Rebel army The rebel army , also known as the Alliance army , was a military branch containing the ground forces of the Alliance to Restore the Republic . Ranking members of the Rebel army could be identified by a pips with green markings . Eventually , it was replaced by the New Republic army . History . The rebel army was the ground forces of the Alliance to Restore the Republic , which had been founded by Mon Mothma in 2 BBY to organize the various rebel cells and factions scattered across the galaxy . In 0 BBY , General Davits Draven assigned various rebel ground units including a platoon of Special Forces marines led by Lieutenant Taidu Sefla and the Pathfinders to support Operation Fracture depending on what happened on Jedha . Members of the Special Forces ' Extraction Team Bravo later rescued Jyn Erso from the Imperial prison on Wobani . Alliance ground forces including the unsanctioned Rogue One squad later saw action during the Battle of Scarif . Rebel ground forces including the Sixty - First Mobile Infantry or " Twilight Company " saw action against General Maximillian Veers ' elite Blizzard Force during the Battle of Hoth in 3 ABY . Rebel infantry , artillery , and snowspeeders fought in the defense of Echo Base but were overwhelmed by Blizzard Force ' s AT - AT walkers . Twilight Company also saw action during several campaigns of the Galactic Civil War including the Mid Rim Retreat , Operation Ringbreaker , and the Siege of Inyusu Tor . During the Mid Rim Retreat , the Bitter Pill Company , Twenty - First company , and the aquatic Sixty - Eighth Infantry were deployed in various diversionary actions against the Imperial Army . During the Battle of Endor , General Han Solo led a strike team to Endor to disable the second Death Star ' s shield generator . Solo ' s strike team forged an alliance with local Ewok tribes and succeeded in storming the Imperial base and destroying the shield generator . This turned the tide of the battle against the Empire , leading to the death of Emperor Palpatine and Darth Vader . The morning after the Battle of Endor , General Solo led the Pathfinders on an attack against an Imperial outpost on the far side of Endor . Though the Pathfinders and their Ewok allies eliminated the Imperial holdout , Solo warned that the war was far from over . Solo later led the Pathfinders on a raid against an Imperial Security Bureau black site at the Wretch of Tayron . As a result of the raid , the Alliance obtained intelligence about the Emperor ' s posthumous . In the months following the Battle of Endor , the Rebel army transitioned into the New Republic ' s army as the Alliance took steps to restore the Republic . Organization . Army troopers . The rebel army was composed of a variety of different soldiers and mercenaries . The Imperial occupations of many species ' homeworld s resulted in an abundance of warriors native to those worlds to enlist in the rebel army . Such warriors included Drabatan Saboteur s , Iakaru Warrior s , Wookiee Warrior s , and Gigoran Fighter s . The rebel trooper was one of the standard types of trooper used by the army . Elite units . The rebel army maintained several elite troopers for their operations . Such troopers included the Ithorian Infiltrator , the Bufopel Protector , the Rebel pathfinder , the Rebel Commando the Rebel Honor Guard and the Rebel Marine . Environment . The rebel army maintained several troopers that specialized in a specific environment , such as the Cold - weather Soldier and the Desert Soldier . Specialized . The army of the Alliance was composed of a wide array of specialized soldiers that specialized in certain weapons , missions , or tactics . For heavy ordnances , the Alliance ' s army employed the Heavy Soldier , the Cold - weather Heavy Soldier , the Heavy Desert Soldier , the Rebel Vanguard , the Quarren Heavy Gunner , the Sullustan Demolition , and the Special - weapons flamethrower . The army also utilized jetpack - equipped soldiers such as the Jetpack Trooper , the Arctic Jetpack Trooper , the Desert Jetpack Trooper , the Forest Jetpack Trooper , the Ishi Tib Jetpack Trooper , and the rocket - jumper . The army also made use of several types of sniper - equipped troopers , including the Rebel Marksman , the Rodian Sniper , and the Sullustan Recon Sharpshooter . The rebel army also had mounted troopers , which consisted of the Bantha Rider and the Tauntaun Rider . Mercenaries . To bolster their forces , the army ' s mercenaries consisted of Dowutin Hunter s , Fathier Rider s , Gamorrean Warrior s , Luggabeast Munitioneer s , Tognath Marksmen , and Twi ' lek Incinerator s . Other . Combat engineer s were also used by the rebel army , and specialized in engineer ing operations on the battlefield . Vehicles and machinery . The vehicles of the rebel army originated from varied sources . In addition to their own vehicles , the rebel army obtained several that dated back to the Clone Wars to both the Galactic Republic and the Confederacy of Independent Systems , and the army also supplemented its forces with stolen Imperial vehicles such as the All Terrain Armored Transport , the All Terrain Scout Transport , the AT - DT , and the TX - 225 GAVw " Occupier " combat assault tank . Clone Wars - era vehicles included the Republic ' s All Terrain Tactical Enforcer , the All Terrain Recon Transport , the AT - AP Walker , and the Confederacy ' s Armored Assault Tank and IG - 227 " Hailfire " - class droid tank . In addition , the the Clone Wars - era and Imperial vehicles were supplemented by the army ' s Arrow - 23 , Heavy Tracker , Freerunner , Ultra - Light Assault Vehicle , Juggernaut , T2 - B Repulsor Tank , MLC - 3 light tank , the Endor Forest Ranger , the 74 - Z speeder bike , and the T - 47 airspeeder . In addition , the rebel army also heavily modified vehicles to better suit their purposes . Several of these modified vehicles included the Elite AT - TE , the Anti - Vehicle Skiff , and the Cold - weather Hailfire Droid . Also in its arsenal , the army utilized stationary artillery pieces . Such weapons included the 1 . 4 FD P - Tower , the DF . 9 turret placement , the V - 232 artillery emplacement , the V - 120 artillery emplacement , and the v - 150 Planet Defender . Weapons and equipment . The rebel army was well equipped with a variety of infantry weapons such as blaster rifle s , which included the A280 blaster rifle , the A280C blaster rifle , the A - 300 blaster rifle , the A280 - CFE blaster , the A - 300 blaster rifle , the A310 rifle , the DH - 17 blaster rifle the E - 5C , and at times the stolen E - 11 blaster rifle . Members of the rebel army also used the DH - 17 blaster pistol , the A180 pistol , the DLT - 20A laser rifle , the M - 45 repeating ion blaster , the Vulk TAU - 6 - 23 " Blastmill " rotary blaster cannon , the Z - 6 rotary blaster cannon , and the Mark II medium repeating blaster cannon . For heavy ordnance , the rebel army was equipped with the PLX - 1 , the RPS - 6 rocket launcher , the HH - 12 rocket launcher , and the Smart Rocket .