Browning Munitions Corporation

The Browning Munitions Corporation is a McPsychovillian arms manufacturer which produces many of the weapons used by the McPsychovillian Armed Forces. First created in 1922 following a major economic scare, the BMC, as it is colloquially referred to, is one of the oldest arms dealers in the NationStates world. As a firm in the private sector, it is headed by a board of directors and the incumbent CEO, Dr. Gregory Attwood; however, it supplies the majority of the Armed Forces’ weaponry. While this is not enough to classify it as belonging in the public sector, there are rumours that the BMC are being considered for promotion to becoming a government-sanctioned firm.

The primary source of revenue comes from their numerous families of small arms in production, most notably the sub-machine guns and sniper rifles, which are becoming more and more popular over time. A common feature with all Browning weapons is their stopping power, and it has almost become a trademark of theirs; they made a famous claim that the M81 sniper rifle could stop a charging rhino in its tracks, and while the pistols are no more powerful than others, the M23 assault rifle can penetrate a single layer of Kevlar body armour from up to six hundred feet.

The BMC was founded in 1922 by a self-made millionaire, Arthur Browning, when he bought out the remains of Cell Armaments. Then consisting of one factory and one set of offices for research and development, Browning’s managerial skills, coupled with the excellent research team assembled under Dr. Daphne Wilkins, helped to make Browning into a power within the market. The M11 sub-machine gun was a revelation for it’s time, putting together excellent stopping power with no loss in the rate of fire. However, in combat it proved to be too heavy, and the M12 and M13 models did little to help alleviate the problem.

It was only with the M14 that the problem became less, as polymers were becoming increasingly used within the field. The M14 made use of polymers in components that would not be put under great stress to reduce the weight significantly, but it came at the cost of power. Over the years, the BMC introduced more and more weapons into the market - the assault rifles, the combat shotguns and so on, so forth. In 1990, the BMC’s reputation for providing good, reliable weapons paid off when the Armed Forces commissioned them to supply their troops with assault rifles, shotguns and sidearms, along with anything else they may ask for.

The numerical codes give some people trouble to begin with, as they frequently mistake the Browning M16 sub-machine Gun with the more common M16 assault rifle, utilised by the United States; despite Browning weapons usually being preceded by the letter B. The number codes - i.e. the ‘34’ part of the M34 combat shotgun - give two pieces of information. The first number - in this case the three - signifies what the weapon is, ranging from the anti-armour weaponry, under nine, to the mortars, under seven. The second figure, the four here, gives the number of times the weapon has been redeveloped; the current combat shotgun in use has therefore been upgrade and improved four times in total. Any letters after the numerical code represent any modifications - here, the M34b is a riot shotgun that fires shot capable of greatly reduced damage. The M34c, also, is a variant which fires a substance not unlike rock salt.

Categories of Weapons

• M1 - Sub-machine guns
• M2 - Automatic rifles
• M3 - Shotguns
• M4 - Sidearms
• M5 - Explosive devices
• M6 - Heavy assault weaponry
• M7 - Indirect-firing weaponry
• M8 - Scoped rifles
• M9 - Anti-armour weaponry