Civilians particularly feared the NR-N99 because unlike the IG-227 Hailfire-class droid tank and OG-9 homing spider droid, which would generally avoid civilian targets, the tank droid would simply crush everything in its path with merciless precision. At a speed of 60 kilometers per hour, the tank had no trouble ramming through walls and mowing down obstacles in its way.

To compensate for this, the tanks deployed in tightly packed waves, forming a wall of armor. The Persuader-class's front featured several sensors above its twin photoreceptor eyes.īecause of its forward drive motor, the tank droid was not an especially maneuverable vehicle and was very easy to engage when being flanked. The tank droid was also equipped with a pair of large outrigger arms connected to either side of the drive motor which could be armed with almost any weapon. It could also roll on its single traction drive tread. The RPS-6 appears in the Star Wars: The Clone Wars multimedia project.The tank droid was a six-meter tall automaton with a huge, central drive motor for locomotion supported by four small outrigger wheels. They were used against Hyena-class bombers. Ĭlone troopers carried three during the invasion of Scipio. They were successfully fired against a quartet of Heavy Missile Platform droid gunships. Later on in the war, Anakin Skywalker paid Hondo Ohnaka to gun-run a supply of the latest RPS-6s to the rebels on Onderon. ĬT-7567 used one to destroy an Armored Assault Tank on Kiros. ĭuring the Battle of Umbara, members of the 501st Legion carried the RPS-6 and fired them against Umbaran militia vehicles in a frontal assault against an airbase.

The Royal Naboo Security Forces on the planet Naboo also used the launcher during that time period. The RPS-6 was used by the Galactic Republic during the Clone Wars. The rocket was capable of destroying vehicles protected by ray shields, but were ineffective against Umbaran mobile heavy cannons. The RPS-6 rocket launcher was produced by Merr-Sonn Munitions, Inc. CC-4477 prepares to fire an RPS-6 on Rugosa

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