No you don't. If you did, there's nothing stopping you to play them. The love of purple tight pants stopping you? I don't buy it.
pulsar C is the closest thing to a merc that isn't a merc but it is slightly worse, we traded .02 greater upward recoild and 23 ROF for 15 bullet velocity just to ensure you will never get the upper hand over an actual NC weapon... oh and we also have a slower short reload but faster long so... thats a thing?