Slighty smaller than the DL-18, it is just as popular. The second most common pistol in service, it is prefeered by fighter pilots, tank crews and others that need a slightly more compact weapon, the Merr-Sonn M44 is top qualtiy pistol, easily equal in build and reliabilty to it's BlasTech competitor.
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Doing for handguns what the BT EKX-10 and the M-S M-435 is doing
for shoulder arms, the M-434 DeathHammer froom Merr-Sonn is a very
popular pistol with prfessionals. Rumored to be in service with the
Emperor's personal Royal Gaurds, it has a capacity only slightly lower
than that found in the DL-44, with the longer range normally associated
with light pistols, yet with the power of a full sized rifle. It also
has another major selling point: no quirks. Period. It is totally
reliable under normal conditions, vacume, under water, and even has
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The Merr-Sonn SX-451 is one of the premier heavy sniper rifles on
the market today, it is closer to a piece of light artillery than it is to a
personal weapon. The mission of the SX-451 is to destroy materiel,
vehicles and crew served weapons from a distance, usually outside of the
enemy's perimeter. It is also being used by law enforcement authorities to
neutralize armed criminals who have taken cover behind cover capable of
stopping a lesser shot, to destroy explosive devices where they lay and to
disable a felon's escape vehicle. Having the range and power of the famous
E-WEB heavy repeating blaster, the SX-451 is not a small weapon, nearly
two meters long and 15kg in weight, making unsuitable for all but a few,
specialized, select missions. For transportability, the rifle breaks down into
four pieces (barrel and scope, bipod, action, and stock), and packs into a
case or a specially built packframe. Reassembly take about a minute, with
no special tools, just a credit chip, screwdriver or similar item. The scope
is built under license from BlasTech, as it utilizes the thermal, UV and
passive light enhancement composite image systems found in the
Sharpshooter V, while improving on the haze and smoke filters.
Unfortunately, due to the power, the capacitors in the trigger group must
be quite powerful, but compact for portability. The trade off with this is a
20 second recharge time on the firing mechanism. But all things
considered, you really don't need to hit a target twice for it to stay still. The companion longarm of the new M-434 DeathHammer pistol, the DeathSledge
is actually meant to be a basic grunt rifle. At this time,however, it is
seeing service mostly as a sharpshooter and marksman's rifle. It has the longer
range normally associated with less powerful weapons, the throughput of the
famous A280 and is tougher than a pourstone brick, topped with an excellent,
passive light enhancing scope. The only real drawbacks are the price (and
this is due to the cutting edge technology incorporated in the weapon) and the
energy consumption rate. This last is unavoidable at this time, but later
variants of the design expect to improve in this area as the technology
involved improves. Personally, I think the price is well worth it. The only
rifle on the market that comes close to the M-435 in all areas is the BlasTech
EKX-10. Definantly a rarified circle.
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The F-93 is one of the heaviest flamethrowers available for personal
carry and operation. It consists of the traditional pack-mounted tanks, but
the weapon itself is constructed more like a rifle, complete with stock and
holographic reflexive sight. Using a new formula of Liquid Plastic-Fire
(LPF), it is one of the few, if the only, truly all terrain incinerators
available. Composed of magnesium-oxide and thermite suspended in a
semi-liquid, hydrocarbon based gel, this fuel provides its own oxygen,
making the possibility of vacuum and underwater operations a strong one.
(However, to the best of Merr-Sonn's, and this writer's, knowledge no one
has been brave enough to try it out, meaning no one know if it actually
works. If anyone actually does so (in combat), and has a confirmable
visual recording of the incident, Merr-Sonn will give them a 75,000cr
salary (plus expenses) to become a the spokesperson for the design.) This
high viscosity, along with incredibly high tank pressures, make this one of
the few incinerators that can hit anything much beyond the range of a
thrown shockball.
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The MS GL-4 is a popular weapon in Imperial service. It adapts
the electro-magnetic railgun technology of old to fire a hand grenade. It is
a large, single shot, shoulder weapon. To load it, one first trips the barrel
release, and inserts an ARMED impact fused hand grenade. Obviously,
loading the grenade backwards or dropping it are really bad ideas. This is
the origin of the camp that considers the GL-series to be death traps. Still,
it does provide more versatility with stock hand grenades, without having
to modify them, such as with the MilTech Adapters. It has been seen in
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The MS GL-7 is a new weapon entering Imperial service. It has
modified the design of the GL-4 into a design that can be fitted under a
blaster rifle or carbine barrel. It is gradually being moved into the
Stormtrooper legions, especially the specialized ones. The drawback to it
is the slower capacitor recharge time, which is about 50% greater than on
the GL-4
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The Merr-Sonn Trooper is a simple, realitvely unimaginative design, using the time honored pump-action method of placing fresh projectiles in the chamber. It uses a three round tubular magazine of 25mm grenades, which parallels the stubby barrel. Short enough to be fitted under the barrel of the E11/Stormtrooper 1 series of blaster rifles, these were origionally marketed to the Empire as a squad-level support weapon for Stormtroopers. So far, the orders of these weapons have been limited, with more going to the Army and Intelligence than anywhere else.
Merr-Sonn M-434 DeathHammer
Merr-Sonn SX-451 Heavy Sniper Rifle
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Merr-Sonn M-435 DeathSledge
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Merr-Sonn Whisper
A very effective rifle, the Merr-Sonn Whisper fires a heavy, 11.62mm diameter,
subsonic round. Fitted with a baffle type sound suppresser and match grade
construction, it has many advantages over the typical sniper's blaster.
The first is near total silence and no optical signature. This is because
the suppresser also acts to contain the muzzle flash associated with there
primitive weapons. Using a primitive, turn-bolt action, it has proven it's
worth on several occasions in the hands of His Majesty's Royal Guard, in
neutralizing several threats to His royal life without creating a major
public disturbance. It has been used by the "red men" for several years
as a counter-sniper's weapon, as His Majesty wishes not to panic the good
and loyal citizens of the galaxy, nor to support the Criminal Rebellion
by advertising their cowardly attempts on his life.
Merr-Sonn F-93 Flame Thrower
Merr-Sonn GL-4 Grenade Sling
type: grenade sling
Merr-Sonn GL-7 Grenade Sling
type: grenade sling
Merr-Sonn Trooper Minigrenade Launcher
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