Forum:Just how useful are walkers?

Most of them (the AT-AT especially), seem fairly useless in comparison to a wheeled vehicle like the Turbo Tank. They used walker on Hoth where the ground was... almost completely level. So it's supposed all terrain movement isn't taken advantage anyway. Also the feet provide no better movement on snow, where the weight is concentrated on just 4 little points, while a wheeled or tracked vehicle has its weight evenly distributed. It's also slower. To add insult to injury, they can fall over just by tripping them on a cable, you can't do that with a wheeled vehicle. Even its supposed all terrain movement is dubious. How can that 4 legged lumbering machine walk through a forest or rocky terrain? 64.236.121.129 15:37, 5 November 2007 (UTC)