ARGUS [Ground Warfare Storefront][Closed]

[Amastol]

"Honing Cutting Edge design, since 2008"

Company Information

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Headquartered in the Amastoli Capital of Marsa, Argus Industrial Manufacturing Incorporated is a major developer of military and civilian hardware for the Ministry of Defense and select Foreign Governments around the world. Heavily invested in the development of Defense Solutions that fit the rugged and unforgiving environment that the worlds militaries serve in, Argus' major exports include Infantry Small Arms, Infantry Field Equipment, and Vehicle Armament. Argus is also a world leader in Optical Weapon Sights and Electrical Fusing Solutions for Ordinance. Since 2009 Argus has seen a massive growth of international sales and has been listed as one of the fastest growing companies in Amastol since 2008.

Company Services-

• Small Arms Design and Development
• Ammunition Handling and Storage Solutions
• Large and Small Scale Ordinance Design and Development
• Optical Systems Development
• Multi-Platform Heavy Weapon Systems
• Large Scale Precision Manufacturing for Defense Applications
• Vehicle Hardware Testing and Integration
• Advanced Materials Research
• Environmental Resistance Testing and Consultation
• Training Materials Development and Supply.

Products

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Small Arms & Accesories-

Model 9 Semi-Automatic Pistol Series
Model 10 Sub Machine Gun
Model 11 Modular Breaching System
Model 12 Semi-Automatic Shotgun
Model 15 Personal Defense Weapon
Model 8 Lever-Action Carbine
Model 25 Sentinel Holosight
Model 27 Adaptive Combat Optic
Model 30 Tactical Laser Illuminator
Model 38 Back up Iron Sight (BUIS) System

Infantry Equipment & Tools-

Model 7 Combat Utility Tool
Model 13 Bayonet/Combat Knife
Model 14 Bayonet
Model 23 Pick-Mattock
Model 33 Illuminated Tactical Binoculars

Heavy Weaponry & Vehicle Armament-

Model 5 Special Purpose Grenades
Model 6 Series Grenades
Model 50 Heavy Machine Gun
Model 205 Compact Automatic Cannon
Model 306 'Peacemaker' Revolver Cannon
Model 451 45mm Autocannon
Model 601 Light Weight Automatic Gun-Mortar

[Amastol]

Legal Information

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Terms of Sale-

Argus Industrial Manufacturing inc, hereafter referred to as 'Argus,' reserves the right to refuse sales to any purchaser for any reason, either explained or not. Argus maintains no official political standing and thus does not prevent nations of different political or economic ideologies from purchasing from our catalog. However sales to nations that are openly hostile to the Democratic States of Amastol, or are to be delivered into an active warzone may be denied for the sake of the safety and well being of our shipping partners. At no time does any agreement between Argus and another Nation, Entity, Company, or Person supersede the companies right to its patents, trademarks, or designs. At no time may the designs in this catalog be resold to another nation for profit without prior written permission. An orders total will be calculated by our sales department and an invoice will be provided with the delivery. Totals are not always sent via fax due to confidentiality and security concerns, all Invoices with the exceptions of those on a payment plan are to be paid within thirty (30) days of delivery via Digital Money Transfer to the following account 1210-00248 929303048. Failure to pay within that period will incur a five percent (5%) late fee added to your total, recurring every seven days until the account is payed in full, or is handed to our recovery department.

Argus usually only accepts official inquiries from Government officials, and Corporate officials, however individuals working for law enforcement, military, or security organizations may order items for their personal use if submitted on company/department letterhead and signed by their supervising officer. Harassment, improper protocol, or violation of our companies copyrights, trademarks, or patents will be dealt with swiftly and in the most direct legal means possible. Argus will maintain a confidential list of nations that have been blacklisted due to either violating our Terms of Sale or are considered an open risk to the company, our personnel or our shipping partners.

Accessory Sales-

Foreign companies wishing to include certain Argus accessories as an option with their product, may petition for a Domestic Distribution License usually referred to as a DDL. In order to obtain a DDL from Argus, a Manufacturer must provide information on the weapon they wish to sell the accessories with, and what accessories of ours they would like to sell with it. This does not allow for the resale of these accessories separate from the item in question, as a DDL only applies to 'package' deals and similar point of sale additions. Maximum markup available on DDL items is ten percent (10%) marking DDL items up more than 10% of MSRP will result in a cancellation of the manufacturers DDL, and a cancellation of all outgoing shipments scheduled for that manufacturer until such time as the price is reduced.

All DDL sold items will be sold to the manufacturer at a ten percent (10%) discount with a recurring monthly invoice for an agreed upon amount of units. This allows for the selling company a maximum margin of twenty percent (20%) profit. By providing excellent profit opportunities to resellers, as well as high end products to further improve upon their weapons capabilities, Argus hopes to cater to a larger customer base, while retaining product control and copyrights on its technology. Vehicle Mounted Weapons are also available for mounting in foreign vehicles if they likewise apply for a DDL and only sell the weapon with the vehicle.

The following Small Arms & Accessories from Argus are available for DDL distribution-
Model 25 Sentinel Holosight 765.00 USD DDL price
Model 27 Adaptive Combat Optic 247.50 USD DDL price
Model 38 Back up Iron Sight (BUIS) System 159.00 USD combined DDL price
Model 30 Tactical Laser Illuminator 328.50 USD DDL price
Model 13 Bayonet 175.50 USD DDL price
Model 14 Bayonet 232.00 USD DDL price
Model 11 Modular Breaching System 2520.00 USD DDL price

Current Active DDL's-

DRR-III Model 25 Holosight
AR-33 Model 38 BUIS
Model 37 Model 30 TLI

DPR's and Foreign Manufacturing Contracts-

Regardless of the price offered, Argus will never hand over designs, manufacturing dies, or confidential company information to foreign governments for the re-manufacturing of Argus products. Being as such material is considered proprietary and confidential internal information such an action violates Amastol's international export and corporate espionage laws. How the concept of DPR's has become so common is a major question considering the potential ramifications of surrendering such material to another foreign body.

Those in need of a large but decidedly unknown specific value of products would be better off inquiring about our Foreign Manufacturing Contracts. These contracts allow Argus Personnel to enter your nation and contract a local existing manufacturer or build a local manufacturing facility to produce the items locally for you. This provides you with a lower cost per item (with no shipping issues) the use of local labor and businesses and allows Argus to retain control, oversight, and accounting of its intellectual property. The cost for the customer is essentially negligible as Argus covers the cost of contracting the local business and establishing manufacturing at that location. The customer is of course still responsible for the cost of the produced items but at a discount depending on the resources available and the cost of establishing a suitable facility.

Alternatively, Foreign Governments and business may establish a manufacturing contract with Argus to produce foreign designs to which they have the legal right to reproduce. What this means is that if a government has a design they wish to manufacture, but don't have the facilities or expertise to do so, Argus may be contracted to produce and assemble the weapons for them. This allows for government authorized manufacturing of weaponry even if the local government does not control the manufacturing basis with which to do so. Argus will never produce items designed by foreign companies that a government has gained the domestic production rights for, as this violates many companies Corporate Property Rights and potentially legally entangles Argus with the purchaser. Products that are available for manufacture are those developed in government facilities, or by local companies in need of Argus' larger manufacturing experience and facilities.

Current FMC's in Foreign Nations-

Lamoni- Model 13, Model 15, Model 601, Model 50, Model 23, Model 451, Model 9, and Model 10
United States of PA- Model 8, Model 9, Model 10, Model 15, Model 19, Model 50(15x120mm), and Model 601
Satirius- Model 6, Model 9, Model 10, and Model 50
San Pellegrino Romana- Model 9, Model 12, and Model 8
Onekawa-Nukanor- Model 12 , Model 9, Model 10, Model 15, Model 13, Model 14, and Model 25
Itailian Maifias- Model 10
Milograd- Model 7, Model 13, Model 14, Model 23, and Model 33
New Hayesalia- Current Product Line as of 11/1/2011
Gc1mak Model 7, Model 13, Model 14, Model 23, and Model 33
Minnysota Model 5, Model 6, Model 11, Model 13, Model 25, M 27, Model 30, Model 33, Model 38
Layarteb Model 5, Model 6, Model 9, Model 25, M 27, Model 30, Model 33, Model 38, Model 273, Model 278, Model 451, Model 601, Wraith


Current Local FMC's-

No Endorse- NESR-21

[Amastol]

Sales & Marketing

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Discounts

Gholgoth Regional Members receive a 15% discount on all Argus products due to proximity, and correlating reduced shipping costs.

Product Release Schedule-

Model 405 40mm Automatic Grenade Launcher -Eventually
Model 30 SABR Soldier Adaptable Battle Rifle -Canceled
Model 4 Heavy Offensive Rifle Grenade -Canceled
Wraith Combat Field Uniform -Soonest

International Endorsements-

Allanea

Marketing Exchange Commission-

Argus is always willing to support foreign business we feel compliment Argus wide selection of products. Those companies listed here are recommended to others by Argus for their quality and continued excellence in their fields. With the Exception of those who are Partners with Argus these businesses are not direct competitors with Argus, and are generally experts in their chosen field.


Motor Horse Company
Nineveh International Land Systems
Sequoia Dynamics Land Systems

For those who would like to recommend us to new customers or but do not want to go through the trouble of manually linking. We have provided a simple formatted tag, that is both discrete and effective.

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OOC: Addendum & Welcome

Hello and welcome to the Argus Ground Warfare storefront, I'm a long time NS player formerly known as Mekugi. I am a former Administrator and Moderator of the Nationstates Draftroom (both old an new), #d, and Lineartinc (linc) I also founded the Weapon Design/Chat IRC channel #NSArms on espernet. I draw all of my own images without the assistance of Pimpmygun and am a strong supporter of those learning to do their own Line art. If you have questions about drawing or designing feel free to catch me at any of the sites listed above or PM me on the AIM forums. All of the designs presented here (unless listed as 'in development') are also on the Nationstates Draftroom, and any questions or criticisms you may have about a specific designs are free to be posted about in their proper thread. Please note that the Draftroom does not 'approve' designs it is merely a peer review site and not all designs may be commented on or truly even reviewed due to the volume of designs posted. If I don't respond quickly feel free to PM or TG me and I'll respond as soon as I have time. Any questions about the shop however is free to be posted here, and I will respond as soon as I can.

Because I am a full time Father of twin six year old boys and a baby girl, but only a part-time role player, I cannot guarantee a speedy response. However I will do my best to respond as soon as I am able.

[Itailian Maifias]

We would like to make a purchase of 30,000 Model 8 Lever-Action Carbine's and 50,000 Tactical Lasers

[Amastol]

OFFICIAL INVOICE

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To: Italian Mafias
From: William Thomas, Senior Sales Associate

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Your Order has been received and approved by our shipping department. Your order for fifty-thousand units (50,000) of the Model 30 TLI's is currently available in our Kingsforge warehouse and should arrive in Port Arase for shipping to its final destination in the next three days. Your order for thirty-thousand units (30,000) of the Model 8 Carbine will be shipped as soon as the rest of your order reaches our Port Arase warehouse for combined delivery.

Your order comes to 49,150,000 USD, and should arrive baring any acts of god within three weeks.

Thank you for your purchase.

[Amastol]

Another day begins.

[Dinosians]

To: Argus Industrial Manufacturing
From: Dino-Ralud Arms

We would like to inquire about a Domestic Distribution License for the Model 25 Sentinel Holosight for use on our DRR-3 Multi-Role Rifle.

Details can be found here: DRR-III

[Amastol]

OFFICIAL INVOICE

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To: Dino-Ralud Arms
From: Jonathan Hardin, Director of Shipping

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We have received and accepted your Domestic Distribution License for offering the Model 25 Holosight with your product. We have prepared 1000 units for immediate release and have a further 50,000 on standby for immediate shipment if needed. Should a single order or several orders deplete this amount we will ship either directly to you the required amount, or directly to the customer depending on your preference. A further 1000 units will be prepared each month for your immediate use upon request, until the termination of this contract or violation of its terms.

Thank you for Choosing Argus Industrial Manufacturing inc.

[Itailian Maifias]

Hello again. Our police and SWAT teams were so impressed with your weapons that they asked for more. In fact, now even the ICDF wants some! We would like to lodge an order of 125,000 Model 8 Lever-Action's as well as 75,000 Model 10 Shotguns, the A2 stock

[Amastol]

OOC: Model 12 shotgun right? Also what barrel length? (14", 18" or 21")

[Itailian Maifias]

OOC: Model 12 shotgun right? Also what barrel length? (14", 18" or 21")

OOC: Yes, sorry about that. Model 12, um do 18"

[Amastol]

OFFICIAL INVOICE

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To: Italian Mafias
From: William Thomas, Senior Sales Associate

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We have accepted and processed your order for one-hundred and twenty-five thousand (125,000) Model 8 Carbines, as well as your order for seventy-five thousand (75,000) Model 12 shotguns (M128A2). The invoice total comes to 171,500,000.00 USD, it will be eight days before your order can be shipped due to the volume of your order, but it should arrive within 14 business days.

Thank you for your purchase.

[Amastol]

Once more out of the darkness.

[King Maxwell]

My military is looking for a compact automatic weapon and the Model 15 looks perfect for us we would like to purchase the DPR and also the animations on the products is amazing good job

[Amastol]

OOC: sorry for the delay, I had a personal matter come up that kept me away.

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To: King Maxwell
From: William Thomas, Senior Sales Associate

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Currently Argus does not provide DPR's for any of its weapons, we would however be willing to produce the weapons for you under a Foreign Manufacturing Contract. This provides many of the benefits of a DPR (on demand production, use of local labor, reduced cost per unit, etc) while allowing us ensure our strict quality assurance standards remain consistent on all items that bare our name. As such there is no 'cost' for an FMC, merely political permission for Argus as a Foreign Corporation to lease property within your nation so that we may retool or construct a manufacturing facility to meet your demands. The reward for us (beyond retaining Intellectual property control) is that we gain a distributed production and warehousing network that reduces strain on our factories and reduces point to shipping expenses for us.

Overall it means that both of us profit.

[Amastol]

*raises the thread from the dead*

[Amastol]

Once more to the top.

[Guandor]

From the Desk of Commandant Fifth-Class Fredrick Malek

To whom it may concern,

We are seeking an arms dealer to produce weaponry for our growing military, I am charged with the details and am in command of the operation. I have read your FMC plan offered, and I would like to engage a contract with your company producing weapons locally for our land-based military. I was also concerned on the lack of assault rifles being produced by services under your corporations holding, is there a custom contract we can work out over this?

Emperor's Will Be Done
-Commandant Malek

[Amastol]

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To: Commandant Malek
From: William Thomas, Senior Sales Associate

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Dear Sir,
We are glad you have looked over our selection and chosen Argus Industrial Manufacturing inc. to produce arms for your nation. Our FMC program allows fora large variety of products to be produced locally with local manpower and for generally profitable means both by means of local economic impact and cost reduction due to use of local materials. We wish to assure you that Argus does have two separate Assault and Battle rifle projects under development at this time; Both the Special-Forces Advanced Battle Rifle (SABR) and the Next-Generation Advanced Tactical Rifle (GATR) are in their final stages of development, along with a an LMG in a shared proprietary cartridge the 6.6x36mm CTA round. Because the international market is currently quite saturated with Assault rifles Argus has put a greater emphasis on infantry equipment, optics and second line weapons in order to ensure competition within the market while still standing out from the crowd. All three projects are scheduled for release during the Fourth Quarter of 2010.

[King Maxwell]

You did a great job on the animation of the store might I enquire as to how you did it?

[Amastol]

OOC: The Older images (Model 13, Model 50, etc) are done in Photoshop, the newer designs are done in paint.net (Model 10, Model 15, etc). Mostly just a lot of time and patience.

[Amastol]

Another day, another bump.

[United States of PA]

To: Argus Industrial Manufacturing Inc.
From: Board of Procurement, Pennsylvanian Armed Forces, Federal Republic of Pennsylvania

Recently, our Armed Forces have decided that it is time for us to replace our current stocks of Submachine Guns, Personal Defense Weapons, Automatic Shotguns and handguns in current service. We have therefore decided to come to your company, as your reputation for weapons design preceeds you. We therefore wish to work out a Foreign Manufacturing Contract with your company for the Production of the Model 9 Automatic Pistol Series, Model 10 Submachine Gun, Model 15 Personal Defense Weapon, Model 19 Automatic Shotgun, Model 50 Heavy Machine Gun (Chambered in 15x120mm instead of 15x75mm), Model 601 Lightweight Automatic Gun Mortar, and the Model 8 Lever Action Rifle. We hope that we will be able to work out a FMC with your company, as we feel that these weapons will serve our Armed Forces with distinction.

Thank you for your time.

[Amastol]

OOC: I could have sworn I checked this Saturday, I'm sorry for the delay.

OFFICIAL INVOICE

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To: Board of Procurement, Pennsylvanian Armed Forces, Federal Republic of Pennsylvania
From: William Thomas, Senior Sales Associate

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We have officially approved and arranged for your Foreign Manufacturing Contract for the aforementioned products. Currently planning has found a facility of sufficient size that should be easily modified to fit our needs, just outside the Philadelphia Metropolitan Area. We expect conversion and repair to have the facility operational within thirty-eight (38) days of our management teams arrival. Logistics and Human Resources concerns however may take a further thirty days to come to full capacity depending on the number of applications we receive. We thank you for taking this opportunity, and hope to work with you in the future.

[Frerik]

To: Argus Indusrial manufacturing inc.
From: Thompson Hoyle, Governor of Frederick's isle as installed by The Rogue State of Frerik

Up until now my defense forces have lacked considerably in funding, to the extent that they had to provide their own weapons, but with the recent agriculture boom here, and the subsequent increase in available funds I am to begin arming them myself. I would like to purchase 700 Model 8 Lever Action Carbines for 721,000 USD and 200 Model 15 SMGs for 320,000 USD.
Totalling 141,000 USD.
How much is the wooden stock outfitting, as I'd like that too, please.
I'm in no rush for the delivery, and I'll give you half the money in advance and half when they turn up.