Merr-Sonn Munitions, Inc.

Merr-Sonn Munitions, Inc. was an arms manufacturer that was active in the galaxy during the Galactic Civil War. It notably produced the 773 Firepuncher, the versatile MPL-57 grenade launcher, which was developed by the corporation in an effort to widen its market share, the B22 blaster pistol, the Power 5 blaster, the ELG-3A blaster pistol with SoroSuub Corporation, and the RPS-6 rocket launcher with Sienar Fleet Systems. Merr-Sonn also produced numerous explosive devices, including the Class-A thermal detonator, the C-25 and C-35 fragmentation grenades, and the LX-4 proton mine.

In order to avoid treaty restrictions that prevented major galactic corporations from selling arms to the First Order, Merr-Sonn and BlasTech Industries—which previously had been a rival to Merr-Sonn—cynically spun off a subsidiary called Sonn-Blas Corporation, which operated within the Unknown Regions, manufacturing and supplying the majority of the First Order's weapons and building on classic templates that dated back to the Clone Wars in the process. Thanks to Sonn-Blas, BlasTech and Merr-Sonn were able to profit off the rise of the First Order.

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