Imperial Complex | Star Wars Ambience | AT-AT Walkers, Stormtrooper Chatter, Winds 

Hail Palpatine! Hail Palpatine and GLORY to the Empire!

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Think of them as heavy tanks. In the Empire Strikes Back, most weapons were utterly useless against them, they shrugged off shots from fixed field guns and those snow speeders no problem. And, I know what you are thinking: “Those long legs are clearly a liability” and while they are, they dramatically increase the AT-AT’s intimidation factor.

@@thefoxyokai5030 But they are sooooo slow, and can be flanked so easy! XD

@@antcow1239Ah, but you see, British world war 2 tank doctrine had something called “infantry tanks”. Back then, there were 2 main categories of tanks: infantry tanks, and breakthrough tanks. Infantry tanks were big, heavy and powerful, as they were meant to protect and advance with the infantry. For such a tank, being fast could be a liability since it could accidentally abandon its infantry support. The AT-AT is an infantry ta- I mean, walker, it’s slow, it’s tough and it’s main guns are super strong, while the infantry it is protecting can help mitigate its weaknesses. The reason the AT-AT’s were sent to Hoth without infantry support is because admiral Ozzel is completely incompetent… nevermind that he was killed before the ground campaign began, let’s just blame all our failings on that fool.

@@thefoxyokai5030 I see, ok

@@thefoxyokai5030 They were sent without infantry support because they would get chopped to pieces. They'd have no cover on the open snow, so they stayed inside the walkers until they reached a favorable position. Plus, on Hoth specifically, ground troops didn't end up being needed to defend the walkers. The only things that threatened the AT-ATs were the snow speeders, and they weren't nearly as effective as most people seem to remember them being.

I'm really milking the last drops of BF2 😂 holding on for that outlaws release

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