Advanced Recon Commando heavy gunners (ARC heavy gunners) were the vanguards of the Advanced Recon Commandos, making use of powerful heavy weapons.
An ARC trooper with a PLX-1 portable missile launcher.
Wielding high-powered rapid-firing weapons such as the Reciprocating quad blaster or the Z-6 rotary blaster cannon, they were the scourge of Separatist vehicles. Their specialized armor was equipped with a direct feed from their helmets' HUDs to their heavy weapons, granting them extra targeting capability. Other ARC heavy gunners were equipped with PLX-1 portable missile launchers, DC-15S, V-1 thermal detonators and HX2 antipersonnel mines.
During the Clone Wars, ARC heavy weapon specialists fought on Geonosis, Kamino, Rhen Var and Kashyyyk.
Two ARC heavy gunners during the Battle of Hypori.
A team of gunners assisted the ARC trooper squad during the rescue mission of the Jedi strike force during the Battle of Hypori.
A variation of the ARC heavy gunners were the Rail-class Advanced Recon Commandos. They also wielded Z-6 rotary cannons and were one of the trooper types found among the Anti-troopers after the Declaration of a New Order. Anti-troopers fought Imperial stormtroopers as well as Boba Fett on Kamino.