Chinese assault rifle

The Type 93 Chinese assault rifle is a small guns weapon in Fallout 3.

Characteristics
The Type 93 Chinese assault rifle is a second-tier, general purpose automatic firearm. Chambered with the same 5.56mm ammunition as the assault rifle, it is the most powerful of the generic assault rifles in base damage and DPS. It has the same ammunition capacity, AP cost, and spread statistic as other assault rifles. However, it is the third least durable 5.56mm weapon, due to its high damage per shot (the least durable is the Perforator, the second is the unique Xuanlong assault rifle). Regardless, it remains a formidable automatic weapon for any small guns character for the entire game.

A fully repaired Chinese assault rifle can fire 1210 rounds, about 51 magazines, before breaking.

In the first add-on, Operation: Anchorage, certain weapons were re-skinned to make them look like actual pre-War weapons. The Chinese assault rifle is among the small group that was chosen for use in the add-on.

The new looks include brown-colored hand and fore grips, and the outer plating is a darker black with fewer scratches than the post-War version. The stats and name are exactly the same, but the durability (as with every in-simulation item) is infinite, making the weapon (almost) impervious to damage and frequent use.

Variants

 * Xuanlong assault rifle, a Chinese assault rifle with a modified 36 round magazine and the highest damage of any automatic small gun.
 * Jericho's Chinese assault rifle, a variant used by Jericho only obtainable via console commands.
 * Sim version (Operation: Anchorage add-on), a sim-only version of the weapon which differs only in health (essentially non-degrading).


 * High damage Chinese assault rifle, an additional variant with 1000 damage can also be found in Operation: Anchorage, used in the  and cannot be obtained under normal circumstances.
 * Dragoon, a variant named Chinese Dragoon assault rifle can be found in the data files for Operation: Anchorage. It uses the Anchorage-specific texture for the weapon, but aside from name and appearance is identical to the standard Chinese assault rifle. It is likely the weapon was intended to be placed in the armory with other "wasteland" versions of weapons found in the Anchorage sim, most of which were cut from the final version of the add-on; as such the weapon can only be accessed through the use of console commands.

Locations

 * 7 can be obtained at the Chinese intelligence bunker in Point Lookout.
 * Many Talon Company mercs carry this weapon. There are several Chinese assault rifles found on dead Talon mercenaries in Metro Central.
 * Almost every Chinese remnant soldier in Mama Dolce's carries one.
 * Super mutant masters often use this weapon.
 * Three can be found in the Citadel Armory.
 * Three may be found in the Republic of Dave. One on Dave, one on Bob, and another in the Museum of Dave. All are owned and attaining requires acts invoking Bad Karma.
 * Three can be found on a cart front of Hubris Comics surrounded by super mutants.
 * Lucas Simms carries a Chinese assault rifle. It can be obtained early in game if you choose that Lucas Simms die in the quest The Power of the Atom at Moriarty's Saloon. If he dies you can pick up the weapon from him receiving no negative karma.
 * One can be found in the Megaton armory.
 * Alejandra Torres, Bill Seward and Hannibal Hamlin all carry the chinese assault rifle if you side with the slaves in the quest Head of State.
 * Several can be found in Old Olney underground.
 * There are some in the apartment building in The Pitt.
 * Regulators will carry these at medium levels.
 * There may be one or two sold at Flak 'N Shrapnel's that restocks every couple days or so.
 * You can find one in Hallowed Moors Cemetery, north of Big Town. It also contains one of the Keller Family transcripts.
 * Paradise Falls slavers can sometimes carry a large number of these guns.
 * There is one on a shelf in Bryan Wilk's house in Grayditch and in Fred Wilks inventory.
 * One can be found on Harkness in Rivet City.
 * Donovan, Centre Dubois, Forty, Pronto, Roy Phillips and Scribe Yearling all carry a Chinese assault rifle.

Related quests

 * Economics of Violence

Behind the scenes
The weapon appears to be based on the IMI Galil and the Type 56 assault rifle, both of which are AK variants.

Bugs

 * In close quarters conditions, the rifle can clip targets or level geometry. This causes all shots to miss the target or be absorbed by geometry, even when the muzzle protrudes beyond the obstruction.