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The Rockwell CZ53 personal minigun is a big gun in Fallout and Fallout 2.
Background[]
A Rockwell CZ53 personal minigun is capable of firing 5mm rounds at over 60,000 RPM[1] with an ammunition capacity dependent on the type of feed mechanism (120 round unknown[2] and 240 box with accompanying extra belt backpack[3]). The CZ53 personal minigun makes up for the small 5mm round by sending a hail of bullets toward its target. Its sheer size, coupled with its trademark sound, is enough to send anyone in its path running for cover. It is a great weapon for suppressing fire, letting others flank the unsuspecting enemy.[4][5] When the Great War struck, it was already an aging design and was slowly being replaced by the more advanced CZ57 Avenger minigun.[6] The minigun was the favorite weapon of the Mariposa super mutants during the Unity's time, with super mutants able to wield them effectively with only one arm.[7]
Characteristics[]
The CZ53 minigun is one of only three big guns in Fallout, and one of the more common big guns in Fallout 2. It does very well at mid- to close-range, where its 40-round bursts can tear apart small groups of enemies. At longer ranges, fewer shots in the burst are likely hit, resulting in lower overall damage considering the lower caliber rounds it fires and its reliance on volume of hits. The hollow-point ammo multipliers cause extreme amounts of damage to its targets, whereas armor piercing ammo is vastly inferior in unfixed game versions due to a well-known bug/miscalculation in the AP ammo behavior.
Super mutants and nightkin have salvaged miniguns for their use, stabilizing them on their arm for quick bursts.
It is a fine weapon for Fallout, while the Avenger minigun one-ups it for Fallout 2. Paired with a Rockwell BigBazooka for longer range targets, it lets Big Gun focused characters overpower almost any opposition.
Locations[]
Fallout[]
- One in a wall locker on level 5 of the Glow.
- Lost Hills, carried by Brotherhood of Steel guards.
- Boneyard Fortress, sold by Zack.
- Mariposa Military Base, carried by super mutants.
- One in the right armory locker section on level 2 of Mariposa Military Base.
- The Cathedral/LA Vault, carried by super mutants.
Fallout 2[]
- Broken Hills, carried by Marcus.
- New Reno, sold by Eldridge.
- NCR Ranger HQ, carried by Rondo.
- Mariposa Military Base level 2, carried by super mutants.
- Willy special encounter, potentially sold by Willy.
- Unity Patrol random encounter, carried by a Big Gun guard.
- Unity Patrol random encounter, carried by a nightkin.
- Kaga would have carried one in his 4th encounter with the Chosen One.
Sounds[]
Gallery[]
References[]
- ↑ Fallout and Fallout 2 item description: "{1200}{}{Minigun}"
"{1201}{}{A Rockwell CZ53 Personal Minigun. A multi-barrelled chaingun firing 5mm ammunition at over 60,000 RPM. Min ST: 7.}"
(PRO ITEM.MSG (Fallout), PRO ITEM.MSG (Fallout 2)) - ↑ Fallout & Fallout 2
- ↑ Fallout 3 & Fallout: New Vegas – assumption that there are extra belts within the backpack.
- ↑ Fort Independence terminal entries; research terminal, Research Log - Minigun
- ↑ Research Note - Minigun
- ↑ Fallout 2 and Fallout Tactics: Brotherhood of Steel item 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) - ↑ Animation frames in Fallout and Fallout 2.
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