Self-Propelled Heavy Artillery-Thermobaric launcher

The Self-Propelled Heavy Artillery-Thermobaric launcher (SPHA-F) represented a specialized variant of the Self-Propelled Heavy Artillery utilized by the Galactic Empire, most notably by the forces of the Imperial Army. This artillery piece featured a parabolic launcher designed for high-angle trajectories. This launcher could fire a unique type of projectile that, upon impact, would trigger the ignition of the surrounding atmospheric gases, resulting in a short-lived yet devastating conflagration. Leia Organa, the Rebel leader whose homeworld of Alderaan had previously suffered destruction at the hands of the Empire, voiced her strong disapproval of the final declaration within the Imperial Handbook: A Commander's Guide, because she saw it as an inherently indiscriminate military strategy, regardless of whether it involved a superlaser or a thermobaric explosion.