The Mauler

The Mauler is a melee weapon in the Fallout 3 add-on The Pitt.

Background
Everett says that this was used it to chop up ghouls and trogs from The Pitt to Monroeville.

Characteristics
It is a unique auto axe that deals much more damage than the original. It has a larger damage per hit and damage per second ratio compared to the standard auto axe (45 compared to 35) and uses less AP (50 compared to 65). Like all variants of the auto axe, it can never score a critical hit.

Variants

 * Auto axe, a modified and stronger version of the steel axe made out of old car parts.
 * Steel saw, a weaker version of the auto-axe that can be found on certain slaves.
 * Man Opener, a less strong unique variant that ignores armor(power armor included).

Location
It can be obtained from Everett during the quest Unsafe Working Conditions once 80 steel ingots have been handed in.

Behind the scenes

 * The fact that Everett mentions Monroeville, PA and chopping up ghouls with it is likely a reference to the fact that the Monroeville Mall was the location where the original Dawn of the Dead was filmed and in Night of the Living Dead the police and news casters call the zombies "ghouls". Also, "zombies" is a common derogatory name for ghouls.
 * The Pittsburgh Maulers were a team in the short-lived United States Football League.

Bugs

 * Its animation doesn't loop correctly. If you continuously grind the air, you will notice the weapon "twitching" after several seconds, like the animation starting over again and again.
 * When using it in FPS mode it may disappear mid-animation, bringing up the Pip-Boy immediately afterwards you will notice that your Pip-Boy has disappeared too (but not the screen). Changing to a different weapon quickly clears this bug.
 * Sometimes when you first equip and then use The Mauler, the Man Opener, or the auto axe, the spinning blades will disappear. Simply equip another weapon via Pip-Boy, and re equip the weapon and the blades should now remain visible.