Ground Armored Tank

"Enemy tanks, to your left!"

- Unnamed clone trooper

Ground Assault Tanks, abbreviated GAT, were light tanks developed by the Confederacy of Independent Systems. They saw high usage during the Clone Wars, often with the larger Armored Assault Tanks. Their light armor made them more agile, promoting a Separatist tank commander, Colonel Ziril Tarridax, to create new tactics with them. As the Galactic Republic built more powerful cannons, however, the light armored GATs became easy prey, and were given to secondary units. The Republic Liberation Army used them extensively during the war.