All Terrain Anti Vehicle Walker

All-Terrain Anti-Vehicle Walker (AT-AV)
Craft: Imperial All-Terrain Anti-Vehcile Walker
Type: Anti vehicle assault walker
Scale: Walker
Length: 20.8 meters long, 15.5 meters tall
Skill: Walker operations
Crew: 2, gunners: 3
Crew Skill: Vehicle blasters 5D+1, walker operation 5D
Passengers: 38 (troops)
Cargo Capacity: 1 metric ton
Cover: Full
Cost: Not available for sale
Maneuverability: 0D
Move: 21; 60 kmh
Body Strength: 6D
Weapons:

• 2 Heavy Laser Cannons

Fire Arc: Front
Crew: 1 (pilot or commander)
Scale: Walker
Skill: Vehicle Blasters
Fire Control: 2D
Range: 50-500/1.5/3 km
Damage: 6D

• Medium Repeating Blaster Cannon

Fire Arc: Front
Crew: 1
Scale: Speeder
Skill: Vehicle Blasters
Fire Control: 3D
Range: 50-250/750/1.5 km
Damage: 5D

• Heavy Repeating Blaster Cannon

Fire Arc: Back/left/right
Crew: 2
Scale: Speeder
Skill: Vehicle Blasters
Fire Control: 4D
Range: 50-500/1/2 km
Damage: 7D

Description: The All-Terrain Anti-Vehicle (AT-AV) walker is a variant of the well-known and infamous Imperial AT-AT assault walker. It was designed shortly after the Battle of Hoth, where the Empire successfully destroyed the Rebel’s main base. A complement of AT-ATs devastated the base completely. However, the Empire’s victory was not without losses. The Rebels used their maneuverable snowspeeders against the Imperial walkers, and where able to destroy some of the expensive assault walkers, including their crew and troopers aboard.

In order to avoid such unnecessary losses in future, the leadership of the Imperial Army decided to create a new assault walker that compensated this weakness against fast and maneuverable speeder. The result was the AT-AV, and anti-vehicle assault walker, similar to the AT-AT in design and performance.

Yet, the new walker varied in its weapon configurations. Instead of two front-mounted Medium Blaster Cannons, as they are installed on the AT-AT, the AT-AV has two additional Repeating Blasters, perfect for fighting against airspeeders and other small vehicles, and defending the vehicle. There is one Medium Repeating Blaster which covers the front fire arc, while a second Heavy Repeating Blaster (tower) cover the back fire arc, as well as the two flanks.

Furthermore, the walker carries one full platoon of Stormtroopers (38 troopers), and has cargo space for up to one metric ton, which is usually used for the troopers special equipment. With this new walker design, the Empire would be able to avoid tremendous losses of these huge vehicles and safe its troopers. On some of the newer Imperial-II Star Destroyers, this new walker already replaces the AT-AT, but the replacement process is quite slow.