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Anti-materiel rifle
Anti-materiel rifle
Anti-materiel rifle icon
Requirements
SkillGuns 100
Strength Req.8
Attack statistics
Dmg/Attack
110 (130.9)
DPS
49.3 (82.1)
DPS (reload)
43.2 (71.6)
Crit Dmg
110
Crit % Mult
x1
Attacks/Sec
0.4 (0.6)AP55
Projectiles1Spread0.015
Ammo & reloading
Ammo Type.50 MG
Ammo/Shot
1
Shots/Reload
8
Ammo Cap.8
Reload Time
2.5 (1.9)
Other
Weight20Value5600
Item HP95
Repair
Anti-materiel rifle
Manual action guns
Editor ID?
Base ID0008f21c
Perk Effects
Perks (dam.)
Lord Death
(+4.4)
Perks (Att.)
Fast Shot
(+0.1)
Perks (Rel.)
Rapid Reload
(-0.6s)
 
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Have you seen what one of those anti-materiel rifles can do to a deathclaw?

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The anti-materiel rifle[1] (AMR) is a Guns-skill heavy sniper rifle in Fallout: New Vegas.

Background[]

Utilizing an ergonomic, metallic skeleton design with a free floating barrel, the .50 anti-materiel rifle is a bolt-action, high caliber precision weapon intended for use against materiel and hard targets. The rifle includes a deeply fluted barrel to disperse heat and reduce weight, while its large muzzle brake reduces recoil to manageable levels. Unlike most rifles, the AMR was designed from the ground up to be used at long and extreme ranges: It lacks any kind of sights, featuring instead a mounting rail for high powered scopes and a forward bipod mount.[2]

Characteristics[]

FNV PGM Hecate Blown Up

The rifle in all of its glory.

This high end weapon is intended for use at long range distances, due to its weight, size, and recoil. It offers a very high damage rating, among the highest in the game, and excellent accuracy. Coupled with its 3.13x scope, it's among the best long range weapons available to a marksman. When loaded with match-grade rounds, it offers the highest long range accuracy in the game, up to 95% in V.A.T.S. at extreme ranges.

Of course, as a dedicated heavy sniper rifle, it has a number of drawbacks. It has a low fire rate and has to be manually rechambered after each shot, it and its ammo weigh a lot (the weapon alone weighs 20 pounds, with a loaded 8 round magazine an additional 2), and the sheer power of the round puts a lot of stress on the weapon, necessitating frequent repairs. A fully repaired rifle can fire 471 rounds before breaking, which translates to a loss of 0.2% durability per shot, or 17/18 caps in terms of repair.

Interestingly, when the AMR is fired from the hip, the recoil will push the operator back. Whenever the weapon is shouldered, the recoil is distributed properly.

Variants[]

Comparison[]

Name Damage Damage per second Shots per second Critical hit multiplier Critical damage Spread AP cost Magazine capacity Weight Durability Value Requirements
Anti-materiel rifle 110 49.3 0.4 x1 110 0.015 55 8 20 90 5600 Guns:100 Strength:8
Anti-materiel rifle (GRA) 110 49.3 0.4 x1 110 0.015 65 8 20 90 5600 Guns:100 Strength:8

Locations[]

Vendors
  • Vendortron (requires player level 16)
  • Torres (requires access to full Brotherhood stock)
Characters

Notes[]

  • Prior to patch 1.3.0.452, the anti-materiel rifle cost 65 AP to use in VATS, had a minimum spread of 0.03 degrees, and dealt 80 points of damage on critical hits.

Behind the scenes[]

  • The Fallout: New Vegas intro features a veteran Ranger sniping a fiend at the El Rey Motel with an AMR.
  • The anti-materiel rifle was influenced by the PGM Hécate II.[3]
  • An anti-materiel rifle is a heavy sniper rifle intended for use against enemy materiel, that is, ordnance and equipment including explosives, vehicles, light armor, helicopters, fixed-wing aircraft, and more. Soft targets are also targeted, if they're located at extreme ranges. Note that normally, anti-materiel rifles are crew-served weapons, due to their sheer bulk and size.[1]

Bugs[]

  • PCIcon pc PlayStation 3Icon ps3 Xbox 360Icon xbox360 The bolt-action rifle glitch may cause it to shoot upwards and miss the target at any range if fired from the hip.
  • PCIcon pc PlayStation 3Icon ps3 Xbox 360Icon xbox360 The weapon is affected by a standard glitch, where a reload may take twice as long upon loading a game. Simply unequipping and equipping the weapon again fixes it.

Sounds[]

SingleShotVB ReloadVB

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Materiel is a word derived from the French "matériel", denoting equipment or hardware.
  2. Weapon appearance and behavior.
  3. J.E.Sawyer of Formspring
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