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'''Acme Widgets''' produced the ''[[J-27 Ordnance Transport]]'' on [[Zollikofen]] for use by various [[Inner Sphere]] militaries.
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'''Acme Widgets''' produced the [[J-27 Ordnance Transport]] on [[Zollikofen]] for use by various [[Inner Sphere]] militaries.
  
 
==Overview==
 
==Overview==
Acme Widgets' only product was the ''J-27 Ordnance Transport'', which it sold primarily to the [[Star League Defense Force]] for little longer than a decade. It is assumed that the company also sold the ordnance carrier to most, if not all, of the Inner Sphere and [[Periphery]] nations as it became a common sight within their militaries as well. Interestingly enough though, the turmoil of the [[Star League]]'s decline was not responsible for the company going out of business as its existence ended three years prior to the [[Amaris coup]].<ref name=SL82>''The Star League'', p. 82, ''(date of Amaris's Coup)''</ref> For unspecified reasons, Acme Widgets discontinued its primary factory on [[Zollikofen]] in [[2763]], which in-turn halted production of the J-27 Ordnance Transport.<ref name=TRO3039-18>''Technical Readout: 3039'', p. 18, "Produced J-27 on Zollikofen"</ref>
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Acme Widgets' only product was the J-27 Ordnance Transport, which it sold primarily to the [[Star League Defense Force]] for little longer than a decade. It is assumed that the company also sold the ordnance carrier to most, if not all, of the Inner Sphere and [[Periphery]] nations as it became a common sight within their militaries as well. For unspecified reasons, Acme Widgets discontinued its primary factory on Zollikofen in [[2763]], which in-turn halted production of the J-27 Ordnance Transport.<ref name=TRO:3039p18/>
  
 
==Manufacturing==
 
==Manufacturing==
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==References==
 
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==Bibliography==
 
==Bibliography==
*''[[Technical Readout: 3039]]''  
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[[Category: Manufacturing Centers|Acme Widgets]]
 
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[[Category: Terran Hegemony Corporations]]
 
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Revision as of 10:34, 3 May 2024

Acme Widgets
Corporation Profile
Dissolution year2763[1]
AffiliationTerran Hegemony
HeadquartersZollikofen[1]
LeadershipCEO
Product(s)Combat Vehicles

Acme Widgets produced the J-27 Ordnance Transport on Zollikofen for use by various Inner Sphere militaries.

Overview

Acme Widgets' only product was the J-27 Ordnance Transport, which it sold primarily to the Star League Defense Force for little longer than a decade. It is assumed that the company also sold the ordnance carrier to most, if not all, of the Inner Sphere and Periphery nations as it became a common sight within their militaries as well. For unspecified reasons, Acme Widgets discontinued its primary factory on Zollikofen in 2763, which in-turn halted production of the J-27 Ordnance Transport.[1]

Manufacturing

Acme Widgets had a manufacturing center on the following planet:

Zollikofen

Components produced on Zollikofen:[1]
Component Type
Vehicles
J-27 Ordnance Transport[1] Tracked Vehicles
ICE
50 ICE J-27[1]
Armor (BattleMechs & Combat Vehicles)
StarSlab/1 J-27[1]
Communications System
Tandy A-100 J-27[1]
Machine Gun
Sperry Browning J-27[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 Technical Readout: 3039, p. 18: "Produced J-27 on Zollikofen"

Bibliography