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Weapon System Technology

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Weapon System Technology
WST Logo.png
Weapon System Technology logo.
Organizational information

Associations:

Misriah Armory[1][2]

Major role(s):

Military, law enforcement, and civilian arms manufacturer.[3]

Major product(s):

Chronological and political information

Affiliation(s):

United Nations Space Command[3]

 

Weapon System Technology (initialism WST,[2] plural "Weapon System Technologies"), is a human military manufacturer that is the maker of the DTM series of shotguns,[3] various weapon attachments[4] and equipment[5] for the United Nations Space Command, military, civilian market, and law enforcement.[3]

Overview

Research and development

As a result of Misriah Armory's M45 shotgun proving efficient during many MOUT operations during the Insurrection, WST introduced the economical and practical version of the M45E shotgun in the form of the M90A shotgun.[6][7]

Contracts

Weapon System Technology allows Misriah Armory to produce at least one model of the DTM series, the M90A,[1] with Misriah featuring the weapon in advertising.[2]

Advertising and sales

The WST DTM series of shotguns are sold in 20gauge to 10guage in the civilian market, with 8gauge only being sold in law enforcement and military agencies.[3] The M90 Shroud for the Mk50 Sidekick is marketed towards police and self-defence markets.[4]

Products

Weapons

Weapon attachments

Equipment

History

Insurrection

During the Insurrection, as a result of Misriah Armory M45 shotgun proving to be effective, WST introduced the economical and practical version of the M45E shotgun in the form of the M90A shotgun,[6] this eventually lead to the M90 dominating in the military and private sector.[7]

Human-Covenant war

During the Human-Covenant War, around 2552 WST advertised their company round New Mombasa.[2]

Production notes

The name "WST" likely comes from the 1999-era third-person builds of Halo: Combat Evolved, where the shotgun was named the "WSTE-M90 sacs" where the name derived, like all other weapons in the build, from the shotgun in Bungie's Marathon series, the WSTE-M5.[10] The names from said build were all named by Robt McLees.[11]

Gallery

  • A version of their logo.

    A version of their logo.

List of appearances

Sources

  1. ^ a b Halo: Landfall: Arms Race
  2. ^ a b c d Halo 3: ODST, campaign level Mombasa Streets
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j Bungie.net, The M90A Shotgun (Retrieved on Jun 8, 2020) [local archive] [external archive]
  4. ^ a b c d Halo Infinite, Weapon Bench: Mk50 Sidekick - M90 Shroud - Weapon Model Description "Marketed towards the police and self-defense markets."
  5. ^ a b c Halo Infinite, Armor Hall: M10 Tactical Soft Case - Utility Description "Purchased off-the-shelf from a variety of manufacturers."
  6. ^ a b Halo: The Essential Visual Guide, page 177 (Shotgun)
  7. ^ a b Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary, Library (Shotgun)
  8. ^ a b Halo Encyclopedia (2022 edition), page 173
  9. ^ Halo Infinite, Weapon Bench: Mk50 Sidekick - TactiClamp - Weapon Model Description "A frame-mounted, non-reciprocating shroud with accessory rails."
  10. ^ Twitter, Marcus Lehto (@game_fabricator): "Some were asking about all the weapon names in this old #Halo PC build." (Retrieved on May 23, 2021) [archive]
  11. ^ Twitter, Marcus Lehto (@game_fabricator): "Robt McLees named them all. I'm not certain I got the above list 100% correct since it's pretty hard to read the text in this build." (Retrieved on May 23, 2021) [archive]
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