They Lied to You about the ATAT Walker

The All Terrain Armored Transport is often ridiculed for its awkward gate and massive size. It was seen as an easy target with an inefficient and overcomplicated propulsion system, but the reality is, this was platform designed exactly for what the Galactic Empire needed at the time.

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[Brickmovestudio]

The thumbnail looks like the picture your dad sends you from his trip to see the sights of famous historical battles.

[tedrex]

I believe that the First Order solved "The cable round the legs" problem by the highly technical solution of adding sharp blades to the shins of their Gorilla walker!

[davidponseigo]

I think they were the space version of Hannibal and his elephant cavalry. I mean they used elephants as models for the AT-AT's in filming.

[Ryecrash]

LOL. The timing of an ad just took this video from interesting and entertaining to funny: Alan said "As one of the wisest men in Star Was said" then an ad with Gordan Ramsey came on with "How can a stainless steel pan be nonstick?" The timing was perfect.

[Crimethoughtfull]

"I still remember in 3369BBY..." ok old man 🤣🤣

[ericbouchard]

“AT-TE in a swamp.”

Man, I do not want to be part of the recovery crew sent to retrieve it if it bogs—and you think getting one boot stuck in the mud is bad.

[andreykuzmin]

Rebels were thinking they are winning the battle of Ord Vaug. They sure felt proud of themselves - they dug up on a planet right at the Core's gates. Fortified it, too - surface-to orbit ion cannons, shields over every major city, tanks and guns from looted Imperial armories. Orbital bombardment would take years, and repulsorlift assault, likewise, was impossible. They were winning, alright... until we deployed AT-AT walkers. They went right through the shields, shrugging off blaster fire and stepping on armored cars and war droids. After 6 hours vaughian royalty and their rebel friends capitulated. The Force and "hope" can only do so much against Kuati durasteel".

[luisemoralesfalcon]

Man, the way they looked with the moss in Fallen Order was amazing.

[gregleuze]

The AT-AT was my favorite vehicle as a child and still is a favorite today. In regards to a ground army, there needs to be boots on the ground to hold whatever you take.

[Fimbulvinter]

I've always viewed the AT-AT as a modern take an a siege tower. It's not meant to be involved in direct fighting where the lack of side or under mounted weapons would be a problem. It's supposed to blast away from max ranged using its height to fire over obstacles, or over other forces like the AT-ST or Juggernaut.

[moonunit]

You mentioned about 3 minutes in that the Empire wouldn't have to be concerned with land mines because they were the only faction fielding a large conventional army, and that they would be the only faction laying mines. If you look at the history of modern asymmetrical warfare, land mines have been an effectively used by guerilla forces, especially against armor. The use of both professionally manufactured and improvised landmines against armored convoys during the USSR's occupation of Afghanistan in the '80s especially comes to mind. In the Empire's situation it's very reasonable for them to consider weapons like mines to be more of a threat than enemy armor or heavy weapons. It's far more likely that an insurgent cell can hide a pit full of explosives on a road than build and maintain hover-tanks capable of stranding up to a galaxy-spanning space faring civilization.

[charliedulin]

I remember reading at some point that the height was so they could literally peak their weapons over the terrain/foliage/buildings to clear the way while keep the troops protected

[GenerationTech]

why do people hate the cybertruck so much... im not a huge fans of evs but I see stainless steel, "dangerous for pedestrians" and i think ultimate zombie crushing truck

[viperson]

The weakness exploited in ESB you could say is hard to exploit. A snow speeder only has one tow cable before it needs to replenish it plus it takes a seriously skilled pilot to consistently wrap around the at-at and hope the tow cable doesn’t just randomly get stuck then you’ll be flying out of control and crash.

[MercenaryPen]

has to be said, the change in doctrine to not risk armoured vehicles in urban environments makes sense... why send in a walker for patrol duties when probe droids will do the same job?

[johnpaulsanchez]

That Black Parade reference at the end was gold

[Wintermute]

@ 16:02 that's a much nicer way of saying "bloody minded contrarian".
I think I'll start using that myself!

[nickcody]

My thought was repulser lifts require being on the outside of armor making them more vulnerable to even small arms for a mobility kill. The other issue is a repulser is an energy based field and can be detected further away. The Walkers in this way are "stealthier" since when the stop they emit zero energy.
These would be the two reasons the CIS used them when others didn't, they used huge armies so stealth was out, and if one of their 1000 hover tanks got immobilized who cared, it could keep firing from that location.

[g.williams]

Another bonus to the height of the ATAT is that it can more easily engage enemy forces hidden in high rises. During the invasion of Chechnya by the Russian Army in the 90s and 2000s, a large amount of vehicles, especially BMP-2s, were lost because they lacked the elevation angles to engage rebel forces. This directly resulted in the development of the BMP Terminator, with extreme angles of elevation, while being built on the T-72 chassis, providing plenty of armor to engage infantry.

[nathanhall]

The parody of the "death of the tank" argument, which has been happening since September of 1916, and recently regained traction (pun very much intended) is appreciated.