Low Altitude Assault Transport/Legends

"These gunships fly like butcherbugs and cut into us like Blood Carvers. We must have one."

- Archduke Poggle the Lesser

The Low Altitude Assault Transport (LAAT), also known as the LAAT-series gunship, was a gunship series used by the Grand Army of the Republic during the Clone Wars. The series was produced by Rothana Heavy Engineering.

History
The most common LAAT-series model was the LAAT/i, an infantry transport and mobile gun platform used throughout the Clone Wars. Variants were modified to carry additional military speeders or deploy larger war machines, such as walkers, onto the battlefield.

In addition to the LAAT variants, there were several other gunship models that both pre- and post-dated them and were designated with similar acronyms. Most notable were the AIAT/i gunship, the VAAT/e transport, and the HAET-221 gunboat. Later, two LAAT's would be used in the mission where clone anti-Imperial troopers and Kaminoans would attempt to escape the planet.



Notable models

 * Low Altitude Assault Transport/carrier
 * Low Altitude Assault Transport/infantry
 * Low Altitude Assault Transport/vehicle

Behind the scenes

 * In the beginning of Dark Empire, a crashed vehicle that resembles an LAAT can be seen in the panel where the hyperspace wormhole first touches down on Coruscant.


 * In Star Wars: Battlefront II, on the planet Dagobah in the Rise of the Empire era, a crashed LAAT/i takes the place of Luke Skywalker's T-65 X-wing starfighter.


 * In Star Wars: Galactic Battlegrounds: Clone Campaigns the LAAT/i is called a republic gunship and has only a single laser cannon.