassadors?!

[@franciscovazquezjr4550]

@@SFforlife well from what I heard they were right about one thing: "the negotiations were short"

[@zexalbrony4799]

Ah the good old AAT. That was a fun vehicle to play in the old Battlefront games. My fondest memory was when I drove one right through the Gungans shield in the very first mission in the Clone Wars Campaign on the original Battlefront game and started mowing those Gungans down.

[@SFforlife]

And taking out the Fambaas giving them the shield was epic.

[@michaelandreipalon359]

Shame it wasn't a multiplayer scenario.

[@carnage0685]

It was insanely fun. They were almost unkillable in the Kashyyyk Docks map. Just hovering around one shotting everything in your vision felt amazing.

[@michaelandreipalon359]

@@carnage0685 Send in more ARC Troopers then.

[@leandersearle5094]

I would rush to the one in the CW version of Mos Eisley, leveled the playing field against droidekas.

[@chengzhou8711]

“Those AATs had a very classical tank idea in mind. Although it suffers from the usual weaknesses, it was designed to take position and fire from long-range with the main gun, and they could really mess something up with a well-placed hit. Those special shells that it had sure had a variety of uses, and those twin turrets were no slouchers either. Those separatists sure had a real knack for fire power.” -CS/CT-8711-12 “Cheng”, Captain and Scout of the 442nd Siege Battalion

[@tatotaytoman5934]

the most logical star wars tank

[@PurposefullyIneloquent]

"carried the separatists" I mean yeah, it's a vehicle. XD That's it's whole role.

[@geetslys]

Sigh...

[@AlpineBishop]

So OP people even get the meaning flying over their heads.

[@EmonWBKstudios]

Not to be too pedantic, but main battle tanks aren't troop carriers. Usually, and if they do, they usually don't do a good job of it.

[@albusvoltavern4500]

MMT did it better

[@kostakatsoulis2922]

@@AlpineBishop nothing flies over my head, my reflexes ar eto'o fast

[@Wolf-Nyan]

10:44 it may be worth mentioning how the AAT apparently has a crazy max fire-rate despite it’s main gun damage output. As shown here with this AAT choosing to remove whatever was in the general direction it was facing

[@GeneralForster]

Proud of the brave Baktoid engineers that made our fight for freedom possible

[@notsure134]

FOR THE REPUBLIC, WATCH THOSE WRIST ROCKETS!

[@generalkenobi6656]

For the republic you traitor!!

[@notsure134]

@@generalkenobi6656, hello there

[@solidsnake4595]

@@notsure134 FOR THE EMPIRE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! DOWN WITH THE REPUBLIC'S DECADENSE AND CORRUPTION! ALL HAIL DARTH SENATE....... I MEAN DARTH SIDIOUS, EMPEROR OF THE FIRST GALACTIC EMPIRE!

[@notsure134]

@@solidsnake4595 my alliance Is to the republic, TO DEMOCRACY!

[@lordlossize]

5:00 "it led the charge" *shows picture of them at the back bringing up the rear, the 'flimsy' B1s in front of them*

[@SirSharkus]

"No crippling flaws, except for doors" xD Love that little bit at 10:32

[@HamanKarn567]

I remember the ryloth arc in tcw and how they took out a convoy of at te by shooting the front and back vehicle like tankers in ww2 did.

[@AlechiaTheWitch]

Thats a tactic used all the time for convoys

[@erdervv]

I guess this tank was pretty damn go- "The tank commander personally managed the primary cannon" Oh nononono why would they do that? Who thought that was a good idea?

[@shaunmoreau5081]

Given its a droid tank, they could have just automated the turret

[@aarondevaldez9134]

There were several historical tanks which had the commander double as the gunner, and these were still highly successful. The French SOMUA S-35, Soviet T-34-76 and the American M5A1 Stuart are such tanks.

[@coconuthead98]

@@aarondevaldez9134 Gotta take into account that droids in this Universe generally have bad aim. So, yeah. Sort of a bad idea. Tis what happens when you produce quantity over quality, I guess.

[@shaunmoreau5081]

@@coconuthead98 thats what the specialized tanker droids are good for I guess You could see some AATs landing solid hits on AT-TEs

[@erdervv]

The M5A1 Stuart was a scout tank not designed for frontline combat. The S-35 like most other french tanks at the start of WW2 has better armor, better guns and used more advanced tech than the opposing german tanks. They still proved less effective than early model of Panzer 3s. Turns out having your commander command the tank, command the rest of the tanks if he's the squadron leader, spot targets, fire the gun, man the turret, reload the gun, and use the radio is a sure way to overwork a man to the point of making him combat ineffective. A commander can not juggle all those rolls at the same time without giving up many of them. Of those the only role a T-34 commander did not have was reloading because the T-34 had a loader in the turret, a turret that did not have a basket so it played merry hell on the crew every time they had to rotate it. The reason the T-34/76 had the commander manning the gun is simply that the red army needed everything they could throw at the germans as fast as they could make it. In fact, as soon as they could start production of a better tank without the massive, massive ammounts of glaring defects the 76 model had, the T-34/85 was put in production and it indeed had a 3 man turret with a gunner, a loader and a commander. The commnader-gunner team is simply more effective than any commander that also has to work as a gunner, all modern tank designs use that system because it leads to better awareness, survivability, faster threat detection and better gunnery. Anyone in a galaxy far far away with a thousands years long history of major galactice warfare that still decides to put all that strain on a MBT commander deserves to be ridiculed and made fun off. In fact, considering the...let's say computational capacity of the average battledroid in the CIS, that they even entrusted them with both roles is nothing short of mind boggling.

[@seb2750]

9:08 For those dissing the tank being taken out by a plasma ball, look closely. It has ION and IMPACT effect. That tank ate an ION token right there with the IMPACT

[@Yeahimman32]

And if you look closely it went through the driver's hatch not the hull

[@georgehilty3561]

basically it's a work horse tank, like the russian t-34 or the american sherman. they're not the best over all tanks, but capable, adaptable, and there are LOTS of them.

[@abraham2172]

I really like that tank, especially its versatility. I like vehicles that could be used in any situation. But it sucks it could be taken out by any heavier cannon. It has massive armor plates and is built for front attacks after all.

[@thresholdhatesrevenant2620]

I remember reading a book (not sure of the name it might of been the phantom menace novalization) which mentioned that during the trade federation invasion of Naboo, more destruction was caused in Theed by these large tanks crashing into walls and buildings while navigating narrow and cramped streets than was caused by the actual combat.

[@michelecastellotti9172]

"The clone wars" show is good, dont get me wrong, but it debuffed everything to the point of being awkward. In the phantom menace, the shells (yes, the AAT main gun fired shells in that movie but they might have swapped them) fired travelled as quickly as modern day shells fired by tank if not faster (it is confirmed that star wars slug based weaponry or rail guns could even fire shells at 3/5 km/s) and even when crashing on a shield you could see what the sheer power of that shell, in "the clone wars"? They fire blaster bolts that ravel Slowly and seemingly do MUCH less damages visually.

[@lichking3711]

you won't see a giant explosion from an effective shell blast. Pretty explosions aren't effective and effective explosions aren't pretty. There also isn't that much fire

[@michelecastellotti9172]

@@lichking3711 precisely

[@cjhott7237]

Last time I was this early the Jedi order was still called the Je’daii order, and worshipped the Force rather than the Balance.

[@galadato7425]

Damn dude how long did you sleep?

[@cjhott7237]

@@galadato7425 usually two to four hours

[@rootin222]

Fun fact this and the droid gunship are both based on the mi-24 hinder

[@Channel-jh1zw]

In my opinion this is the best tank design in star wars.

[@DIEGhostfish]

I would suggest the GAT and the two HAGs (The mortar tank from the Pandemic studios Clone Wars game, and the MTT-based one that's basically a railway cannon from Starfighter.)

[@toby1061]

I would have used it as the main tank for my Rebel ground troops, in fact anything the Separatists used should have been used by the Rebels.

[@sambridgers9543]

They might have been scrapped before anyone could use them. I wouldn't be surprised if the Empire confiscated all CIS war material.

[@abraham2172]

The rebels rather rely on plotarmor and main characters to win their wars. Who needs tanks and artillery if one dude can do the same job much easier?

[@samuelbishop3316]

@@sambridgers9543 Thats exactly what happened. The materials were used to fuel the imperial war machine.

[@sambridgers9543]

@@samuelbishop3316 What the confiscated CIS war material was repurposed for makes little difference: the Rebels were unable to use it.

[@samuelbishop3316]

@@sambridgers9543 Yes I know.

[@Jack-ed9do]

This tank carried the separatists in battlefront 1 classic.

[@starsilverinfinity]

Thanks for reminding me why I love the CIS so much

[@TungstenHaze]

People don’t seem to understand how perfect of a design this is for your average battle tank: light, quick, manoeuvrable, can function on most terrain, not expensive, only a 4 man crew, decently powerful primary gun, secondary guns for protection, slanted armour and perfectly compliments infantry. This is the ideal tank you want to mass produce for your army; not a heavy tank with the most powerful cannon and thickest armour as they are a huge financial commitment, sluggish, more vulnerable to breakdowns, poorly manoeuvrable, a bigger target and are a massive loss when inevitably destroyed.

[@abraham2172]

Sounds like youre talking about the republic juggernaut.

[@twistedyogert]

I thought that it was weird that the CIS used piloted tanks rather than making a tank with a droid brain but then I realized that the Trade Federation originally had more organics working for them. That also explains why they used humanoid machines as most of their equipment was already made for an organic pilot.

[@DarmacQ]

I love these things, the opening of the clone wars, the memories

[@marcopeter7581]

,, there was virtually no scenario in which an AAT wouldn't prove useful'' exept if it is a 1v1 against magic space wizards.

[@toptiergaming6900]

its the T-34 of star wars, cheap to make but reliable, multi-role and more armored than most tanks.

[@EmonWBKstudios]

too bad it couldn't have been more like a sherman, aka, the best tank of the war.

[@Mahinskerrr]

@@EmonWBKstudios I don’t know about all that lol

[@yarnickgoovaerts]

@@EmonWBKstudios the sherman is not the best tank of the war, not in production numbers (t-34), not in firepower (nearly any heavy german and soviet tank), not in firepower (again nearly any heavy german and soviet tank), not in mobility (nearly any light german tank), not in tank to tank combat (any german cat), not in an infantry support role (panzer 2 and other similar light tanks), ....

[@Colonel_Overkill]

The way shells normally work is your high energy will be the biggest boom, AP has a medium boom with hardened case and bunker busters have the smallest boom with reinforced case and possibly extra propellant to get into said bunker before boom occurs. With this range it becomes a case of matching shell to target and picking the biggest boom possible that will reliably affect a target as AP wont kill many infantry and a HE wont get into a bunker to begin with.

[@L1mp1nB1zk1t]

I'm no Seppie, but I'll admit that I've always liked the AAT.

[@olrabbi6775]

Damn thing is the Star Wars equivalent of the Sherman, massive number of variants and all.

[@juniorqindes8335]

Star Wars can’t seem to grasp the concept of how almost unlimited machines are. :T why not connect the battle droid to one of many cheap cameras outside the tank? He’s a robot. Doesn’t even have to look at a screen. But ok nah, let’s poke their head out and risk losing a pilot

[@matthiuskoenig3378]

its not just cameras, you also have to take into account noise, etc for situational awareness. although i agree that there isn't a reason why a droid shouldn't just plug in. the answer is ofcaurse rule of cool.

[@abraham2172]

That would be too op, almost cheating

[@auger0073]

Software Wasn’t compatible. Also tanks work better with people inside . Loading and aiming the equipment manually

[@AdmiralBlackstar]

Star Wars has issues with networking period. Outside of the Droid Control Ship in Episode 1 and R2 hacking the trash compacter from the hanger we don't see much in terms of computer networking. Even looking up info in the Jedi archives required the Jedi to physically visit their own library rather than pull up the data in their own rooms.

[@EdaugEthanbYT]

Wait so these tanks were both the key to Unlimited Poweeeeeeerrrrrrrrrrr and the High Ground?! Next you’ll be telling me it came up with the phrase: “Hello there ‘General Kenobi’” Edit: Thanks for making the comment of the week one of my comments that was really nice of you

[@bradschneider5905]

I refer you to sacred cow shipyards. I also just don't take and speed in that universe at face value. The OG9 is somehow nearly twice as fast.

[@Gfish17]

The Best Engineered Bactoid Tank paired with the Worse Engineered Battledroids

[@veteranimperial718]

"Was it any good?" Jar Jar took one down without the need of military training, there.

[@jumperwilli7770]

I mean the guy was a senator, jumps like 12 feet or something and saved padme countless times if we’re not counting the time he almost killed her.

[@g.williams2047]

Well, he is a Sith Lord. I assume standard tanks are inferior to a dark lord of the sith.

[@vestarakhai5303]

Darth Jar Jar

[@matthiuskoenig3378]

and? non of the military trained soldiers took them out in that movie.

[@michelecastellotti1884]

you mean a random shot amongst dozens from a high energy plasma ball? you dont need much when you get randomness on your side

[@LaughingCrowcorp]

Ah yes, the Sherman tank of the Clone Wars

[@LaughingCrowcorp]

Or maybe perhaps Panzer IV?

[@ivanrenic4243]

@@LaughingCrowcorp or the T-34

[@LaughingCrowcorp]

@@ivanrenic4243 i was hoping someone would add that! lol just the overall workhorse of an army

[@celticlad5866]

Seems a bit insulting to the aat but I get the picture

[@ivanrenic4243]

@@LaughingCrowcorp yup. Very practical. Not particulary good at anything, but not really bad anything either. And can be massproduced.

[@PutYourQuarterUpGaming]

lol B1’s at end of naboo battle “Hands up Gungans, we’re here to replace you as the comic relief the fans actually want”

[@TheBigExclusive]

It always annoyed me that the tanks never had doors or hatches that could lock. There were always too easy to open. So many times (in the Clone Wars TV show) did people run up to the tank, pull open the hatch, and toss grenade inside taking out the droids. For once, I would like a scene where the tank doors are LOCKED.

[@abraham2172]

Of course they could be locked, but then the good guys may had died, we cant have that.

[@themc.kennyshow6585]

I love how unbiased these guys can be sometimes - makes for great analysise

[@MandoDaras]

This tank is also a good anti-aircraft platform with his main canon.

[@MikefromTexas1]

I always wonder what these various SW vehicles are like on the inside. Like I feel like these tanks would be tight and kinda cozy. Then I remember they're built for droids.

[@matthiuskoenig3378]

technically they are built for humanoids, they used droids in them, but it was made for export not specifically for the droid army.

[@danielbeck2739]

When playing the older Battlefront games my buddies and I came to this conclusion when certain vehicles were left open to grab and use immediately. The droid tank was on that very list, just under the clone gunship. The sabre tanks the clones used were fast, but the firepower was limited. You had to turn your entire tank to face your target to bring your main heavy weapons to bare. The droid tank had that 360 degree movable turret and in 2-3 shots was enough to seriously cripple and or destroy a sabre tank and other vehicles. The sabre's main beam weapons took 5 to do the same where it's missiles took 2-3 salvos. Again had to turn to face your enemy to bring to bare those weapons. The turret turning rate was on the slow side, but since you could turn your entire tank on a dime it made sense to turn the tank and the turret to bring your main gun to bare with good coordination at a faster rate.

[@michaelandreipalon359]

Ah, the good old days. I wonder if there are still multiplayer servers of this game and its sequel these days...

[@drewf41]

I'd like to hear more about these "pirate band live fire tests." Were the pirates aware of the trsting?

[@mikkelnpetersen]

It reminds me of the scorpion tank from Command and Conqure 3 (or the other way around, whichever came first)

[@unwanted_zombie]

I think this may be the first time I actually listened to a channel telling me that they have a new channel. I'm subbed to The Front as wells as this channel. Looking forward to binging some videos on badasses from history.

[@rosalbafuda447]

For me this tank is ALMOST perfect Is fast, is agile, is very commodity (I don't know how say in English XD) is well armed and is a good powerful weapons. The only problems is the Armour NOT EXIST in this tank and give them on a bunch of Droid like the B1 is a very stupì idea. This tank is claery project for Wolfpack tactics with a good crew trained for this. But if the CIS would improve this tank can leave the crew and make some space for an A. I. An autonomous tank like this without a crew can be a VERY DANGEROUS for in battle. P.S. Sorry for my english XD

[@btrando1]

I've always wandered about that. They had a droid gunship that didn't need pilots so I don't see why they can't make the tank like the gunship. If you take out the crew equation, the enemy wouldn't be able to capture it and use it against you. Other benefits are that you can make the tank more compact and there is no lag time between spotting the enemy and shooting it.

[@michaelramon2411]

@@btrando1 Part of it is the Star Wars universe's general reluctance to use their powerful A.I. to its full potential, but the best in-universe explanation is that it was intended to be usable by organic crew in addition to droids. The original contractors might have hoped they could sell it to non-droid armies, and the CIS had lots of non-droid soldiers they would want to support. (The Umbarans, for example.) Because B1 droids can serve any role a human can, the most efficient thing to do for mass-production is to make a tank that can be used by either humans or droids. (This is also why Separatist ships have hallways and life support, even when entirely crewed by droids. Also helps when organic leaders want to stop by or use the ship.

[@matthiuskoenig3378]

the arnour is non-existant? where did you get that from? a game? you know gameplay isn't canon... the fact it was killed at point blank range from the rear? you know that no real life tank has any real armour in the rear right. Star Wars: Complete Cross-Sections and Rise of the Separatists describe it has haveing heavy frontal armour. furthermore it is actually slow at only 55km/h in both legends and canon sources. so you have it completley wrong, it is a slow-medium speed tank with good armour.

[@matthiuskoenig3378]

@@btrando1 in legends the explanation was that they bought crewed tanks to hide the build up of a droid army. as far as i am aware there is no canon explantion.

[@marrqi7wini54]

@@michaelramon2411 Well I wouldn't say "human" since most CIS supporters weren't human but were made up of various alien species. Humanoid would be a better term to use.

[@alejandroelluxray5298]

While I consider the AT-TE to be the superior armored vehicle in the MBT role, the AAT is truly a very good tank despite its flaws on desing (commander using the main gun for example) and a vital part of the CIS army

[@Jaeger_Bishop]

The AAT was basically the M-4 Sherman of Star Wars. Countless were built and they were EVERYWHERE the Confederacy could be found. The removable front section is similar to how the M-4's could have their entire front assembly could be swaped out for a new one given a relatively short amount of time.

[@ironhorsehistorian9871]

Loved using these back when I used to play Star Wars Commander. R.I.P.

[@milesedwards8399]

All the reasons on why it's the best is why it's one of my personal favorite SW vehicles. It looks like a Cold War Version of the German Panzer tank, cool and sleek design 👍😎👍

[@badideagenerator2315]

Baktoid armour workshop: so how many weapons do you want on your new armoured assault tank? Nute gunray: *YES*

[@Straswa]

Great vid Geetsly. Impressive how long the AAT design lasted. Could you do a vid on the Trade Federation lander please if not done already?

[@wyattm.b.3622]

Hey I just want it say I'm a huge star wars fan and I'm a huge fan of your channel I believe I've been subscribed for about 8months now and none of your videos have ever disappointed me. Thank you and please keep making videos

[@LordMelusar]

I would love to see you do a video on the TX-130 Clone Saber Tank.

[@stuglife5514]

God I love the Saber it’s such a cool tank. Perfectly fits the clone army.

[@stuglife5514]

Most tank commanders and tankers in general prefer to keep their hatches open if they can. Especially panther commanders in WW2, as the hatches can often take valuable time to open while trying to bail from the tank

[@adamlong1196]

Disney learned the wrong lessons "usen de Booma"

[@davidvasquez08]

Use that boomer

[@solidsnake4595]

my favorite clone wars tank its a sexy beast that packs a punch and knowing that the rebels had 7 of them all of which were sadly destroyed when they tried to liberate tattooine.

[@DIEGhostfish]

I found it interesting that the TCW model for the AAT replaced the rangefinders on the arms with a second gun on each, and also removed the hull blasters and the heat vent up front. This actually gave me false memories where the one that got killed by the upgunned police speeder on Naboo was struck in that heat vent, when the actual shot hit a good foot or two higher, right under the front hatch.

[@mercenarygundam1487]

Love to hear you guys talk more vehicles.

[@josephraffurty9293]

A battalion of AATs vs ATATs would be epic. The real question is, would it be a one sided battle?

[@V2011F]

ATAT's have better firepower and could probably take the AAT's fire before it starts falling apart.

[@ethribin4188]

Considering the raw power disperity in that battle... the ATAT should have this. They are just way tankier in armour and shields. Not to mention their cannoms are way stronger. Only flaw is that they can trip and their cannons have limited fiering areas.

[@cal593]

I think an atat could probably one shot an aat

[@josephraffurty9293]

I think the replies given so far to this comment are great for a 1 v 1 exchange between an AAT and ATAT. But, let's say the 4 ATATs versus 20 AATs. The ATAT has the advantage in height, armor, and fire power. However, the AAT has the advantage in maneuverability. The ATAT, though well armored, is not invincible. I think the factors we are missing to help clear up a 4 v 20 battle would be the actual fire power of the AATs tanks and how many shots from the AAT could the ATATs take before they finally broke through their armor. And if the AATs are constantly outflanking the ATATs then there might be a chance. Especially if the ATATs have no support. Thoughts?

[@jumperwilli7770]

@@josephraffurty9293 This is balanced considering that in s1 an AAT groups did destroy several ATAT’s and crippled Mace position

[@harrywu7567]

2:50 Lmao from this angle it looks like the pilot is sitting on a gunner's lap

[@wolfgangervin2582]

It's bizarre that this is STILL the only proper tank in SW.

[@abraham2172]

What about that republic hover tank with two side cannons?

[@-CrimsoN-]

@@abraham2172 only if it’s the model with a closed 360 turret on the top. Otherwise it’s slightly less effective than the AAT.

[@abraham2172]

@@-CrimsoN- I agree.

[@Superkai66]

I love the way you word your titles. Legendary

[@clonecoric4140]

Who would win? An AAT that has powerful armour and many weapons. A blue ball.

[@justehhoser1362]

AATs are up there among the coolest Sci-Fi tanks (In my opinion) right next to the likes of the Scorpion from Halo

[@JeremiahAnunnaki]

It also reminds me of the wraith from halo too.

[@jeffreycarman2185]

The AAT is a great design that is the quintessence of form meets function.

[@stonekillarc4007]

I say take a look at the AT-XT next. Great video on the AAT though!

[@sheilaolfieway1885]

5:40 correct me if i'm wrong but it's said an AAT can be reloaded at an C9979 landing craft

[@tristanburgos1]

You should do a video about the AAT with the super weapon attached on it, the one shown at 2:17

[@Mizzle420420]

I love the design of that tank, first time I saw it in phantom menace I thought that shit was so dope. My whole life especially as a kid I was super into military tech

[@krossclapper3402]

That straight up though I that all the time to great effect so I know you were putting some real emphasis on that

[@whicay5460]

Everyone always likes the clones but I like the CIS a lot more, some of their droid models are way cooler and crazy dangerous. Also sev'rance tann is one of my favorite dark side users of all time, she also was a great supreme commander. Shame she died so early in the war

[@joseph-cs1pq]

This video made me think of an idea, a large scale warfare game made off of bf2's engine in which there is many "campaigns", much like from battlefield 1 in which there is massive maps with different terrain. Also in which teamwork is HEAVILY encouraged by basically making it much harder to win against an enemy team that is working together.

[@crimsoncarnotaurus]

It is a shame The Clone Wars show didn't have a better diversity of Separatist as well as Republic armoured droids and vehicles like shown in AOTC and ROTS. Would've been cool to see OG-9's, Hailfires, Persuaders, AT-AP and other units get some action.

[@jonathanwells223]

As someone who played the clone wars game for the GameCube/Xbox 360, yeah, they scared the shit outta me

[@StrikerFX47]

By far one of my favorite ground vehicles from CIS.

[@123fakestreettt]

"Use-Ah the boomba! Wha?! Meesa no have a boomba!"

[@blah007001]

Funnily enough; if the AAT was brought down to real-world tanks, or if real-world tanks were upgraded with SW tech, the AAT would be know as a terrible tank for two reasons: 1: its too tall. Supposedly it is close to 10 meters long, which means it is around 8-9 meters tall. (Comparison: M1 Abrams, 2.44 meters height; M1 Bradley, 2.98 meters. And both of those are considered too tall in some circles.) This is way too tall and means that it will find less cover to hide behind and get into hull-down positions. This also means it is a fire magnet, being less likely to have incoming fire miss it. There is no reason its main gun should be that high either. This leads into the second point... 2: The AAT has shit gun depression, as in, there is no gun depression. Because the main gun is mounted so high close to the roof of the vehicle, and so far to the rear of the vehicle so that the barrel is sticking out over a flat surface, the gun can't actually aim down below what seems to be around two or three degrees below perfectly level, otherwise the breach would hit the roof, or the barrel would hit the part its hanging over. (To go back to the Abrams example, the M1 Abrams gun depression is 10 degrees.) This means that the AAT can not fire effectively from behind defilade, and that the enemy would be easily able to engage whatever firing position the AAT would be limited to. So unless the repulsors can handle variable elevation and move the whole tank while it is stationary like the Swedish S-tank, that gun barrel can only point up.

[@josephbirdsall9294]

8:24 there's quite a bit of depression.

[@blah007001]

@@josephbirdsall9294 Where is the rear of the gun? Tank guns pivot on a fulcrum which means that there is mass ahead of the fulcrum which is the barrel; and mass to the rear of the fulcrum, which is the chamber and breach which act as a counter weight. In order for there to be that much gun depression, the back half of the gun would be sticking up out of the roof. Tank guns are like icebergs in a way, there is a portion you can see, and a portion that is blocked from view.

[@matthiuskoenig3378]

@@blah007001 its not a conventional gun though, you can't use modern chemical propellant gun logic on a heavy laser cannon. it doesn't need a breach its a 'heavy laser cannon' and the cross section shows its entirely infront of the fulcrum, with a cable heading into the hull for its charge battery. so no, there is no chamber or breach or mass to the rear of the fulcrum to act as a counter weight. is this bad design? maybe, it depends on the strength of the motors and the weight of the laser barrel, it would allow for vertical gun elevation, which considering its designed for urban warfare makes sense.

[@CloneScavengerVulpin8389]

On polis massa in the original battlefront ll for those who don't know the aats spawned at both the republic and the confederacy main command posts.Where you battle outside the facility but if you have to abandon the tank if it got destroyed you would run out of health rapidly.Your only hope is to make it to a hanger, you may have a higher chance of survival if you play as an engineer they carry health packs.

[@maximillianx1395]

The AAT, the perfect veichle for the good old SPACE BLITZKRIEG!!!!!!!

[@slicerneons3300]

Now this is where it's AAT!

[@albusvoltavern4500]

Here’s to the real tank that carried the confederacies ground forces; the MTT

[@real.ilya_remov]

It's the T-34 of the Clone Wars!

[@debbiejones9195]

Yep, ish.

[@pieflavor7106]

Been waiting for this

[@deo_exus2041]

These were fun to use in the old battle front games

[@TheGgrrmanning]

So I know the missles on the bottom were shown being used in Episode 1 but why didn't they do it for the Clone wars? Same for the LAAT, it had so many weapons, but half of them weren't used, all we really saw from the gunship was the forwards cannons and rockets. The wing-mounted beam guns, air-to-air missiles on the wings, and bombs on the doors, were never used.

[@matthiuskoenig3378]

they didn't use those in the series because filoni was lazy, he said as mutch in an interview. 'the focus was on the characters not the vehicles' and 'i never really cared about the separatists'

[@TheGgrrmanning]

@@matthiuskoenig3378 BOOO! That sucks! We should have gotten more of the vehicles from both sides.

[@abraham2172]

@@matthiuskoenig3378 What?? Thats horrible! I already began to doubt in Filony after he dumped that shitload of star wars rebels on us.

[@abraham2172]

If all vehicles used all the weapons they actually had in canon, the armies and ground forces would get wiped out very quickly.

[@TheGgrrmanning]

@@abraham2172 and be more chaotic. The Clone Wars was also talked about being this big important war. It should have been more chaotic. Honestly, what's the point of throwing extra weapons on a vehicle if they aren't shown using them in shows, games, or even comics? Also, why the larger doors for the shows and games? BOTH Episodes 2 and 3 showed the LAAT's having those short doors.

[@thefluffles6384]

The last time I was this early. The younglings were still training.

[@malcolm2466]

Nothing like a geetsly’s while I’m cooking

[@KirbyBWebb]

I need to see more like this !

[@glep8377]

They were ballin'

[@forresttowns4995]

I always hated facing these things in Battlefront 2. You didn't have to see it. Just hearing the iconic sound of its guns firing was intimidating.

[@-_-5470]

THE GAP IS CLOSING

[@geetslys]

Wait, what gap?

[@-_-5470]

@@geetslys GAP is the German abbreviation for this tank

[@wafalme851]

Can you make a video about the different types of Sith in the reconstituted Sith empire

[@gavinvick3592]

This tank was always my favorite in star wars

[@MRDLT00]

4:59 Have the Tanks in the back of the army to not soak up any damage. XD

[@SenHai]

It is honestly a sexy design as well