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The RPS-6 rocket launcher was manufactured by Merr-Sonn Munitions, Inc. and used by both the Confederacy of Independent Systems and the Galactic Republic during the Clone Wars as a portable guided/unguided anti-vehicle weapon.
Description
CC-4477 prepares to fire an RPS-6 on Rugosa
The RPS-6 rocket launcher was produced by Merr-Sonn Munitions, Inc. during the time of the Clone Wars. The rocket was capable of destroying vehicles protected by ray shields, but were ineffective against Umbaran mobile heavy cannons.[4]
History
The RPS-6 was used by the Galactic Republic during the Clone Wars.[5] The Royal Naboo Security Forces on the planet Naboo also used the launcher during that time period. Chrin fired one at a droid patrol.[3]
During the Battle of Umbara, members of the 501st Legion carried the RPS-6 and fired them against Umbaran militia vehicles in a frontal assault against an airbase.[4]
CT-7567 used one to destroy an Armored Assault Tank on Kiros.[6]
Later on in the war, Anakin Skywalker paid Hondo Ohnaka to gun-run a supply of the latest RPS-6s to the rebels on Onderon. They were successfully fired against a quartet of Heavy Missile Platform droid gunships.[1]
Clone troopers carried three during the invasion of Scipio. They were used against Hyena-class bombers.[7]
Behind the scenes
The RPS-6 appears in the Star Wars: The Clone Wars multimedia project.
Appearances
Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "Ambush" (First appearance)- Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "Lair of Grievous"
- The Clone Wars: The Valley
- Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "Blue Shadow Virus" (In flashback(s))
- Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "Innocents of Ryloth"
- Star Wars: The Clone Wars: Republic Heroes
- Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "Weapons Factory"
- Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "The Deserter"
- Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "ARC Troopers"
- Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "The General"
- Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "Kidnapped"
- Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "Friends and Enemies"
- Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "Massacre"
- Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "Tipping Points"
- Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "Revival"
- Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "The Jedi Who Knew Too Much"
- Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "Crisis at the Heart"
Sources
- The Official Star Wars Fact File Part 60 HEA 1-4: Clone trooper heavy weapons
Notes and references
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3
Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "Tipping Points"
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Star Wars: The Clone Wars: Republic Heroes
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 The Clone Wars: The Valley
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "The General"
- ↑ Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "Ambush"
- ↑ Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "Kidnapped"
- ↑ Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "Crisis at the Heart"