- "The big targets are ours."
- ―Anonymous 2-M unit commander
The 2-M Saber-class repulsor tank, or simply 2-M repulsor tank, was a ground-based fighter tank produced by Rothana Heavy Engineering and used by the Galactic Empire during the Galactic Civil War to combat Rebel armor and infantry.
Description[]
Like the earlier TX-130S and TX-130T tank models, the 2-M tank was outfitted with deflector shields and a repulsorlift drive often augmented by the additional power boosters carried onboard as backup to the main repulsorlift battery. It was armed with a powerful rotating medium laser cannon, an anti-infantry cannon, and dual missile launchers.
History[]
Based on the design of the TX-130T fighter tank, itself an upgraded version of the TX-130 Saber-class fighter tank, the 2-M was designed to counteract Rebel deployment of the T2-B repulsor tank. Initial field tests proved the 2-M was superior to that earlier model.[1][2]
Despite the 2-M's tactical advantage over the Rebel T2-B, their expense and periods of long maintenance led to limited use of the 2-M tank during the Galactic Civil War.[1][2]
A scout variant of this vehicle, the SC2-M Repulsor Tank, was later created.[3]
Appearances[]
- Star Wars: Empire at War (First appearance)
- Star Wars: Empire at War: Forces of Corruption
Sources[]
- Star Wars: Empire at War: Prima Official Game Guide (First mentioned)
- Star Wars: Empire at War: Forces of Corruption Expansion: Prima Official Game Guide
- The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia
- 2-M Repulsor Tank in the Databank (content now obsolete; backup link)
- Forged in Battle
Notes and references[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Star Wars: Empire at War: Prima Official Game Guide
- ↑ 2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 2-M Repulsor Tank in the Databank (content now obsolete; backup link)
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Forged in Battle
- ↑ Star Wars: Empire at War