HAVw A6 Juggernaut

The **HAVw A6 Juggernaut**, also known as the **A6 Juggernaut**, **Clone turbo tank**, or **HAVw A6 heavy assault vehicle**, was an upgraded version of the HAVw A5 Juggernaut.

## Characteristics

The A6 Juggernaut model was larger than its predecessor. It measured 30.4 meters in height and 49.4 meters in length. Its interior space was greatly increased to allow for up to three hundred troopers and equipment, a complement of close support craft such as speeder bikes and light airspeeders, or a mix of both. A combination of twelve crew members were required to pilot and control the massive vehicle, although with an automation package, that requirement could be reduced to just two pilots.

With thick, thermally superconducting armor (capable of absorbing enemy fire and dispersing heat over a wide area) and a heavier load, the A6 Juggernaut could only achieve 160 kilometers per hour, and the turning issues of the A5 model were magnified with the A6. The slowness required for negotiating turns encouraged the A6's use on open terrain rather than urban battlefields.

Weapons systems were also upgraded to include a heavy laser cannon turret, a rapid repeating laser cannon, two medium antipersonnel laser cannons, two twin antipersonnel blaster cannons, and two turreted projectile launchers, loadable with variable-yield concussion grenades for close support or missiles added for anti-armor firepower. Missile range was 30km. Against an unshielded target, a Juggernaut could deliver the heat of a nuclear bomb into a small area.

From a small pod above the vehicle's back, a spotter kept lookout for enemy forces. Though there was a large view of the area, he was an easy target for hostile troops. This observation mast could be retracted when not in use.

## History

One Juggernaut was used by the Second Union on Rugosa in around 6 ABY. It was used to defend the Second Union convoy trying to find the moon's last known water which was located in a cup inside the Grail Temple. On the way, there was an ensuing fight on the Juggernaut. As Indiana Jones was busy fighting Colonel Ernst Vogel on the top of the vehicle, his allies Boba Fett and IG-11 dealt with the other forces of the convoy, with Fett escaping from inside the Juggernaut. The Juggernaut was destroyed shortly after the Juggernaut pilot and copilot were indirectly killed by a Second Union soldier knocked unconscious by Fett. With nobody at the controls, the Juggernaut drove aimlessly off a nearby cliff, killing everyone aboard except Indiana Jones.

Another was used as part of a Union military convoy on Tatooine in around 9 ABY, being escorted by three Bantha-II cargo skiffs, two K79-S80 Imperial Troop Transports, and four Second Union soldier-driven 74-Z Speeder Bikes. However, while crossing the Dune Sea, the convoy was attacked by Daimyo Boba Fett in his ship, *Slave I*, resulting in the destruction of the entire convoy, the juggernaut included. That same year, Juggernauts were one of a number of Clone Wars-era Galactic Republic vehicles being used by the Restored Empire faction of the Imperial Remnants.

## Appearances

* The Sacred Water of Rugosa (First appearance)
* Invaders on Their Land
* *Star Wars: Veers*