The Umbaran hover tank was a high tech armored assault vehicle made by the Umbaran people and used by them during the Battle of Umbara.
Description[]
The Umbaran hover tank was a single-pilot vehicle built around an armored control pod flanked by twin conducting vanes that each housed an electromagnetic plasma cannon capable of decimating entire platoons of enemy troops with a single blast. The conducting vanes rotated and split open to serve as landing struts when the vehicle was powered down in a docked configuration.[1] Although its cockpit was armored, its vanes were vulnerable to AT-RT fire.[4]
History[]
The Umbaran militia deployed these vehicles during the Battle of Umbara. It caused many casualties to the Republic forces.[4] Thanks to the Umbaran alliance with the Confederacy of Independent Systems, the tank fell into the hands of the Separatist Droid Army.[3] These tanks caused heavy casualties though some were destroyed by AT-RTs.[4] A Jedi Knight hijacked one of them and used them to destroy 4 Umbaran mobile heavy cannons.[5]
Appearances[]
- Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "Darkness on Umbara" (First appearance)
- Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "The General"
- Star Wars: Clone Wars Adventures — "Battle of Umbara"
Sources[]
- "Darkness on Umbara" - The Clone Wars Episode Guide on StarWars.com (content now obsolete; backup link)
- "The General" - The Clone Wars Episode Guide on StarWars.com (content now obsolete; backup link)
- Umbaran crawler tank in the Encyclopedia (content now obsolete; backup link)
- Umbaran hover tank in the Encyclopedia (content now obsolete; backup link) (First identified as Umbaran hover tank)
- Umbarans in the Encyclopedia (content now obsolete; backup link) (Mentioned only)
Notes and references[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 Umbaran hover tank in the Encyclopedia (content now obsolete; backup link)
- ↑ Umbaran crawler tank in the Encyclopedia (content now obsolete; backup link)
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Umbarans in the Encyclopedia (content now obsolete; backup link)
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "Darkness on Umbara"
- ↑ Star Wars: Clone Wars Adventures — "Battle of Umbara"