LAAT/le patrol gunship

The LAAT/le patrol gunship was a model of armored dropship used by the Galactic Republic and Galactic Empire.
==Characteristics==
Designed to replace the LAAT/i in Republic service, the LAAT/le was better suited for operations in urban terrain than the LAAT/i.
== History ==
Introduced during the Clone Wars, The LAAT/le was initially utilised by the Coruscant Security Force, Internal Security Bureau, and Coruscant Guard. Two of these gunships were used on Coruscant by two teams of Coruscant Guard shock troopers led by clone officers Captain Rex and Commander Wolffe and Jedi Anakin Skywalker and Plo Koon to search for Skywalker's former padawan Ahsoka Tano in the lower levels following her escape from the Republic Center for Military Operations.
Around 981 ARR, several patrol gunships were used to escape a doomed Venator-class battlecruiser. They made it to a nearby moon, but the survivors were soon all killed.
One such transport was present with the Imperial forces that occupied the planet Felucia and deployed a contingent of stormtroopers which came under assault by Felucian warriors. The shuttle had landed but the soldiers were killed by Galen Marek when he came to the world to rescue Senator Bail Prestor Organa. Another such shuttle was deployed by the Imperial garrison on Raxus Prime where it discovered Galen Marek. The stormtroopers present in it attempted to kill the Force-user, but were destroyed by the Sith apprentice.
Patrol gunships were used by Imperial forces on Kamino when Starkiller, a stable clone of Jedi Galen Marek, attempted to escape. Afterwards, the gunships were used at Tarko-se on Cato Neimoidia when Starkiller arrived on the planet to free his progenitor's Jedi mentor, Rahm Kota. During the Assault on Kamino, two gunships were used to assault the rebel positions until, as directed by General Rahm Kota, Starkiller used the Force to send TIE Fighters strafing Timira City crashing into the transports.