This is going to be a versus between the Republic Turbo Tank known as the Juggernaut and the
Imperial All Terrain Armored Transport Walker, also known as the AT AT walker.
The HAVw A6 Juggernauts were heavily armored turbo tank transports used by the Republic
during the Clone Wars.
Their main purpose in battle was to essentially bust through heavily fortified enemy lines
with sheer firepower and speed, and to then unload hundreds of troopers at once at the
designated positions.
Although they were very effective in achieving this goal in battle, they could only be used
in limited environments.
Due to their massive size and lowness to the ground, the Juggernauts had a hard time traversing
through closed terrain, like dense forests and cities.
As a result they were mainly used on places that had wide open terrain like massive beaches
or large deserts.
After the Clone Wars, the newly formed Imperial Military pushed the Juggernauts aside in favor
of walkers that were capable of traversing a greater variety of terrain.
Many Juggernauts were refurbished and modified to be used as prisoner transports.
A few were still kept active in the military and were used mainly in the Outer Rim on wide
open planets like Hoth.
Like with many Clone Wars era vehicles, some Juggernauts fell into the hands of the Rebel
Alliance who modified them to better serve them in battle, making them one of the largest
land vehicles in the Rebel Army.
After the Galactic Civil War, a few Juggernauts were still actively used by Imperial warlords
within their dwindled armies, but past that it didn’t seem many of them were used anywhere
else.
The All Terrain Armored Transport walkers, simply referred to as AT-AT walkers, were
one of the most iconic and powerful walkers used by the Galactic Empire.
The first generation of these walkers were used in the later years of the Clone Wars
as a means to test their effectiveness, but they saw very limited use overall during the
war.
The final design of the AT ATs was brought into the full service of the Imperial Military,
with their main purpose being to transport troops and to punch holes through fortified
enemy lines, sort of like the Juggernaut but in a much slower and scarier fashion.
Initially they were almost invincible in combat, wiping out everything in their path.
Their reputation in battle brought immense fear into the enemies of the Empire, with
some entire armies surrendering mid battle at just the sight of these walkers alone.
And that’s no surprise, as the Walkers were intentionally designed to spark fear among
their enemies, with their almost beast like appearance.
Overtime however those that fought the Empire, specifically the Rebels, found unique ways
to bring down these war machines, as seen in the Battle of Hoth.
But even then, taking down these walkers was a huge struggle and still cost devastating
losses.
After the battle of Endor, AT ATs were still used effectively by the Imperial Remnant,
with a few even falling into possession of the New Republic.
The HAVw A6 Juggernauts were created around 22 years before the battle of Yavin.
They required a crew of 20 men with 8 of them serving as gunners, and it could carry from
50 to 300 troopers depending if its carrying any other equipment.
For armament, they had 1 heavy laser cannon turret, 1 rapid repeating heavy laser cannon,
2 Medium anti-personnel laser cannons, 2 Twin blaster cannons, and 2 retractable Rocket
launchers on the sides.
It was said that a single Juggernaut was capable of blasting enough firepower to output the
heat of a nuclear bomb, which would make it’s firepower be almost equal to a single heavy
turbolaser seen on star destroyers.
The Juggernauts were armored with thick, thermally superconducting armor, which allowed for the
turbo tank to disperse enemy fire throughout its entire hull without having specific parts
of it take too much damage from a single hit.
Though due to how low they were the ground, they were vulnerable to mines.
They also had a max speed of 160 kilometers per hour, or close to 100 miles per hour.
The final design of the AT-AT walkers was created a year before the Battle of Yavin,
so 1 BBY.
They required a crew of 3 men and 2 deck officers, and could carry up to 40 troops and 5 speeder
bikes.
For armament, they had 2 linked heavy laser cannons and 2 medium repeating blasters.
For Armor, they contained heavy durasteel armor that was impervious to all forms of
weaponry but the heaviest of artillery.
Though they did have some weak spots, like the neck and underbelly, which could be penetrated
by an expertly shot missile from a rocket launcher.
The long legs of the walker also showed a weakness, being used to trip the entire AT
AT in battle as seen in Hoth.
They had a max speed of 60 kilometers per hour, or around 37 miles per hour.
Though to achieve this max speed, the walker would have to essentially divert all of its
power to its movement, resulting in it not being able to fire as powerful blasts from
its cannons as it could otherwise.
But that goes to pretty much all other vehicles in star wars, including the Juggernaut, where
to achieve the maximum power in one part of the vehicle, it must subtract the power from
another aspect of the vehicle.
Anyway, for this battle the crews of both vehicles will be of equal competence and training,
as this is a versus between the two vehicles and not the soldiers within them.
Okay so for the first fight let's say that both the Juggernaut and AT AT walker are facing
each other at a distance of about 100 feet.
And all they have to do is just fire upon each other with all of their weapons and the
last one standing will be declared the winner.
So who would win?
Well the Juggernaut would surely be able to tank a good amount of direct hits from the
AT AT walker, before finally being disabled and eventually destroyed.
It’s heavily armored, but not so much to where it’s invincible.
Its heavy armor would just buy it some time.
The real question is would the AT AT walker be able to completely tank all of the Juggernaut’s
firepower?
In the sense that would it just brush off all of the hits and just go on with its attack
on the turbo tank, or would the walker’s armor eventually start to wear down and finally
lead to its destruction?
It seems that really only the Juggernaut’s heavy laser cannon turret, rapid repeating
heavy laser cannon and rocket launchers would be able to do any real damage to the AT AT,
as the other weapons were more for ground troops and smaller vehicles.
But then again even those may not even cause a scratch on the walker, as we’ve all seen
that the AT-TE’s main mass driver cannon couldn’t even penetrate the AT AT’s defenses
on its forward armor.
And although it’s true that in that scenario that mass driver cannon was probably not at
full power due to the walker’s deterioration over its long use, the cannon still did pack
a punch even when not at max power.
So in that case, the Juggernaut’s heavy cannons and rockets would probably either
do no damage or very little damage to the AT AT walker’s forward armored defenses.
Meaning that the turbo tank would be disabled and destroyed way before the Imperial walker
in this scenario where they are essentially parked right in front of each other.
The next scenario will be having the two vehicles be placed at a great distance from each other,
to where their weapons are out of range, forcing them to move towards one another.
The terrain will be plain and open.
Now in this scenario it would be possible for the Juggernaut to flank the AT AT walker
and to try to attack its weak points from the side, particularly its neck with its heavy
cannons or rockets.
With the Juggernaut being almost 3 times faster than the AT AT, it would easily be able to
flank the walker.
The question now is would the Juggernaut be able to flank the walker in time before the
AT AT could destroy it as it gets close enough and in range of the AT AT’s cannons.
Would it be able to take enough hits as it moves toward the side of the walker.
If it can, then the Juggernaut would have a great chance of destroying the AT AT once
it gets close enough from the side and has a open view of the neck.
But then again the walker is able to turn around quite quickly, adjusting its body and
head in a means to cover its weak point.
So in this case it's possible we would be seeing the walker constantly turning itself
around in an attempt to protect its neck, while the Juggernaut circles around it making
shots at the neck at every chance it gets.
In this case it’s up in the air with who would win, but in our opinion if the Juggernaut
is able to completely flank the AT AT in time and is able to get close enough to it, then
it should have a greater chance of destroying it if it is able to land a critical blow to
the neck before the walker has a chance to turn around.
Otherwise the AT AT may be able to destroy the Juggernaut before it even gets close enough
to flank the walker, as the walker would just keep turning around and aligning its forward
defenses toward the juggernaut and making shots at its main body until the turbo tank
finally gets destroyed.
And in our last scenario we would have the two vehicles fight in a closed environment,
like a dense forest.
In this scenario the AT AT would have the advantage, as it would be able to traverse
the environment with relative ease, while the Juggernaut would have trouble making all
the necessary twists and turns as it attempts to move its massive body through the narrow
trees and over the obstacles on the ground.
In this case the AT AT could eventually position itself over the Juggernaut where none of its
weak points are in sight and just open fire onto the turbo tank as it desperately tries
to escape from its closed off space, resulting in the Juggernaut being overwhelmed and eventually
being destroyed as it has no means of a quick escape.
Remember this is all our opinion based on the information provided.
Let us know if you agree or disagree with our outcomes in the 3 scenarios, and let us
know why!