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#1 Lord Letto

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Posted 16 January 2014 - 11:39 AM

As Title Says:
Ford: http://www.sarna.net...ilitary_Limited
Makes the Thorn 20 Ton Light Battlemech Here on Terra (Earth): http://www.sarna.net...orn_(BattleMech)

General Motors (GM): http://www.sarna.net.../General_Motors
El Dorado Plant:
Made the Rifleman RFL-X3 Muse Wind: http://www.sarna.net...Custom_Variants
AS7-D3 Atlas III: http://www.sarna.net/wiki/Atlas_III
and the Warlord: http://www.sarna.net/wiki/Warlord
Kathil Plant:
Pompier Industrial Mech (Firefighter Mech): http://www.sarna.net/wiki/Pompier
Hollander III: http://www.sarna.net...lander#Variants
BJ-1 Blackjack (1 of the mechs in MWO): http://www.sarna.net...ack_(BattleMech)
Stealth: http://www.sarna.net/wiki/Stealth
Cestrus: http://www.sarna.net/wiki/Cestus
Maelstrom: http://www.sarna.net/wiki/Maelstrom
The MAD in MadCat, The Marauder: http://www.sarna.net/wiki/Marauder
Rakshasa, a attempt by the IS to copy the MadCat: http://www.sarna.net/wiki/Rakshasa
Nightstar: http://www.sarna.net/wiki/Nightstar
New Valencia Plant:
BJ2-O, The 50 Ton Blackjack Omnimech: http://www.sarna.net.../Blackjack_Omni
Avatar: http://www.sarna.net...tar_(BattleMech)
Falconer: http://www.sarna.net/wiki/Falconer
Marauder II: http://www.sarna.net...der_II#Variants
Pendragon (And MUSE RED Varient): http://www.sarna.net/wiki/Pendragon
Templar III (Omnimech): http://www.sarna.net/wiki/Templar_III
Talcott Plant:
Wasp: http://www.sarna.net/wiki/Wasp
BJ-2 Blackjack (Normal 45 Ton, not 50 Ton Omni): http://www.sarna.net...ack_(BattleMech)
Hellspawn: http://www.sarna.net/wiki/Hellspawn
Blackjack and Whitworth Refit Facility: http://www.sarna.net/wiki/Whitworth

Searched for Nissan, They Make XL Engines: http://www.sarna.net...eral_Industries

When I searched for Mitsubishi, only result was for Battletech Experimental Technical Readout: 1945 (Because of the Mitsubishi A6M Zero): http://www.sarna.net...l_Readout:_1945

Let me know if you see a IRL Car Company I missed.

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Posted 16 January 2014 - 12:26 PM

This was done as a nod to WWII. You'll notice that the car companies you listed also manufactured WWII Fighters and Bombers.

http://en.wikipedia....Motors_aircraft
http://en.wikipedia....ubishi_A6M_Zero
http://en.wikipedia..../B-24_Liberator (Ford made the parts)
http://www.fundingun...co-ltd-history/ (Early 1940s:During World War II, the company makes military trucks and engines for airplanes and torpedo boats.)

Edited by LoPanShui, 16 January 2014 - 12:31 PM.






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