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BlasTech Industries was an arms manufacturer. It notably produced the E-11 blaster rifle used by the Galactic Empire as well as the DH-17 blaster pistol, A300 blaster rifle, and the DL-18 blaster pistol. Ezra Bridger's speeder bike was equipped with twin JB-37 blaster cannons manufactured by BlasTech.[21] BlasTech also manufactured the DL-44 heavy blaster pistol favored by Han Solo.[3]

During the Age of the Empire, BlasTech established a weapons laboratory in the Easthills near the planet Lothal's Capital City.[22] In order to circumvent treaty restrictions on major corporations selling armaments to the First Order, BlasTech jointly spun off a subsidiary with Merr-Sonn Munitions, Inc. to operate within the borders of the First Order. This subsidiary, Sonn-Blas Corporation, manufactured the majority of First Order weaponry. BlasTech also created the EL-16 blaster some time between the Battle of Endor and the rise of the First Order.[3] BlasTech also created the IB-94 blaster pistol, one being used by Din Djarin.[23]

Pistols of BlasTech[]

Over the lifespan BlasTech Industries, countless models and designs of blaster pistols were conceived and produced. From the hard hitting DL-44 heavy blaster pistol to the "light" EC-17 hold-out blaster along with countless other models designed for both state-owned and private use. The Automatic DH-17 blaster pistol proved so successful that army[6][24] and navy personnel of both the Alliance and Imperial Military used the model during the Galactic Civil War.[14]

State business[]

State contracts were a major source of revenue for Blastech. Blaster weaponry such as the DC-17 (Clone War),[6] SE-14r (Galactic Civil War),[5] and the SE-44C (First Order/Resistance War),[3] among others, were used extensively during their respective Galactic wars.

Multi-purpose blasters[]

Blue-arrow.png Main article: Reconfigurable blaster

BlasTech industries manufactured and designed several blaster models which could be configured for a number of different roles. The Alliance to Restore the Republic used the A-180 and A280-CFE. Both could be configured into a sniper rifle, assault rifle and blaster pistol.[5]

The DL-44 heavy blaster pistol could be turned into a pistol carbine, with the addition of an extended barrel and a shoulder stock.[8]

The company also sold reconfigurable blasters such as the A-300 blaster rifle, which gave users the option to remove the long air-cooled barrel-shroud and the shoulder stock to allow for greater movement. A collapsing barrel could be pulled out to allow for greater accuracy without the need for previously mentioned heavy barrel. Note that the rifle could not reduced to a pistol.[5]

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Notes and references[]

  1. ↑ Star Wars: The Complete Visual Dictionary, New Edition
  2. ↑ Collapse of the Republic
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 Star Wars: The Force Awakens: The Visual Dictionary
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Star Wars: The Rebel Files
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 5.6 5.7 5.8 5.9 Star Wars: Rogue One: The Ultimate Visual Guide
  6. ↑ 6.00 6.01 6.02 6.03 6.04 6.05 6.06 6.07 6.08 6.09 6.10 6.11 6.12 6.13 Ultimate Star Wars
  7. ↑ Gadgets and Gear
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 8.4 Solo: A Star Wars Story The Official Guide
  9. ↑ Star Wars: The Force Awakens: Incredible Cross-Sections
  10. ↑ Rebel Starfighters Owners' Workshop Manual
  11. ↑ StarWars-DatabankII.png DG-29 heavy blaster pistol in the Databank (backup link)
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 Star Wars: The Last Jedi: The Visual Dictionary
  13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 13.2 Star Wars Rebels: The Visual Guide
  14. ↑ 14.0 14.1 14.2 Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope
  15. ↑ StarWars-DatabankII.png IG-RM Thug Droids in the Databank (backup link)
  16. ↑ 16.0 16.1 Dawn of Rebellion
  17. ↑ Star Wars: Smuggler's Guide
  18. ↑ StarWars-DatabankII.png SE-14 blaster pistol in the Databank (backup link)
  19. ↑ Ultimate Star Wars, New Edition
  20. ↑ Rise of the Separatists
  21. ↑ StarWars-DatabankII.png Ezra's Speeder Bike in the Databank (backup link)
  22. ↑ Servants of the Empire: Imperial Justice
  23. ↑ The Mandalorian Blastech IB-94 Blaster (Small Size) – The Mandalorian. Rubies II, LLC. Archived from the original on December 21, 2020.
  24. ↑ Star Wars Battlefront

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