The ship was first deployed at the Battle of Geonosis and saw many battles in both the Clone Wars and the Galactic Civil War.
Eighty LAAT gunships were carried to insert personnel or cargo to a battlezone. The craft possessed heavy armament for the time including 12 quadruple turbolaser emplacements and can also serve as Star Frigates to support their landing groups. They are capable of operating within atmospheres and of landing on planetary bodies to receive the ground forces and disembark them directly to the battlefield. At the height of the Clone Wars, each of these ships carried over sixteen thousand Galactic Republic Clone troopers into battle. While not a Star Destroyer itself, the 752 meter long Acclamator-class assault ship is a relative of later destroyers.
