The DEFINITIVE Breakdown of the AAT (CIS Separatist Tank)

6:00 You mean 10k more then the saber tank

The AAT reminds me of a lot of early tanks; a one man turret with a commander who’s overworked as they have to act as spotter, commander and gunner, a load of machine gunners and a powerful anti-fortification weapon that’s low down and often in an inconvenient mounting that stops it being used in a hull down position.

3:45 “And hopefully close that hatch before some Clone sunk a 3-pointer with a thermal detonator” Best thing I’ve heard all day

The AAT fills me with nostalgia for Episode I and the Battle of Nabboo. The entire climax blew me away as a kid, kicked off with an "Open Fire" from the Droid Captain and the Gungans trusting their shields to hold off the fire from these, now iconic, vehicles

As a War Thunder player: A competent crew would make the AAT an absolute menace. The armament is insane. The shell tubes are like 6 howitzers firing HEAT rounds all aimed by a stabilized hull that can adjust pitch in any direction (like the irl Strv 103). It's more mobile than most walkers (in most practical situations) so it can flank enemies. Hell, you can get the full war thunder experience by having a small proble droid hover above the vehicle providing a third person view and smart smart targeting sensors that show where you're aiming at without the need to look down the sights. Some very simple cheap modifications can make all this possible. If I were a warlord, rebel or any sort of outer rim freelancer I'd want my hands on one.

I like the AAT due to how it's presence in a battlefield is nothing to scoff at, and if it fused with the saber tank, it would be perfect

This is exactly what I've been wanting to see. I'm in the process of designing and scratch building my concept for a rebel ground attack vehicle, this has given me some food for thought.

“And quickly close the hatch invade a clone got a 3 pointer with a thermal detonator” Good line

The C-9979 has to be one of the most efficient frigates in star wars. Every part of the ship does or stores something and in such a way that everything can be automatically and quickly deployed out the front bay. And it looks so cool.

Favorite scene from phantom menace is just the sound effects and scene of the AATs just hammering the Gungan sheilds.

The book with cutaway photos was literally the coolest thing, i loved them so much!

Most people forget, that the holes in the bottom are actually torpedo tubes

Sound design for the Separatists in the clone wars trilogy was hard af, the droids had badass voices, the way the one guy says “viceroy,” their blaster and engine sounds, very hot…

I loved this breakdown! Always enjoyed the design of the AAT, and wish it was shown as anything more than a slow setpiece for the main characters to destroy. But like you said, doesn't matter how thick its armor is when its facing plot based weaponry

0:01 Literally the best scene in Episode One, back then the battle droids sounded cool.

The secondary canon location makes more sense if the "arms" were already a part of the design for the rangefinders. If you have to stick two big armored spaced-off rangefinders on the tank might as well add some (relatively) light firepower.

I never realized how agile Rex is. That was some gymnastics level shit how he climbed that captured ATT.

That opening Salvo is just always so pleasing to watch and listen to

0:01 I was always a little perplexed by the fact that the battle droids would talk to each other. It is even stranger that this droid officer is issuing an order to his troops. So let’s get this straight, the Trade Federation has a control center in orbit, without which the droids will literally stop walking, or even standing. So there is someone (or some computer) on in orbit issuing a command to this officer to issue a verbal command to the other droids, then that same order is sent remotely to the droids to carry out the commands. This is ludicrous.

It looks like the barrel has what I've heard described as a floating barrel design, similar to the Barrett .50 cal antimaterial rifle. In that rifle, the barrel moves backwards with the bolt carrier group to spread the recoil force over a larger area and heavier mass, resulting in recoil being imparted to the user in a slower and more controllable manner. It also allows the use of multiple recoil springs, one around the barrel and at least one for the bolt carrier group itself. Now the AAT most likely doesn't have what we would consider a traditional bolt carrier group (and it doesn't have a station for anyone to manually load shells so it has to be an auto-loading cannon) so there probably aren't any recoil springs or equivalents behind that, but it does look like the barrel itself has some sort of recoil dampening tech and is free-floating.