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| headquarters = [[Atreus City]] ([[Atreus (FWL)|Atreus]])<ref name=HB:HMp131>''Handbook: House Marik'', p. 131: "Imperator Automatic Weaponry Corporation (ImpAuto)"</ref>
| leadership = [[CEO of Imperator Automatic Weaponry|CEO]]
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'''Imperator Automatic Weaponry''' was one of the largest manufacturers of weaponry in the [[Inner Sphere]].

==Overview==
For many years, Imperator Automatic Weaponry was a subsidiary of [[Kallon Industries]] and before that, [[Earthwerks Incorporated]], before gaining legal autonomy in [[3056]]. The company had a large backlog of orders to fill, and was accused of accepting "priority production fees" in order to expedite orders for some clients. Though the allegations rose in [[3064]], Imperator ignored them and only suffered a minor drop in share price.<ref name=HB:HMp131/>

As of [[3068]], the demand for missiles, weapons systems (both replacements and upgrades), armor, and support technology of all sorts had been absolutely phenomenal, and the company was in back-order status for the first time since [[3065]].<ref name="DotJp81">''Dawn of the Jihad'', p. 81: "Profits Up"</ref>

When the [[Free Worlds League]] fragmented and the [[Marik Commonwealth]] became an independent nation again, the Commonwealth found itself critically short of weapon supplies due to the trade problems endemic within the former Free Worlds League and restrictions on trade. As a manufacturer already established within Commonwealth space, Imperator Automatic Weaponry stepped up. Many 'Mechs within the Commonwealth military were modified to take the Imperator Ultra model autocannon, and with the heavy urban combat seen to retake Atreus, the larger grade Imperator autocannon became increasingly popular. One of the anecdotes of the era was that the [[Eleventh Atrean Dragoons]] replaced so many weapons with Imperator autocannons that if it wasn't for the purple Marik eagle, the unit could have been mistaken for an [[Armed Forces of the Federated Suns]] unit.<ref name="J:FRp91">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 91: "The Marik Commonwealth"</ref>

Gauss rifles and autocannons rolled off Imperator's production lines without problem in [[3079]].<ref name=O:FWLp7>''Objectives: Free Worlds League'', p. 7: "Imperator Automatic Weaponry"</ref>

==Brand Components==
Imperator Automatic Weaponry is known to produce the following brand components:

{| class="wikitable mw-datatable sortable" style="font-weight:bold; text-align:left;"
|-
! scope="col" style="width:22.0em" | Component
! scope="col" style="width:22.0em" | Notes / Used By
|-
| colspan="2"  align="center " | <u>Personal Weapons</u>
|-
| [[Imperator 2894A1 Submachine Gun]]
| <ref name=AToWp265>''A Time of War'', p. 265: "Ballistic Weapons - Table"</ref>
|-
| [[Imperator 9 mm Auto-Pistol]]
| <ref name=ToDc8>''Tactics of Duty'', ch. 8</ref>
|-
| [[Imperator AX-22 Assault Rifle]]
| <ref name=AToWp266>''A Time of War'', p. 268: "Rifle Imperator (AX-22) Assault"</ref>
|-
| colspan="2"  align="center " | <u>[[AC/2]]</u>
|-
| [[Imperator Smoothie-2]]
| Shipped to [[Draconis Combine]] for ''Mauler'' and ''JagerMech''<ref name=ORp120>''Objective Raids'', p. 120: "Produced Imperator Automatic Weaponry Components"</ref>
|-
| colspan="2"  align="center " | <u>[[AC/20]]</u>
|-
| [[Imperator Zeta-A]]
| ''F-700 Riever'' /Shipped to Draconis Combine for ''Riever''<ref name=ORp120/>
|-
| colspan="2"  align="center " | <u>[[AC/10]]</u>
|-
| [[Imperator-B]]
| ''Banshee'',<ref name=TROSWp176>''Technical Readout: Succession Wars'', p. 176: "BNC-3S Banshee"</ref> ''Koschei''<ref name=TRO3075p244>''Technical Readout: 3075'', p. 244: "KSC-3I Koschei"</ref>
|-
| colspan="2"  align="center " | <u>[[LB 10-X AC]]</u>
|-
| [[Imperator Code Red]]
| Shipped to Draconis Combine for ''Wolf Trap'' and ''Slayer''<ref name=ORp120/>
|-
| colspan="2"  align="center " | <u>[[Ultra AC/5]]</u>
|-
| [[Imperator Ultra-5]]
| ''Cicada'', ''Hermes II'', ''Shadow Hawk'', ''Rifleman'' /Shipped to [[Federated Commonwealth]] for ''Vulcan'' and to Draconis Combine for ''JagerMech''<ref name=ORp120/>
|-
| colspan="2"  align="center " | <u>[[Ultra AC/10]]</u>
|-
| [[Imperator Ultra-10]]
| <ref name=H:HLp133>''Handbook: House Liao'', p. 133: "Bithinian Ballistics"</ref>
|-
| colspan="2"  align="center " | <u>[[Gauss rifle]]</u>
|-
| [[Imperator Dragon's Fire]]
| Shipped to Draconis Combine for ''Victor'', ''Atlas'', and ''Slayer''<ref name=ORp120/>
|-
| colspan="2"  align="center " | <u>[[Light AC/2]]</u>
|-
| ''unknown''
| <ref name=TMp207>''TechManual'', p. 207</ref>
|-
| colspan="2"  align="center " | <u>[[Light AC/5]]</u>
|-
| [[Imperator Napoleon]] 
| ''Poignard''<ref>''Technical Readout: 3085'', p. 112 </ref>
|-
|}

==References==
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==Bibliography==
* ''[[A Time of War (product)|A Time of War]]''
* ''[[Dawn of the Jihad]]''
* ''[[Handbook: House Marik]]''
* ''[[Jihad: Final Reckoning]]''
* ''[[Objective Raids]]'' 
* ''[[Objectives: Free Worlds League]]''
* ''[[TechManual]]''

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