Minigun (Fallout 3)

The minigun or CZ53 personal minigun is a weapon in Fallout 3.

Characteristics
Being the most common big gun, the minigun is comparatively easy to find and repair, as well as one of the few big guns easy to find ammunition for; nearly every super mutant brute encountered with one has at least 30 5mm rounds for it. It is also carried extensively by Brotherhood of Steel units, Brotherhood outcast units, Enclave soldiers, as well as occasionally on some raiders, and slavers. This is offset somewhat by the minigun's high rate of fire quickly using up ammunition. Though it does use up ammunition as quickly as the Gatling laser, the minigun is designed as a sustained-firing weapon, and its rate of fire of 20 rounds per second means that it can use up 240 rounds in only 12 seconds of continuous firing. Because of this, those who intend to make use of it should buy additional ammunition, which is generally quite plentiful and cheap at shops.

When firing the minigun without V.A.T.S., there is a wind-up time between holding the fire button and when it actually fires. It usually takes under a second to begin shooting. This can be negated by tapping the fire button repeatedly to keep it spinning while not actually firing.

A fully-repaired minigun can fire 3333 5mm rounds, about 14 belt-feeder boxes, before breaking.

Variants

 * Eugene, a unique minigun that has notably better firepower.
 * Sim version, a sim-only version of the weapon found only on American T-51b units, which differs only in health (essentially non-degrading).

Locations

 * One can be found in the armory storage of the National Guard depot.
 * Behind the very hard locked door in the Wheaton Armory.
 * Mad Johnny Wes in Hubris comics uses one.
 * The Roach King uses this as his primary weapon.
 * super mutant brutes often use the minigun.
 * A fully repaired minigun can be found in Fort Independence.

Bugs

 * Very rarely the minigun can actually jam while firing. The barrel will quickly move left and right as if the gun is repeatedly warming up but no bullets will fire.