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The All Terrain Tactical Enforcer (AT-TE) is a multipurpose military ground walker and tank used by the Dark Angels Army. It has six legs, six laser cannon turrets along the body, and a heavy projectile mass-driver cannon on the top of the walker.
Specifications/Overview
Design
The All Terrain Tactical Enforcer is a low-built vehicle that features six articulated legs for propulsion. Its body consisted of two armored halves that are connected by a flexible concertina section (also housing the walker's power generators), which increase the walker's mobility on the field. Because its legs are low to the ground, the walker has a relatively low top speed, but it also enjoys greater stability. As its name suggests, the AT-TE is suitable for traversing all types of planetary surfaces and vertical cliffs as its footpads are equipped with terrain sensors and tractor-field generators. Not only is it able to climb sheer surfaces, it can also scale certain metal surfaces thanks to its ability to magnetize its feet. Furthermore, the walker is capable of surviving in the vacuum of realspace as it is able to be pressurized.
Weapons/Armament
The AT-TE's most powerful weapon is a single Firefont 04 Mass-Driver Cannon located on the vehicle's dorsal surface, which gives the walker the purpose as a mobile artillery vehicle as well as a tank. In addition to bombarding fixed positions, the mass driver can be used to shoot down slow-moving aircraft as well as intercept incoming rocket fire. Four smaller ball-turret Maad-21 Heavy Laser Cannons are mounted at the front, and two others at the rear, to defend the AT-TE from infantry and light vehicles. The hexapod's armor can easily deflect small arms fire, and its conductive material spreads the heat from weapons fire to minimize penetration. The AT-TE is also well-shielded against electromagnetic pulse and ion weaponry. However, the armor can be pierced by tanksmasher rockets, which can result in the destruction of the vehicle's complex propulsion mechanisms.
Because the walker has a big target profile, it is protected by ray shields and particle shields to increase its survivability.
Crew
The walker's crew consists of a pilot and a spotter seated in a forward compartment, four gunners/support crew, two each seated in the forward and rear hull sections, and a turret gunner who sits exposed atop the walker to operate the mass-driver cannon. The spotter uses a rangefinder periscope to select targets and coordinate the fire of the gunners, who operate their weapons via targeting controls. The standard version of the AT-TE can seat five squads or 20 troopers split between the forward and rear sections. Acceleration compensators beneath their seats help keep the troopers in place with seat restraints as backup in case of system failure. Some variants also carry smaller All Terrain Reconnaissance Transports or BARC Speeders in their rear hold, and some variants had a command center in the rear instead which was usually used as a mobile command center.