Gatling Laser (Fallout: New Vegas)

The Gatling laser is a weapon in Fallout: New Vegas.

Characteristics
The Gatling laser is a rapid-fire heavy energy weapon. It uses EC packs as ammunition. It has one of the highest damage-per-second rates in the game, delivering over 500dps with max-charged ammo and a high energy weapons skill. It can quickly kill any unarmored enemy.

The Gatling laser achieves such a high DPS by firing multiple low powered lasers at an incredibly fast rate. It consumes ammunition at an equally incredible rate, depleting an EC pack for every one of the 30 shots it fires every second.

Unfortunately, the Gatling Laser is largely ineffective against armored opponents due to Fallout: New Vegas' damage threshold system. As no single shot from the Gatling laser can penetrate the damage threshold of a tough opponent, it cumulatively deals almost no damage against them. For this reason, The Gatling laser is far less effective than it's Fallout 3 counterpart.

Locations

 * Occasionally carried by Brotherhood of Steel Paladins.
 * Can be Bought from the Brotherhood of Steel Store after you become a Paladin.

Mods

 * Focus Optics: +3 Damage
 * CF Frame: Halves weight (18 -> 9)

Appearances
The Gatling laser appears in Fallout: New Vegas.