Fallout 76

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Fallout 76 Official game cover Release Date: 2018 Developer: Bethesda Game Studios Publisher: Bethesda Softworks Series: Fallout Platforms: PC PlayStation 4 Xbox One Genre: Action Role-Playing

Fallout 76 is a 2018 role playing game and the 9th overall title in the Fallout game series, developed by Bethesda Game Studios and published by Bethesda Softworks. Fallout 76 is the first online Fallout title along with serving as Bethesda's first developed multiplayer game since 1997's An Elder Scrolls Legend: Battlespire. It is a prequel to all previous games in the series and can be played in a first or third person perspective.

Just like in previous titles, the plot centers on the player controller character leaving one of many fallout shelters built by Vault-Tec (this time, in Appalachia 25 years later) after a nuclear apocalypse from a result of conflicts between the United States and China.

Overview

A majority of Fallout 4's weapons and mechanics were reused for Fallout 76, such as the ability to build weapons and add various modifications to firearms such as receivers, barrels, grips/stocks, sights and magazines by using various junk in the wasteland containing materials to craft the modifications. Aside from requiring perks to craft modifications as was the case in Fallout 4, they can only be unlocked by the player after breaking down a copy of a firearm or by obtaining a redeemable modification. Certain unique variants of weapons may be found in the game that possess a "Legendary" effect which is a special perk that modifies the statistics of the weapon and are graded from 1 to 3 stars, with 3 stars containing a more and better legendary stat but being less common to find. Like in previous games (excluding Fallout 4), the item condition system was brought back in which players have to regularly maintain their weapons and armor so that it doesn't break. However, a weapon's performance remains the same regardless of its condition. When firing weapons in first person view, no casings will eject from them (with the exception of some shotguns) but in third person, this is the opposite.

Handguns

"10mm Pistol"

The "10mm Pistol" from Fallout 4 returns and as its name suggests, chambers 10mm auto ammunition and starts out as a semi automatic, single action firearm. The pistol somewhat resembles part of a German Volkspistole with some differences such as an angled grip and sloping forend. The 10mm pistol can modified with extended magazines (that increase its capacity from 12 rounds onwards), certain receivers that can increase damage or add a full auto conversion. It becomes abundant at lower levels with random modifications applied and deals decent damage per shot.

Walther Volkspistole - 9x19mm Parabellum

The "10mm Pistol" in the menu, this particular one appears to be a "Legendary" variant. Note that the pistol is equipped with standard modifications.

Colt Single Action Army

The Colt Single Action Army, more specifically a Cimarron model with a 7.5 inch barrel makes an appearance as the "Single Action Revolver" (probably because "Western" was already in use for the game's variant of a S&W M29) and is chambered for .44 Magnum. It can be obtained at early levels but is inferior to the .44 pistol due to the former having very little modifications (which only include an improved receiver, long barrel and ivory grips) and a long reload animation in which each round is replaced one at a time (compared to the Model 29 loading all 6 rounds at the same time) but deals slightly more damage than the already mentioned M29. The revolver appears to be missing a firing pin on its hammer. While reloading in third person view, the player character neglects the use of the revolver's ejector rod, instead inserting ammo directly into the chamber without removing spent casings.

Single Action Army with 5.5" barrel aka "Artillery" model with wooden grips - .45 Long Colt (this specific revolver is a Cimarron reproduction - and an actual movie gun). Note the lack of a 4th screw on its frame in front of the cylinder. The Colt models all have this.

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Viewing the Single Action Army in the inspection menu.

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Cocking the revolver.

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Reloading, the reload animation doesn't appear to be done well because the player character's hand clips through the entire gun's frame and barrel to reach for its ejector rod.

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Inserting a fresh round.

"Crusader Pistol"

The "Crusader Pistol" is obtained after learning its plan and constructing it, with the plan being awarded for completing a daily objective. In appearance, it is based on the "12.7mm Pistol" from Fallout: New Vegas, (which in turn is modeled after a large and chunky Hammerli 280 pistol) and is by default chambered for 10mm, with the 5.56mm and fictitious fusion cell rechamber mods relocating the magazine feed system ahead of the trigger rather appropriately.

The "12.7mm Pistol" from Fallout: New Vegas.

Hammerli 280 - .22 LR

M1842 Cavalry Percussion Pistol

The M1842 Aston percussion pistol appears as the "Black Powder Pistol". Per its name, the pistol feeds and fires the powerful .50 caliber ball, though firing or loading it will not deplete gunpowder from the player's inventory nor do they replace the percussion cap in the reload animation.

A variant of this weapon called the "Black Powder Blunderbuss" can be obtained but does not act as a blunderbuss, as it fires only one projectile. The percussion cap appears to be missing on the "Blunderbuss'" model and its only visual difference is its lighter colored wood and a Blunderbuss-style barrel.

US M1842 Dragoon's pistol, manufactured by H. Aston and Ira N. Johnson in Middletown, Connecticut in 1849 - .54 caliber

Inspecting the Black Powder Pistol via the menu. Part of the pistol's model includes a powder flask, which is appropriately used while reloading.

The Black Powder Blunderbuss in game. Despite being named a blunderbuss, it still fires a single .50 caliber ball rather than a group of smaller projectiles as a real Blunderbuss would. Note the missing percussion cap.

Smith & Wesson Model 29

The ".44 Pistol" (which should more correctly be referred to as a revolver) also makes a comeback and is quite a powerful weapon to come across; it is based on the Smith & Wesson Model 29. Ammunition for it is quickly loaded using full moon clips. Despite being a double action revolver, the player character will always cock the hammer after each shot (which lacks a firing pin), a trait carried over from Fallout 4. Modifications for the revolver include longer barrels, scopes and grips.

The "Western Revolver" starts appearing after the player reaches Level 20, though in rare amounts. It is visually identical to the ".44 Pistol" but with a cleaner appearance and its default wooden grips look different. It is considered the best out of the ".44 Pistol" category due to its better damage overall and high modding capabilities (although it is slightly less flexible than the common .44). The model was originally from Fallout 4's Nuka World downloadable content.

Smith & Wesson Model 29 - .44 Magnum. This is the screen used Model 29, carried and fired by Clint Eastwood in the movie The Enforcer.

The normal variant Model 29 in the weapon inspection menu.

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Firing the .44 "Pistol". The hammer is missing the firing pin, possibly from Bethesda using a deactivated M29 for modelling reference.

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The player character appropriately utilizes the cylinder's ejector rod while reloading.

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Inserting a moon clip of new rounds. Note the small bore holes in the cylinder and the long and thin cartridges about to be loaded, they don't really look like .44 Magnum rounds.

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The "Western" revolver in the inspection menu. Its appearance is cleaner compared to the standard Model 29 revolvers in the game.

Submachine Guns

"10mm Submachine Gun"

The 10mm SMG from Fallout 3 and Fallout: New Vegas appears again in a higher quality appearance. Like its previous incarnations, the 10mm Submachine Gun resembles the Heckler & Koch SMG II prototype. It has a left handed bolt, and the wielders hold it with two hands (as characters in 3 and New Vegas impractically held it with only one hand) and finally has a usable stock (added via modifications). It deals a higher damage per shot than a standard 10mm Pistol and has a fair damage-per-second output, but produces a lot of recoil when continuously firing.

Heckler & Koch SMG II - 9x19mm Parabellum

Inspecting the "10mm Submachine Gun". Note the cable assortment towards the rear, its purpose isn't exactly clear.

A player holds his 10mm SMG, happy that Bethesda brought it back to the Fallout universe.

Aiming through the sights. There is no front sight, even though a picture which advertises an in-game microtransaction skin for the weapon has one present.

Racking the submachine gun's charging handle as part of the reload animation. If one looks closely, the handle bolt appears to slightly clip through the start of the gun's unknown set of cables.

Thompson Submachine Gun

The "Submachine Gun" (originally appearing in Fallout 4) resembles an M1928A1 Thompson but with a side mounted charging handle on the left side along with an ejection port, safety, and fire selectors from the M1 Thompson. The Submachine Gun is chambered for .45 rounds and deals low damage per shot, but the high rate of fire and large magazine capacity makes up for this. It is depicted as firing from a closed bolt. Oddly enough, the undersized drum magazine equipped on the gun by default holds 50 rounds, whilst the model for a 100 round drum magazine upgrade is visually identical to a real life 50 round drum.

M1928A1 Thompson with 50-round drum magazine - .45 ACP

M1 Thompson with 20-round magazine - .45 ACP

Shotguns

12 Gauge Double Barrel Shotgun

A double barreled 12 gauge shotgun appears in the game. It can be modified with different barrels and stocks. Unlike in Fallout 4, the shotgun's buttstock cannot be sawed off. Performance wise, it deals the most damage out of the game's other shotguns, but is set back by the constant need to reload.

Savage/Stevens 311A Shotgun - 12 gauge

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The weapon's model being inspected.

Firing the shotgun in first person view.

Reloading the shotgun. The reload animation slightly differs in third person view as the user inserts the shells one at a time, with first person view showing the shooter loading in both shells at once.

Blunderbuss

A cut weapon skin for the in game "Atom Shop" would have changed the appearance of the Black Powder Rifle into a Blunderbuss- though this would be cosmetic and the weapon would still function as a rifle. The Blunderbuss would have likely required a separate animation, which could have been a reason as to why Bethesda cut the item from the game.

Flintlock Blunderbuss

The model for the Blunderbuss skin. It would have reused the powder flask model from the Aston pistols in the game.

"Combat Shotgun"

Since Fallout 3, the Combat Shotgun's appearance is based on the Soviet PPSh-41. By default, the Combat Shotgun has a sawed off stock and a very short magazine that somehow holds eight shells. By performance, it is an excellent weapon to utilize shotgun shells for due to its faster fire rate and a higher capacity. One of the magazine modifications for the shotgun resembles a Browning Automatic Rifle's magazine.

Soviet PPSh-41 Submachine Gun - 7.62x25mm Tokarev

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The Combat Shotgun as see in the game's inspection menu.

Aiming down the gun's barrel in first person view. There are no rear sights, with instead there being an optic rail in its place.

Reloading the shotgun.

Remington 870

The Remington Model 870 shotgun appears with a left handed ejector port as the "pump action shotgun". It is a quite common weapon, can obtained at very low levels and is superior to the Double-Barrel due to the former's capacity and spread. By default, the shotgun is modelled with a sawed-off stock, a short barrel and a four round magazine tube (which incorrectly holds eight shells) and an aperture sight by default. Bizarrely, applying longer barrel modifications (which also changes the length of the magazine tube but the capacity doesn't increase) decreases the accuracy of the shotgun despite in game notes of the modifications stating that they improve range. If one flips the text on both sides of the pump action shotgun's receiver, it says "Romington 76 MAGNUM" which implies that the shotgun was originally going to be right handed. Some modifications add a heatshield to the barrel of the shotgun. When reloading, the player character will always pump the shotgun's forend backwards before inserting shells. Likely due to a bug, spent shells are ejected from the loading gate but while aiming down the sights, shell hulls correctly eject from the ejection port.

Remington 870 with sawed off barrel and stock - 12 gauge

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The pump action shotgun in the inspection menu. Note the ATI Fluted Mag Extension Stand-off Cap and the sporter style checkering of the forend which is typically found on synthetic forends.

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Aiming down the "Romington's" sights. They appear to be the same default iron sights as on the "Lever Action Rifle".

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While using the Remington, the player character has a face off against a "Scorched" enemy and a mutated insect.

The player, not done fighting, reloads their shotgun. The animation begins with the user racking back the forend before inserting new shells.

Rifles

AKM

Reused from Fallout 4's Nuka World DLC, the AKM reappears as the "Handmade rifle". Unlike in said game, this rifle no longer chambers 7.62mm ammunition due to it not existing in this game (likely as an effort to minimize lesser used ammunition from the previous game) and is instead chambered in 5.56mm rounds despite using curved magazines for the aforementioned 7.62mm cartridge. The handmade rifle can be modified with different stocks, barrels, magazines and scopes.

AKM - 7.62x39mm

American Percussion Combination Gun

"The Dragon" is a mid-19th century American-style quad barreled percussion combination rifle/shotgun. It is chambered in .50 caliber balls and firing will discharge all four barrels despite the fact that in reality the top two barrels are rifle barrels typically around .38-40 caliber and the bottom two barrels are shotgun barrels typically around .69-72 caliber. Strangely, the rifle only expends a single ball of ammunition despite releasing four projectiles and like every other muzzle loaded firearm in the game, the player character makes no effort to replace the rifle's (in this case) two missing percussion caps while reloading. Performance wise, The Dragon deals an extremely high amount of damage but is very hard to find.

Mid 19th century American percussion combination rifle/shotgun of unknown make. This exact weapon appears to have been used as reference when modeling The Dragon.

ArmaLite AR-10

The player character can obtain a microtransaction from the in game "Atom Shop" called the "Screaming Eagle skin" which cosmetically changes the handmade rifle's animations and appearance from an AKM to an ArmaLite AR-10 "Transitional Model" rifle (this does not alter the weapon's performance nor statistics). Visually, the AR-10 style rifle lacks a carrying handle and instead utilizes a rail (similarly to the A4 models), has no charging handle but rather a bolt placed on the left side of the receiver (with a right handed ejection port). There are three finishes that can be applied to the rifle which include a standard wood furniture appearance, woodland camouflage, and a custom "flyboy" skin that adds a decal of a bald eagle to the magazine well along with a dark crimson tinted grip and stock. Modifications for the handmade rifle can still be applied and attachments such as suppressors and optics will appear on the rifle.

ArmaLite AR-10, "Transitional" model - 7.62x51mm NATO

ArmaLite AR-10 A4 - 7.62x51mm NATO

"Combat Rifle"

The Combat Rifle, yet another weapon recycled from Fallout 4, is heavily based on the PPSh-41 submachine gun. Several parts of the rifle such as the trigger guard, receiver, and stock look identical to the Combat Shotgun due to the developers reusing materials from the latter. The Combat Rifle is chambered in .45 caliber (Most likely .45 ACP because the Submachine Gun is chambered in this ammunition as well.) and can alternatively be rechambered for the weaker ".38" (which is possibly 9x19mm, .38 Super or .38 ACP because every in game weapon chambered in .38 caliber feeds from straight magazines and the cartridge model is rimless despite .38 special being a rimmed revolver cartridge) even though the magazine model is rifle caliber sized. This was because a .308 receiver for the rifle existed in Fallout 4 but was not carried into Fallout 76.

Soviet PPSh-41 Submachine Gun - 7.62x25mm Tokarev

Kentucky Flintlock Rifle

A skin released for the in game "Atom Shop" changes the Black Powder Rifle's appearance to that of a maple and ornate Kentucky Flintlock Rifle. This is cosmetic and will not change the performance of the rifle. Applying the skin will not change the weapon's reload animation and as such, the player character will not reload the rifle's action mechanism (in this case, adding powder to the flintlock's pan).

The image used for the rifle's skin in the "Atom Shop".

"Lever Action Rifle"

The "Lever Action Rifle" which originally appeared in the Fallout 4 Far Harbor DLC now returns in 76. Visually, the rifle is a cross between a Marlin Model 336 and a Marlin 1895G Guide Gun, with a barrel similar to the former and features a straight stock, aperture sights, a thicker trigger guard, and a left handed receiver. In the case of Fallout 4, the Lever Action Rifle was chambered for .45-70 which no longer exists in Fallout 76 and instead loads .45 caliber pistol cartridges (despite animations still using .45-70 casing and round models) with the same 5 round capacity. This rifle begins appearing roughly after Level 35 and deals reasonably high damage, while possessing a slower fire rate than other rifles. Like every other rifle in the game, the Lever Action by default has a sawed-off barrel and stock, which can be brought back by modifying.

Marlin 336A Carbine - .30-30 Carbine

Marlin 1895G "Guide Gun" - .45-70

M1841 Mississippi Percussion Rifle

The 1853 version of the M1841 Mississippi Percussion Rifle is featured as the "black powder rifle". Like the muzzle loading pistols, it is chambered in .50 caliber balls, deals devastating damage and does not deduct gunpowder from the players inventory upon firing. In its reload animation, the player character completes the proper steps for reloading but does not replace the percussion cap which is already missing nor is any wadding used.

M1841 Mississippi rifled musket - .58 Minie ball

The "Black Powder Rifle". Its model is accompanied by a powder horn. The player character appropriately utilizes this while reloading the weapon.

Remington 700

The "Hunting Rifle" is based on the Remington Model 700 with a left handed bolt. The Hunting Rifle is common very early in game and at first is only found with a short barrel/handguard and sawed off stock, but modifications can extend the overall length of the rifle. It is chambered for .308 caliber but an optional modification can convert the Hunting Rifle to load .38 and .50 caliber rounds (rather bizarrely). Oddly, despite the sounds of ammo cases hitting the ground being heard after firing, the rifle does not eject any. Equipping a scope changes the rifle's name from "Hunting Rifle" to "Sniper Rifle".

Remington 700 BDL - .308 Winchester

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The Hunting Rifle's model via the in game inspection menu.

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Aiming through the rifle's iron sights, they look more or less like the Combat Rifle's standard sights.

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Pulling back the (left handed) bolt after firing, no casings seem to be ejected in this view.

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Reloading the weapon. This is done by replacing the magazine before racking the bolt, unlike with other bolt action rifles in previous games in which these steps were done the other way round.

Remington 700 VTR

When equipping a synthetic body and a long barrel to the Hunting Rifle, it begins to resemble a Remington Model 700 VTR. The grip and stock appears to be custom.

Remington Model 700 VTR - .308 Winchester

Volksstrumgewehr 1-5

Another rifle recycled from the Far Harbor DLC in Fallout 4, the Volkssturmgewehr 1-5 makes a comeback as the "Radium Rifle". It is a Volkssturmgewehr rifle with random sci-fi parts installed on it which include gamma cartridges and wires. Like in its previous appearance, the Radium Rifle is chambered in .45 pistol cartridges and can deal some sort of radiation damage to its victims, with humans being the most effective targets.

Gustloff Volkssturmgewehr MP507 - 7.92x33mm Kurz

Machine Guns

"Assault Rifle"

The evil creation from Fallout 4 known as the "Assault Rifle" returns. It includes parts from real life machine guns such as: the grip and receiver resembling that of the French MAS AA-52, a barrel jacket from the Lewis Gun, the handguard of an M249 SAW, a side loading box magazine similar to one from an FG42 (but chambered in 5.56mm rounds) and an anti-aircraft type front sight. Despite being named an assault rifle, the weapon starts off as firing in semi-automatic (and assault rifles require a selector switch in order to be truly classed as one) until the player character decides to modify the receiver which gives the gun full-auto capabilities. Other modifications include longer barrels and extended magazines. During the development of Fallout 4, the "Assault Rifle" was originally named the "Machine Gun".

Lewis Gun - .303 British

MAS AA-52 GPMG - 7.5x54mm French

M249-E2 SAW - upgraded M249 with heat shield and full synthetic Stock, equipped with a 200 round ammo drum - 5.56x45mm

Browning M2HB

The "50 Cal Machine Gun" is based on the Browning M2HB and is chambered in .50 caliber cartridges which are fed by belt in a box magazine, with an incorrect capacity of 250 rounds. The M2 appears to be in a handheld configuration, carried by the player character using with two handles; one mounted above the receiver and the other behind the firing mechanism which raises a question as to how exactly the player presses the trigger while holding the gun at the same time. It also lacks iron sights and weighs significantly lighter in game than in real life (18 lbs compared to 84 lbs) The machine gun deals reasonable damage, has a decently high rate of fire, becomes accessible to the player when they reach Level 25 but has only two modifications: a heavy barrel, which increases damage and a "prime" receiver that deals more damage to "Scorched" diseased enemies which roam the Wasteland around Appalachia.

Browning M2HB on M3 tripod - .50 BMG

MG42

The German MG42 appears as the "Light Machine Gun"; this is somewhat incorrect, as the MG42 is a general-purpose machine gun, though the in-game version lives up to its name by weighing a mere 8 pounds (over 17 pounds less than the real steel). The Light Machine Gun is chambered in .308 caliber, similar to the MG42's modern counterpart, the MG3, which is chambered for 7.62x51mm NATO. It deals a decent amount of damage per shot and can deal even more per second thanks to its fire rate (lower than a real MG42's, but still rather high), however one needs to monitor how much they fire as the gun can eat through a large amount of .308 cartridges. The machine gun is modelled with a 50 round belt drum, but has an incorrect capacity of 75 rounds. The schematic plan to build the weapon refers to it by its real life name as "MG42 light machine gun".

MG42 with drum magazine - 7.92x57mm Mauser

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The MG42 in the inspection menu.

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Aiming through the machine gun's sights in first person view.

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Reloading the MG42. After inserting the belt drum, the player doesn't bother positioning the belt.

"Minigun"

The Minigun from Fallout 4 returns. It similar to the GE M134 Minigun with its design based on the M61 Vulcan, has a capacity of 500 "5mm" rounds which are stored in a large drum mounted underneath the barrels and has a very low damage per shot stat, with its fast fire rate (still slower than a real life minigun) making up for this. Strangely, the ammo box model used for the fictitious "5mm" cartridge contains inscribed text that reads "7.62x51mm NATO" and "USE IN M.G.GAU-2B/A OR M134".

Phalanx CIWS - 20x102mm

Airsoft handheld M134 Minigun with 'Chainsaw grip' to handle the recoil force. This variant was seen in Terminator 2: Judgment Day. This is an airsoft version which retains the half-circle attachment point for the M60 foregrip from Predator; the real Terminator minigun did not have this- (fake) 7.62x51mm NATO

Model 1874 Gatling Gun

The "Gatling Gun" is based on the camel Model 1874 Gatling Gun which in game is available in a makeshift handheld configuration (despite a real life Gatling gun being substantially heavier for a single person to be able to carry, run with, and reload without issue). The Gatling Gun is chambered in the fictional "5mm" cartridge and uses the standard vertical magazines by default but a modification may equip it with a short .45-70 Broadwell drum which increases capacity. It uses a left handed crank that appears to be located further ahead of the gun's action (which would not succeed in rotating the barrels in reality) and is also incorrectly depicted as firing one round per full crank rather than consecutively discharging rounds the more the crank is turned. The Gatling Gun is a better alternative to the Minigun due to the former's higher accuracy, damage output, and more manageable ammunition preservation (due to the gun's slower fire rate).

Colt Gatling Gun with Bruce Feed Guide - .45-70 Government

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Menu inspection of the in game Gatling Gun. The grooved ends of this particular gun's barrels are the result of the "long barrel" modification.

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Reloading the Gatling Gun. Note the magazine well attached to the magazine

A fully modified Gatling Gun which features the Broadwell drum and anti aircraft style sights. The player character's left hand appears to be outside of the gun's crank handle due to an alignment bug.

PKM

While the in game "Gauss Rifle" is largely fictional, its stock resembles that of a PKM, but is missing the butt plate.

PKM - 7.62x54mmR

Inspecting the "Gauss Rifle".

Launchers

"Broadsider"

The "Broadsider" is what appears to be an 18th century swivel gun attached to a metallic frame with an assembly of recoil dampeners and two handles that the user holds the weapon with. The back handle has a button connected to wiring which leads to the touch hole of the cannon. In reality, the cannon would be extremely heavy for a single person to carry, fire, and reload with their two hands. Strangely, during the Broadsider's reload animation, no powder is loaded into its muzzle and the player character directly inserts the cannonball inside.

A swivel gun.

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Menu inspection of the "Broadsider".

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Holding the Broadsider in first person view. Note the wires which go into the cannon's touch hole, this suggests how the weapon's non-existent gunpowder is ignited.

We observe the player character reloading. This is done by the cannon spontaneously pivoting downwards, the user neglecting the need to pour gunpowder by only inserting a cannonball down the muzzle and then said cannon magically pivoting back up into the frame.

Greener Percussion Harpoon Gun

The "Harpoon Gun" (originally appearing in the Fallout 4 Add-on Far Harbor) appears to take inspiration from the Greener Percussion Harpoon Gun, though some differences include the player holding it with two hands (as is the case with every heavy weapon in the game) and each harpoon instead being loaded into the receiver from its left side rather than from the muzzle. The model has a button connected to wiring which leads into the percussion mechanism, although reloading it is dismissed by the player character, leaving how exactly the gun launches its projectiles a mystery. Modifications for the "Harpoon Gun" include a barbed modification to the harpoons which adds a "health drain per second" effect to targets or alternatively, a "flechette" mod may be applied which transforms the single loaded harpoon into a cluster of several projectiles, making the weapon function like a heavy shotgun.

A Greener percussion harpoon gun, circa 1845.

Leuchtpistole

The German Leuchtpistole reappears as the "Flare Gun" and is the only weapon in the game chambered for flare ammunition. In Fallout 4, the main purpose of the Leuchtpistole was to signal the "Minutemen" faction for help, which leaves owning one in 76 pointless. However, one potential use for this "weapon" in game is to attract the attention of other real players in the event of an emergency.

Leuchtpistole - 26.65mm

M79 Grenade Launcher

The M79 grenade launcher is referred to by its real-life name (which newer Fallout games never do so with their firearms). It correctly chambers 40mm and by default has a sawed off barrel and stock, both of which can be brought back by modifying means. Aside from this, no other mods exist for the launcher and it can easily be replaced in favor of the "Auto Grenade Launcher" that happens to deal the exact same explosion damage per shot.

M79 grenade launcher - 40x46mm

"Missile Launcher"

The "Missile Launcher" from Fallout 4 is loosely based on the RPG-7 and has the rear sight and trigger group of the PIAT. Part of the diagonal area near the muzzle and the foregrip resembles sections from a Heckler & Koch MP7. Modifications range from a targeting system which enables the user to lock onto targets, a "triple barrel" attachment which despite its name actually adds a detachable magazine which increases the launcher's capacity from one to three "missiles" and alternatively a "quad barrel" that replaces the weapon's muzzle with four barrels (though the rear is still a single tube), giving the launcher an appearance similar to the M202 FLASH.

RPG-7 - 40mm

Projector, Infantry, Anti Tank (PIAT) - 3.25 in

Heckler & Koch MP7A1 with factory magazine and iron sights - 4.6x30mm

Mk 19 Grenade Launcher

The Mk 19 grenade launcher makes an appearance as the "Auto Grenade Launcher" and is chambered for 40mm grenades with a small capacity of 12 rounds. As with all heavy weapons in game, the launcher is in a handheld configuration with similar carry handles as the game's Browning M2, which still doesn't explain how the player character pulls the trigger simultaneously while carrying the weapon using both hands. In reality, the Mk 19 grenade launcher weighs almost 80 lbs, while the game version weighs only 18 lbs. The launcher's model has an older flash hider as well as folded rear sights which are unfortunately folded and unusable.

Mk 19 Mod 3 grenade launcher on M3 tripod with 32-round belt box and current production flash hider - 40x53mm

"Hellstorm Missile Launcher"

The "Hellstorm Missile Launcher" appears to take inspiration from the M202 FLASH incendiary launcher. The body of the launcher resembles the M202 with its four barrels however, its grip and trigger assembly are identical to the PIAT's from the above "Missile Launcher". Instead of loading rockets through the rear, its chambered "missiles" are inserted toward the muzzle in a clip. Modifications add the same Heckler & Koch MP7 style foregrip from the other "Missile Launcher" variant and can convert the standard four barrel assembly into a single barrel, rotating chamber 6-shot launcher. The left side of the "Hellstorm Missile Launcher" contains an inscription that reads "LAUNCHER ROCKET 4 BARREL 66MM" and the six shot mod changes it to "LAUNCHER MISSILE 6 BARREL 58MM", this does not affect the missile ammunition which is loaded into the launcher in game.

M202A1 FLASH - 66mm

Explosives

"Fragmentation Grenade"

The design of the "Fragmentation Grenade" is largely fictitious but appears to partly resemble a Mk 2 hand grenade.

Mk 2 "Pineapple" World War II-made High-Explosive Fragmentation hand grenade. This example has a WW2-era fuze design as can be seen from the front of the spoon curling over rather than under the hinge at the front: this was changed postwar because the older hinge would sometimes allow the spoon to be pushed far enough forward to release the striker while still attached to the grenade.

The in game model of the Fragmentation Grenade.

Unusable Weapons

Browning Hi-Power

One of the in game "Guns & Bullets" magazines features a Browning Hi-Power in the hands of a US soldier.

Browning Hi-Power MK III - 9x19mm

This magazine cover was reused from Fallout 4.

Heckler & Koch G3

The "R91 skin" was due to be released as a cosmetic reskin for the "Handmade Rifle", but was cut from the game for unknown reasons. The rifle is modelled after the earlier model of the Heckler & Koch G3 but with an erroneous charging handle located on the left side of the receiver (most likely to fit with pre existing rifle animations). This version of the G3 appears to be a recreation of the "R91 assault rifle" from Fallout 3, whose name references the HK91.

Early Heckler & Koch G3 rifle with wooden furniture, later muzzle device, and drum rear sight - 7.62x51mm NATO

The rifle's in game model. Note the painful-to-look-at receiver mounted charging handle and the missing magazine release lever.

Ingram MAC-11

The "Guerrilla" list of perk cards feature a picture of the Vault Boy mascot firing an Ingram MAC-11 without a folding stock.

Ingram MAC-11 with stock extended - .380 ACP

The perk card featuring the submachine gun. Note that the drawing of the gun appears to be reversed as features on its right side are visible on the left.