The Empire, having chosen to force ground troops to advance through the dust storm, suffered severe setbacks on several routes.
Due to the dust storm, the Federation's obstruction can be described as guerilla warfare.
The Federation's rocket mine-laying vehicles played a crucial role in this battle.
Long before humans could pilot mecha in combat, laying mines on the battlefield no longer involved engineers digging and burying them.
The long-range rocket mine-laying vehicles from Bear Continent, which look like a common four-wheel front, eight-wheel back off-road truck seen on Azure Star, weigh over 50 tons when full (according to Azure Star's weight), achieve top speeds of 110 kilometers per hour (on an alien planet's surface), and have a maximum range of 1100 kilometers.
