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| headquarters = Hera ([[Bithinia II]])<ref name=H:HLp133>''Handbook: House Liao'', p. 133: "Bithinian Ballistics"</ref>
| leadership = [[CEO of Bithinian Ballistics|CEO]]
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By [[3067]], '''Bithinian Ballistics''' was the [[Capellan Confederation]]'s largest producer of autocannons for [[BattleMechs]] and other combat units. They had held this title since the [[Second Succession War]].<ref name=H:HLp133/>

==Overview==
Bithinian Ballistics chose to build its [[autocannon]] factory alongside a large refinery. While convenient for production, it made for awkward defense. The refinery complex was extensive and reinforced enough to make an ideal base for any invader wanting to take the nearby ballistics plant.<ref>''Objective Raids'', p. 142: "Bithinian Ballistics Profile"</ref> Security for the facility often called upon whatever front-line troops were on the world to augment their defenses.<ref>''Objectives: Capellan Confederation'', p. 7</ref>

CEO ''[[Mandrissa]]'' [[Elaine Jackson]] acquired the plans for [[LB-X Autocannon]]s in [[3051]] from [[Myrdon Automatic Weaponry]] and later the [[Ultra AC/10]] from [[Imperator Corporation]].<ref name=H:HLp133/>

During the Jihad, the facility on [[Bithinia]] suffered no losses of capital and personnel, and was at full production in [[3079]].<ref name=O:CCp3>''Objectives: Capellan Confederation'', p. 3: "State of the Industry at a Glance (Dec 3079)"</ref>

==Manufacturing==
Bithinian Ballistics has manufacturing centers on the following planets:

===Bithinia===
{|class="wikitable"  
! colspan="2" |Components produced on Bithinia:<ref name=OR142>''Objective Raids'', p. 142: " Produced Bithinian Ballistics Components"</ref>
|-
! width="350pt" | Component
! width="350pt" | Type
|-
| [[Mydron V]]
| [[AC-5]] - ''UrbanMech''<ref name=OR142/> (see notes)
|-
| [[Mydron  C]]
| [[AC-5]]
|-
| [[Mydron  A]]
| [[AC-20]] - ''UrbanMech''
|-
| [[Mydron Excel]]
| [[LB 2-X AC]]
|-
| N/A
| [[LB 5-X AC]] <ref name=THBp54>''Tactical Handbook''</ref>
|-
| N/A
| [[LB 20-X AC]]<ref name=THBp54/>
|-
| [[Mydron Excel]]
| [[LB 10-X AC]] - ''UrbanMech''<ref name=OR142/>
|-
| [[Mydron Excel]]
| [[Ultra AC/10]]
|-
| [[Mydron Obliterator]]
| [[Ultra AC/20]]<ref name=OR142/>
|-
| [[Mydron MiniGun]]
| [[Machine Gun]] - ''UrbanMech''<ref name=OR142/>
|-
| [[Thumper Artillery Piece|Thumper]]
| [[Thumper Artillery Piece|Artillery]]<ref>''Technical Readout: 3075'', p. 52: "Thumper Artillery Piece Note"</ref>
|-
| [[Thousand Fire|"Thousand Fire" Long Tom Cannon]]
| [[Long Tom Cannon|Artillery]]<ref>''Technical Readout: Prototypes'', p. 174</ref>
|}

==Notes==
* ''[[Objective Raids]]'', a notably error-prone source, claimed Bithinian Ballistics was manufacturing AC/5s for use in the ''[[UrbanMech]]''.<ref name=OR142/> As there was no ''UrbanMech'' variant with an AC/5 at the time of publication, it is likely some element of this was an error.

==References==
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==Bibliography==
*''[[Handbook: House Liao]]''
*''[[Objective Raids]]''
*''[[Objectives: Capellan Confederation]]''
*''[[Technical Readout: 3060]]'' 
*''[[Technical Readout: 3075]]''
*''[[Technical Readout: Prototypes]]''
*''[[Tactical Handbook]]''

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