Gunship

"What difference does it make now? The Separatists know we're involved.''" "''I don't disagree with you Anakin, but to send in Republic gunships defeats our purpose."

- Anakin Skywalker and Obi-Wan Kenobi debate the Onderonian Civil War

A gunship was a class of vessel used by military forces, usually as a troop transport. During the Clone Wars, the Republic Army often made use of the Low Altitude Assault Transport, also called the Republic attack gunship. Its light cousin, the LAAT/le gunship, was used as a patrol craft for police forces on Coruscant and other worlds.