The IG-227 Hailfire-class droid tank, also known as the IG-227 Hailfire Tank, hailfire droid, wheel droid, or simply Hailfires, was a model of droid tank manufactured by Haor Chall Engineering that was used by the InterGalactic Banking Clan and Confederacy of Independent Systems during the Clone Wars as well as the Alliance to Restore the Republic during the Galactic Civil War.
Before the Clone Wars kicked off, Hailfire droids were used across the Galaxy by the Muuns of the Intergalactic banking clan’s “collections and security” division, to punish customers who failed to pay their debts on time. Because of this, some of the Clone’s Bred on Kamino were specifically trained and conditioned to memorise every single function and operation of these droids, so that they could take them down with ease. So, who were these elite clone troopers? Let’s find out.
Because the Clone Army were being absolutely torn to shreds by hailfire droids early in the war and whole platoons of clone troopers were being eliminated at once, the Jedi council very quickly mobilised their specially trained hailfire clone troopers and readied them for battle.