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Rebel RPG launcher?
Posted: 2004-07-19 05:02pm
by nightmare
This picture came up in
this thread.
While looking for something else, I found the passage in the script that describes above scene:
The TESB Script wrote:EXTERIOR: HOTH -- ICE PLAIN -- SNOW TRENCH -- DAY
Rebel troops carry heavy bazooka-type weapons and position
them along the snow trench. Men hurriedly respond to their
officers' yelled orders and brace themselves against the
rhythmic gusts of bitter-cold wind.
Other troops load power packs into a gun turret and swing
its guns into position.
Does anyone have the description from the novel, so maybe we can determine if this is a "bazooka-type weapon" or not?
Posted: 2004-07-19 07:22pm
by YT300000
Donald F. Glut, The Empire Strikes Back, p. 52 wrote:In the snow trenches, Rebel officers screamed out their orders to make themselves heard above the gale-force winds. Troopers hurried to carry out their commands, running through the snow with heavy bazookalike weapons on their shoulders, and lodging those death rays along the icy rims of the trenches.
If that's it, then it seems to be a blaster weapon. Which is possible. The barrel might be so thick because of cooling devices (like in the BlasTech T-21).
Posted: 2004-07-19 07:51pm
by Master of Ossus
It doesn't look like an RPG launcher, since the back of it is covered and the guy is holding it against his shoulder. It seems to be some type of heavy blaster, instead.
Posted: 2004-07-19 08:47pm
by Knife
Bazooka like; seems more like a physical description of the large tube like barrel than the actual operating characteristics.
Posted: 2004-07-22 12:01am
by nightmare
Suppose it's an anti-tank blaster then?