RX-200 Falchion-class assault tank

The RX-200 Falchion-class assault tank was a model of heavy anti-aircraft tank employed constructed by Rothana Heavy Engineering for utilization by the Galactic Republic's ground forces during the Clone Wars. Nicknamed the "Stun Tank" for the effects of its primary weapon, the NNJ-40 "Thunderbolt" long-range ion cannon manufactured by Borstel Galactic Defense, its technological capabilities were considered a variant of the Republic's Self-Propelled Heavy Artillery Turbolaser. Its ion cannon, especially effective against battle droids, fired a concentrated beam of energy that drained a target's energy and rendered them useless.

Deep into the Clone Wars, the RX-200 tank saw deployment at the Battle of Malastare, one of the fiercest and longest battles fought during the war, where a number of tanks used their cannons to disable Separatist Alliance air forces. They were later used again to subdue a gargantuan Zillo Beast after the battle, as well as on the planet Coruscant, which led to the creature's eventual death. Being the only remarkable deployments of the RX-200 tanks, despite its utilization from the war's beginning, the tank was seldom called upon throughout the rest of the conflict. But after the Republic was reorganized into the Galactic Empire, the RX-200 tank was employed in the Order of Battle of the Imperial Army, used to support heavy Imperial walkers and protect installations from starfighters and starships.

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