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Rockwell designed the Avenger as the replacement for their aging CZ53 Personal Minigun. The Avenger's design improvements include improved, gel-fin, cooling and chromium plated barrel-bores. This gives it a greater range and lethality.
”— In-game description, Fallout 2The CZ57 Avenger minigun[1][2] is a big gun in Fallout 2.
Background[]
Rockwell designed the 5mm CZ57[1] Avenger[2] as the replacement for their aging CZ53 personal minigun. The Avenger's design improvements include improved gel-fin cooling and chromium plated barrel-bores, giving it a greater range and lethality.[3] It also has an ammo capacity of 120x 5mm round like the earlier versions of the CZ53 model.
Characteristics[]
A strict upgrade from the vanilla minigun, the Avenger is nonetheless quickly offset by the appearance of the Vindicator.
Weapon | Ammo | Performance vs. armor | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
None | Leather jacket | Leather armor | Metal armor | Combat armor | Power armor | Advanced power armor | ||
Assault rifle Assault rifle (exp. mag.) |
5mm JHP |
10.4 - 20.8 |
7.2 - 14.4 |
5.6 - 12 |
4.2 - 9.8 |
2.75 - 6.75 |
1 - 5 |
0.1 - 1.7 |
Assault rifle Assault rifle (exp. mag.) |
5mm AP |
5.4 - 10.8 |
4.6 - 9.2 |
2.2 - 6.6 |
0 - 4.2 |
-0.95 - 2.85 |
-7.6 - -3.8 |
-8.8 - -5.6 |
XL70E3 | 5mm JHP |
15.6 - 24.7 |
10.8 - 17.1 |
8.8 - 14.4 |
7 - 11.9 |
4.75 - 8.25 |
3 - 6.5 |
0.9 - 2.3 |
XL70E3 | 5mm AP |
8.1 - 12.15 |
6.9 - 10.35 |
4.4 - 7.7 |
2.1 - 5.25 |
0.95 - 3.8 |
-5.7 - -2.85 |
-7.2 - -4.8 |
Minigun | 5mm JHP |
9.1 - 14.3 |
6.3 - 9.9 |
4.8 - 8 |
3.5 - 6.3 |
2.25 - 4.25 |
0.5 - 2.5 |
-0.1 - 0.7 |
Minigun | 5mm AP |
4.05 - 6.75 |
3.45 - 5.75 |
1.1 - 3.3 |
-1.05 - 1.05 |
-1.9 - 0 |
-8.55 - -6.65 |
-9.6 - -8 |
Avenger minigun | 5mm JHP |
13 - 18.2 |
9 - 12.6 |
7.2 - 10.4 |
5.6 - 8.4 |
3.75 - 5.75 |
2 - 4 |
0.5 - 1.3 |
Avenger minigun | 5mm AP |
6.75 - 9.45 |
5.75 - 8.05 |
3.3 - 5.5 |
1.05 - 3.15 |
0 - 1.9 |
-6.65 - -4.75 |
-8 - -6.4 |
Locations[]
- SHady Sands, NCR Bazaar, purchased from Buster's Fine Emporium of Armament
- San Francisco, Chinatown, purchased from Mai Da Chiang at the Red 888 Guns
- Control station Enclave, Guard Barracks, found in ammunition box
- Control station Enclave, Rig Detention Cells, found in ammunition box
- Bounty hunters random encounter, found on bounty hunter's corpse
Notes[]
- Because of the ammunition (5mm JHP not AP) and the number of bullets fired per burst (40), each one having possibility to score a critical, you can achieve the highest possible damage in Fallout 2 using this weapon, by having the right perks (Bonus Ranged Damage (2), Living Anatomy, Better Criticals), attack an un-armored living target (like a dog for example) and score a critical that multiplies your damage by 5. Damage exceeding 5000 have been reported.
- Interestingly, in Fallout 2 1.02, Avenger loaded with JHP ammunition always damages K-9 Cybernetic dog for zero hitpoints (no damage) in any indirect (shot through) attack, if K-9 is in your group.
- A remodeled version of the CZ57 Avenger appears in Fallout: New Vegas.
- Avenger can become one of deadliest weapons in game(together with Bozar) if perks Better Criticals and Sniper with 10 Luck were chosen; making it perform 40 shots, everyone critical, each with 20% probability to cause instant death(due to 0-100 → 20-120 critical hit calculations shift).
Sounds[]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 The "CZ57" designation was first mentioned in Fallout: New Vegas.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 J.E. Sawyer on formspring. Archived from the original on 2013-01-11. when asked about the visual differences between the Fallout 2 Avenger and the Fallout: New Vegas CZ57 Avenger: "Yes. They look different because the CZ57 Avenger in F:NV has to work with existing F3/F:NV grip, firing, and reload animations."
- ↑ In-game description: "{38900}{}{Avenger Minigun}"
"{38901}{}{Rockwell designed the Avenger as the replacement for their aging CZ53 Personal Minigun. The Avenger's design improvements include improved, gel-fin, cooling and chromium plated barrel-bores. This gives it a greater range and lethality. Min ST: 7.}"
"name_lightMiniGun = {Avenger MiniGun}"
"desc_lightMiniGun = {Rockwell designed the Avenger as the replacement for their aging CZ53 Personal Minigun. The Avenger's design improvements include improved, gel-fin, cooling and chromium plated barrel-bores. This gives it a greater range and lethality.}"
(PRO ITEM.MSG (Fallout 2), Items.txt)