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Tsmeu-6 personal wheel bike

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Tsmeu-6 personal wheel bike
Production information
Manufacturer

Z-Gomot Ternbuell Guppat Corp.[1]

Model

Tsmeu-6 personal wheel bike[2]

Class

Wheeled/Walker[2]

Cost

15,000 credits[3]

Technical specifications
Length

3.5 meters[1]

Height/depth
  • 2.5 meters (wheel diameter)[1]
  • 3.9 meters (with legs extended)[1]
Maximum speed
  • 330 km/h while rolling[1]
  • 10 km/h while on legs[1]
Armament

nd-53 double laser cannon (1)[1]

Crew

Pilot/gunner (1)[1]

Passengers

1[3]

Cargo capacity

10 kg[3]

Consumables

Fuel: 500 km[1]

Usage
Availability

Licenced[3]

Role(s)
  • Cavalry
  • Motorized infantry
Era(s)

Rise of the Empire era

Affiliation

Confederacy of Independent Systems

[Source]

The Tsmeu-6 personal wheel bike was a Separatist ground craft resembling a giant wheel, with four clawed legs hanging from the sides.

Contents

[edit] Characteristics

Wheel bike control panel.

Originally created as all-terrain military recoinassance vehicle and later adopted by civilians for racing, it could roll on the ground at great speed, crushing enemy soldiers in its path. The legs were engaged whenever the craft needed to climb steep cliffs, especially useful on the sinkhole-filled planet of Utapau.

[edit] History

At least three wheel bikes were stored in the tenth level of Utapau by the separatist forces. General Grievous modified his bike by replacing the passenger seat with a nd-53 double laser cannon. He used his bike while being pursued by Jedi Master Obi-Wan Kenobi, who had been sent on a specific mission—to either capture or kill the General—on a varactyl named Boga.

After a long chase through several tunnels, Obi-Wan got close and jumped onto Grievous's wheel bike. This made Grievous lose control and the wheel bike went into a spin. Both Kenobi and the General were thrown off, and the wheel bike rampaged over the edge of a platform, falling to its destruction.

The young miner Jann Tosh used a 48 Roller wheel bike, which was a later model of this vehicle that was created near the end of the Clone Wars.

[edit] Behind the scenes

The real-life counterpart to the wheel bike is the Monowheel.

[edit] Appearances

[edit] Sources

[edit] Notes and references

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 Star Wars: Complete Cross-Sections
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1  Starships and Vehicles of Revenge of the Sith on Wizards.com (article)
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 The Clone Wars Campaign Guide


Major vehicles of the Confederacy of Independent Systems
Repulsorcraft
Armored Assault Tank - Ground Armored Tank - Heavy Missile Platform
Multi-Troop Transport - Trade Federation troop carrier - Single Trooper Aerial Platform
Heavy Artillery Gun - Multi-Utility Transport - Mechanized Assault Flyer - Droid transport carrier - Super tank
Walkers
OG-9 homing spider droid - Octuptarra combat tri-droid - Tsmeu-6 personal wheel bike - DSD1 dwarf spider droid
Wheeled/tracked
NR-N99 Persuader-class droid enforcer - IG-227 Hailfire-class droid tank - Tsmeu-6 personal wheel bike
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