Editing ATCI (section)

== History ==

ATCI manufactured pump-action paintball markers during the early 1990s.

One of its principal products was the TM-11A, a military-styled pump marker featuring an adjustable shoulder stock, carrying handle, barrel-mounted pump grip and direct-feed system.

An original manufacturer advertisement preserved by [[VintageRex]] identifies the TM-11A as designed and produced by A.T.C.I. and distributed worldwide by National Paintball Supply.[2]

The advertisement lists distribution contacts in New Jersey and South Carolina in the United States, and Melbourne, Australia.

The TM-11A's design was documented in United States Design Patent D337,627, filed by John C. Moran of Fort Wayne, Indiana, on 27 June 1991 and granted on 20 July 1993. The patent covers the ornamental appearance of a paintball marker matching the general configuration of the TM-11A.[3]

The German Paintball Museum has also documented a surviving TM-11A, identifying it as a 1991 pump-action marker. The museum reported receiving the marker as a donation in March 2017.[4]

The company's full corporate name, ownership and precise operating dates have not been established.