You just know those LAAT clone trooper pilots had Fortunate Son on their playlists 

it plays perfectly by the rules of the universe it's in, which is far more important than it playing by the rules of our existing reality

Which is funny because these things get shot down more than any other Star Wars dropship.

@@FischerFilmStudio very true

@@FischerFilmStudio The lack of a shield generator and writers forgetting/omitting the bulk of your weapons will do that.

@@FischerFilmStudio Not suprising. Star Wars combat is rarely realistic/makes sense

Knowing vietnam, its more of a brief relief.

LAAT Gunship : “Some folks are born made to wave the flag…” Battle droids : “Why do I hear boss music…?”

@@tam2237 “I love the smell of burning plasma in the morning…”

@@tam2237 If I could pin this comment, I would, but subcomments are not pinnable, for some stupid-assed reason.

@@SacredCowShipyards let’s sue RU-vid

*fistbump*

Holy crap you're right🤦‍♂️I can't believe I didn't see it.

LoL Me too.

Been inside a Hind.... the troop comparment is CRAMPED. the LAAT is spacious compared to a hind though 😂. Also The main Canon is a Beast. It pretty much runs the entire lenght of the Gunship. Like an A-10 with rotary wings.

Yep, me too. Especially since it hadn't been too long since I'd seen real HIND-Ds at JRTC at Fort Polk when I saw this movie the first time

"And how do I get one of my own?"

@@SacredCowShipyards Especially after you shot it down with a FIM-92 Stinger MANPADS using the power of your TV's stereo sound.

“This is Morpho arriving shortly at LZ!”

"Oh no! It's the federation!" "The trade federation?!" "No! Worse! The Russian federation!!"

@@notgraham.7215 Everybody expects the Russian Federation.

Explains the slatting in them, too.

@@SacredCowShipyards it also doubles as gun ports to allow the troopers inside to fire out.

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@@SacredCowShipyards "Squishies" - chuckle.

@@nyetzdyec3391 It is accurate enough though. Ever seen what a 50+ g burn does to a human's body? Or a sudden dead stop from orbital velocities? It ain't pretty.

@@ranekeisenkralle8265 Jelly or jam? Paste?

@@nyetzdyec3391 somewhat chunky paste. Yes.

excellent point!

The S-64 was also mentioned when describing the "Space: Above and Beyond" troop transport/carrier, it's not unlikely to have been the inspiration for multiple underslung-bodied carriers

I mean it was RIGHT THERE, just BEGGING for it.

Which unit?

Also you forgot the fact that is has self-guided proton torpedoes under each wing. 10 per LAAT.

Another note, some variants also have in-built turrets of various weapon systems. And i mean in the troop bay itself.

Its like the sherman. Its more cost effective to build a mass produced chassis that can be modified for multiple uses.

@@robertharris6092 Only with a dozen less variants and less funny ones.

Don't forget that the K-Wing exists in Legends and that is just a Space A-10...

Even the death star didn't use a laser. It uses an energy beam made with kyber crystals

@@jchoneandonly Death Star was unique in that it was actually just a hyper-powerful laser rather than anything else. Kyber crystals were the only focusing crystal they could find that didn't just shatter upon firing while focusing each beam. Compared to a blaster or other "laser" weapons in the universe which use blaster gas, of which Tibanna Gas, is the highest quality and excite the gas particles with a laser then package and fire the resulting plasma. All without a focusing crystal. Whereas we know the superlaser required rather large crystals to properly focus all that energy.

The composite beam laser on the LAATs, the anti-ship beam artillery walkers, and the Death Star fire particle beams. Just like blasters, lasercannons and turbo lasers a real laser is used as part of the firing mechanisms.

@@jlokison idk about the smaller ones but at least according to the Disney cannon it uses massive kyber crystals to generate the beam. Could be particle but either way it's using the same tech as lightsabers.

to be fair "ionized plasma" is redundant. Plasma by definition is just any gas that is ionized. :)

Lucky they neglected to armor the tail.

I'm not disagreeing with what OP said, but frankly I am thinking of something else whenever I see one of these... "What is that?" "Blue light." "And what does it do?" "It turns blue."

@@ranekeisenkralle8265 I'm reminded the time when I told a helicopter crew chief that there was hydraulic fluid leaking from the ceiling of his Chinook. He replied "Good! That means we have Hydraulic fluid! Let me know if it stops leaking!"

@@camerongunn7906 That one made me laugh - thank you for that. I wish more things were so ridiculously overbuilt that a loss of hydraulic fluid is but a minor inconvenience.

@@camerongunn7906 I'd laugh but I had a C-130 cargo master tell me the same thing

Plus the drone controlled turrets on each wing...

Not the ‘only other’. The S-67 is considered an attack helicopter, similar to the Huey Cobra or AH-64 Apache, rather than Assault. The Army’s MH-60L and MH-60L DAP aircraft are considered Assault assets. MH-6 little birds and AH-6 killer eggs were/are also assault platforms in their own right, or could be part of a larger assault package. MH-47s bring the heavy assets. I flew air assaults on the USAF MH-53M; I can confirm that Fortunate Son was on our playlist, along with Hendrix’s (Dylan’s) All Along The Watchtower. Also Disturbed’s Down With The Sickness and, for some reason, Georgia Satellites made the list

@@beejay7665 The S-67 was interesting. It could be configured either as an Attack platform or as a transport., though how much it could do at once is something that I don't think anyone ever figured out, given the program was axed after the prototype crashed.

I'm not sure I'd place either the Little Bird or the MH-60L DAP in the same category as the Hind, they're both utilities with guns strapped on (arguably scout =utility with the MH-6 admittedly). The truth of the matter is, the Hind's a uniquely Soviet design, made with Soviet doctrine in mind. There was never really a need for an equivalent machine in the west, not because of capability, but because NATO doctrine didn't have a requirement for such a helo.

@@malusignatius Agreed; the Hind’s combo of extensive armament and troop insertion capability were unique, and the Star Wars gunship definitely draws from its role and aesthetic. The U.S., in its air assault role, builds an assault package utilizing different airframes with different capabilities tailored to the objective. We could put a large force on the ground very quickly, either landing or roping in, but our weapons were defensive only and we would usually have air cover. We were also too big for urban environments, where the MH-6 & AH-6 excelled.

ACTUALY, it could NOT carry an entire platoon worth. its offical carry Capacity in terms of INfantry was 30 People(plus a Speeder/30 KG of Cargo) and a paltoon was 36 Troopers

@@weberman173 So close...

Which outfit were you in?

Never got to play 1, but I still played 2 from time to time.

Honestly now you got me wondering how many other things from Russia are named incorrectly when it comes to military hardware

@@angelshadow990 Literally all of them; Hollywood never does research, and assumed the NATO reporting names are the endemic names. I have not once seen a peice of western media that gets the names right on any piece of Russian or Soviet hardware right. A lot of it also doesn't have a name, perse; Russians are pragmatic overall, and don't give fancy names to their hardware... Most of it ends up with insulting names from the troops because of odd shapes, or bad design flaws. EG: a certain tank who's autoloader was notorious for mangling the gunner's arm got the nickname of 'arm eater.' There was also a bomber who's onboard AC used pure ethanol, the crews would try to use the AC as little as possible and then skim the ethanol off to sell it as booze since they were not paid well by the Soviet union. That got the plane called 'booze carrier' and 'flying bar.' But none of those names are official; unlike the US naming planes, tanks etc.

"Drinking Glass"? I feel like there *must* be a story behind that

@@UNSCPILOT It's something about the cockpit windows being similar to a drinking glass. It's one of those weird names grunts come up with for stuff, like 'bazooka' which is a strange sort of trombone that was popular in the American south. If you look at the musical instrument versus the weapon named after it; the similarity is only vague at best.

Names are funny things to change.

No there is a variant designed for space operations and low-orbital insertions. Also Low-Altitude is relative considering its Repulsor based and can be environmentally sealed to be deployed from the break between space and atmosphere.

Clone trooper armor is self contained space capable suits. They are low altitude as they can operate in low altitude, they were just changed to be able to operate in space more effectively.

The “space operation” is kinda a misnomer, it can only maneuver in space or decent to a planet it lacks the ability to leave orbit.

@@handsomerob1223 Yeah there is nothing ever seen of them leaving any planet. That usually falls to another kind of shuttle or an Acclamator.

And have slick rides.

Good Soldiers dont follow illegal orders

@@kentlangres2879 Only with control chips in their head.

They are technically wings as they do provide some lift and slightly help with fuel efficiency

@@Palora01 i know, i was making a joke ;)

@@Palora01 it's why the Hind is so friggin fast. The stubs unload the rotorhead, reducing the coning angle at high speed and increasing the main rotor efficiency. The stubs on the Apache do much the same thing but to a far lesser extent because the Apache was designed as a pop-up dedicated attack aircraft that would spend WAY more time at very low altitude and VERY low speed than the Hind. In truth, the Hind handles like a bus, so while the Apache (and Cobra, Tiger, Rooivalk, Mangusta, and even the KA50 and Mi-28) can duck behind something to break line of sight, the Hind survives by screaming in at absurdly high speed for a helicopter, blowing away whatever is in front of it, and hauling ass out the other side before anyone can get a lock on it. That's the idea, anyway.

@@ERAUsnow that was idea. The realitily was. Damn thing was built like a flying tank and was pain in the ass to shoot down. If you couldn't hit it in the tail rotor with something heavy

@@sethgilcrist8088 Hind isn't that heavily armored. Certain bits like the transmissions and cockpit are armored against 12.7mm AP, but a lot of its survivability comes from the massive empty space below the transmission. The Chinook kinda has the same feature. That big empty space is a nice target, but it doesn't have anything vital in it, so if something RPG-ish hits the cabin, it probably wouldn't do anything to the drive train.

Due to the large number of variants on the base LAAT design, the troop bay tends to change. Sometimes it can hold a dozen clones, sometimes it can hold 40. Sometimes it has seats, sometimes just handles. Sometimes it has four speeders, sometimes two AT-RTs, sometimes it has an entire fucking command post inside. It depends. The Carrier variant is interesting because it has a system where it can carry pre-fab things in specialized designed crates so it can just drop and leave. Think the Chinook had a poly relationship with a Hind and an AC-130 and a Flying Fortress. Thats the LAAT.

I think you mean the past, as Star Wars took place long ago, in a galaxy far, far away.

George Lucas might not have been the only one on Earth to find a copy of the Book of the Whills.

Almost definitely not.

Welcome to the madhouse.

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Be sure to let me know what you come up with :).

And the best part is that they did it in a distinctively stylistic way. It's not just a shapeless blob, it stands out, and you see it coming.

@@SacredCowShipyards Very true. I mean it is fiction powered by magic so I understand why some writers and designers just forget about utility and logic when designing ships. It is supposed to be cool and look good on camera, not exactly be realistic. But it adds a certain level of believability and immersion when ship, tank and other weapon designs have a degree of thought and realism put into them. Allows you to suspend your disbelief a little better. With some science fiction shows I just completely lose immersion at times when I see a really stupid design that makes zero sense. Like the Base stars from BSG.

Thanks!

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Inside*

It's so much better.