Ground assault vehicle

Ground assault vehicles or GAVs was the designation given to a multitude of armored ground vehicles.

During the Clone Wars, the Balawai militia on Haruun Kal used modified steamcrawlers that were equipped with high-explosive chemical cannons, flamethrowers, and side-mounted high-velocity slugthrowers.^[1]

During the reign of the Galactic Empire, the term received usage as the all-encompassing definition for terrestrial war machines ranging from walkers to repulsorcraft, including subcategories such as Light Assault Vehicles, Heavy Assault Vehicles, Surface Assault Vehicles, Repulsorlift Assault Vehicles, and walker-type.^[2][3]

Appearances

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• Shatterpoint (and unabridged audiobook)
• Empire 16
• Empire 17
• Empire 18
• Empire 29
• Rebellion 1
• "Return to Bundim" — Star Wars Gamemaster Kit (reprinted in Classic Campaigns)
• "Lumiya: Dark Star of the Empire" — Star Wars Galaxy Magazine 3
• X-Wing: Rogue Squadron (and unabridged audiobook)
• "Endgame" — Endgame (Reprinted and collected in The DarkStryder Campaign, Deluxe)
• Crimson Empire 2
• Darksaber (First appearance)

Sources

• Imperial Sourcebook (First mentioned) (First identified as ground assault vehicle and GAV)
• The Rebel Alliance Sourcebook
• The Rebel Alliance Sourcebook, Second Edition
• Star Wars Miniatures Battles Companion
• Imperial Sourcebook, Second Edition
• Heroes & Rogues
• "Repulsortank Battlefield" — Star Wars Adventure Journal 9
• Star Wars: Empire at War: Prima Official Game Guide
• Star Wars: Empire at War: Forces of Corruption Expansion: Prima Official Game Guide
• The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia

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