Every Blaster Used by the Clone Army

[Music] hi friends welcome back to another episode of generation tech my name is alan now the republic had a lot of tools at its disposal that i used to beat bat the scepter destroyed hordes from starships such as the vendor class star destroyer through the imposing att the republic had the big guns it needed for victory but for the men on the ground nothing was more important than the blaster in his hands now the clown troopers were the backbone of the grand army of the republic and they would serve as the main line of defense against the separate destroyed army born on the cloning world of camino and devoted to a life of battle the clones were trained with a handful of different blasters often the clones would be dropped into conflict with nothing but the armor on their backs and a weapon in their hands they used a wide range of blasters from the standard issue dc-15a blaster rifle to the versatile dc-17m interchangeable weapon system the most important attribute of all these blasters was their ability to turn droids into scrap metal the dc15a blaster rifle was the standard issue weapon given to the rank and file clone troopers developed by blastech industries a mainstay in the military-industrial complex of both the republic and the empire the dc-15a was a long rifle design meant for medium to long-range engagements he used tabana gas cartridges for ammunition and had a maximum of 300 shots at high power and 500 shots at low power per cartridge the first drawback of the weapon was that it was quite heavy weighing at around 4.4 kilograms is quite awkward to use and ineffective in close ranges or in cramped spaces another problem with this blaster was that it oftentimes overheated with continuous fire these drawbacks caused many clones to put down the weapon and pick up its smaller cousin the dc-15s blaster carbine however it did outdo its smaller cousin when it comes to utility as it could be equipped with ascension cable scopes and grenade launchers and also packed quite the punch as it burned through b1 battle droids with ease the blaster was expensive and cost around 2 200 republic credits which was a lot more than the e5s being used by their droid foes other than the clones the republic senate guard would also use these weapons in combat of course that doesn't mean much because the senate guard had the combat capability of a porg fighting its way out of a wet paper bag the weapon would continue to see combat beyond the clone wars it was adopted and modified by the perch troopers of the empire into the dc-15le for long-range engagements to take down jedi scum the clones found out pretty quickly that war was quite different from the simulations that they had trained on in camino and quickly they started looking for more mobile platforms that they could use used alongside the dc15a was the dc-15s the smaller carbine became more popular with the clones as the war dragged on it was perfect for close quarter combat such as onboard a starship or creeping through a giant ocean hive the smaller size lightweight and higher rate of fire was alluring to the clones as their real war experience grew the weapon came with a folding stock and it had less problems with overheating due to its lightweight the dt15s could be dual-wielded or used with the shield in the offhand for extra protection it had 500 shots in one cartridge and came with a stun feature to stop a person from fleeing justice cheaper than its larger cousin the 15s was only around a thousand credits which means that you could buy two of the smaller carbines for one of the larger dc 15as it's a good deal considering how the republic almost went bankrupt several times it's not surprising that the dc-15s became much more popular the dc-15s was also given to civilians in resistance fighters during the course of the war such as on christophsis where civilians were attempting to ward off a separatist invasion these however were powered down versions and were not as effective in the hands of the planetary militias and freedom fighters the 15s was utilized as the main blaster for the newly founded galactic empire and served as the predecessor to the e-11 now the reason why the carbine became the preferred weapon was that the large battlefields of the clone wars became more and more rare occurrences when the empire took over so we've talked about the more standard blasters are oftentimes issued to civilians or uh clone troopers now let's look at some more specialized weapons the dc-17 handblaster was also called the commando pistol it was not widely circulated to the clones as the dc-15a and s it was a heavy blaster missile issued to elite clones such as high-ranking officers arc troopers clone commandos and jet troopers the weapon was even smaller and lighter than the 15s and it had the same stopping power as a dc-15a every group that utilized the dc-17 hand blaster had different reasons for carrying it into their respective operations officers liked it because it was compact and easy to carry whereas arc troopers and commandos enjoyed its close quarter battle capabilities and stopping power and jet troopers just wanted something as light as possible for when they're flying around the dc-17 packed a hard punch despite its small size because it had the same internal components as its cousin the dc-17m it also had less recoil and a higher firing rate than even the dc-15s a special variant would be used by arc captain fordo at the battle of munilist and hypori the variant had a suppressor attachment secured onto the muzzle for use in infiltration and other stealth operations the handblaster had an ammo capacity of 50 shots and came with a stun feature which commander wolf used to incapacitate the jedi fugitive asuka tenno the young jedi was lucky that it wasn't commander fox who was banishing the weapon the lethal shots from the dc-17 were hyper ionized to be more effective in wiping out an opposing droid it's one drawback was it was only effective at very close ranges from around 20 to 30 meters the dc-17 was not available for non-military personnel and costs around a thousand credits per unit seven years after the rise of the empire a clone rebellion would spark on camino and the dc-17 would be issued to jet troopers when the empire came to put an end to the clone insurrection arc troopers are awesome and that's why most of our most memorable and favorite clones are generally arc troopers however the arc troopers can be compared to the army rangers and the clone commandos are the delta force of the republic clone commanders were the most elite troops deployed by the gar different from all of their brothers they usually do not see open large-scale battles and were utilized as special forces drop behind enemy lines for sabotage operations the commandos were issued a weapon that had a lot of different uses the dc-17m interchangeable weapon system was one of the most sophisticated weapons seen during the clone wars at three different firing modes available to the user there was the standard rifle blaster the anti-armor grenade launcher and a high-powered sniper rifle setting the standard blaster was an automatic and fired ion pulses with 60 round power packs the grenade launcher was really useful against heavy armor or vehicles that couldn't really be stopped by just the standard blaster the explosive had a 4 meter blaster radius which was excellent at destroying lighter nearby droids the final configuration was the sniper rifle and it had an effective range of 450 meters the electromagnetic targeting scope could zoom from 10 to 20 times and it also featured a five round magazine which was very very high powered rounds the weapon was quite heavy weighing in at about five kilograms but that one small negative does not impact the overall effectiveness of this weapon the dc17m was not attainable by civilians and was produced only for the clone commandos at around 4 500 credits per units surprisingly or maybe not surprisingly hondo anaka's pirate gang did manage to get their hands on some of these dc-17ms the dc-79 would also be used by the empire during its transition period when the clone commanders became imperial commandos salty and finesse are really optional battlefield qualities especially when you have a target rich environment that needs maintenance like a poorly trimmed lawn when your enemy is so kind as to walk slowly towards your position in tightly packed formations the z6 rotary blaster cannon is a clone's best friend also developed by blastech this weapon system would be used for decades however it was most famous while in the hands of clone troopers shouting for the republic the weapon had a very high rate of fire which was perfect at suppressing an entire area but the weapon did have some drawbacks the z6 earned a heavy weapons classification as it weighed up to 16 kilograms it was unwieldy and cumbersome and a clone required specialized training to be able to use it effectively the z68 through ammo as quickly as a hut could eat through an all you can eat baby alien buffet which is not a buffet for baby aliens but a buffet of baby aliens because it's hut space there's like no regulation so you can pretty much do whatever you want there the cannons had a power cartridge of 200 full power shots and the ability to fire at 165 shots per second this meant you could fire the z6 for a full second before needing to reload to circumvent this problem sometimes clones would carry backpack generators to allow it to fire for longer sustained periods another major drawback with the z6 was that the optimal firing position when handheld was usually from the hip the stance made you an obvious and priority target for the enemy to fire upon now the cost of a rotary blaster cannon ranged from around 3 500 credits to 5 500 credits per unit the weapon would have a long life and see many battlefields and conflicts the empire would continue to make use of the z6 and so would the rebellion including rom code as militia during the galactic civil war so those are the main weapons utilized by the gar during the clone wars let me know in the comments section below which one is your favorite also don't forget to subscribe and hit that notification button so you don't miss out on the rest of our awesome content as usual thanks for joining us today if you're watching this you are generation [Music] tech you

Channel: Generation Tech

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Keywords: generation tech, star wars, clone army, grand army of the republic, clone trooper, arc trooper, dc15, dc-15, dc-15a, dc-15s, dc 15a, dc 15s, dc 17m, dc17m, dc-17m, clone commando, republic commando, clone force 99, delta squad, dc 17, clone blaster, z-6, z-6 blaster cannon, Z-6 rotary blaster cannon, clone wars, battle of utapau, obi wan kenobi, clone army arsenal, clone trooper training, jet trooper

Id: 5WR-QyYf7io

Length: 10min 4sec (604 seconds)

Published: Sat Jul 18 2020