B1 battle droids disabled by an EMP wave
A brief, yet intense, discharge of electromagnetic energy was known as an electromagnetic pulse, often shortened to EMP. These EMP weapons were frequently employed to incapacitate electronic devices and droids. During the Clone Wars, clone troopers serving in the Grand Army of the Republic made widespread use of them. The bounty hunter 4-LOM, a LOM-series protocol droid, carried a DLT-19 heavy blaster rifle capable of emitting electromagnetic pulses.
