Silenced .22 SMG

The silenced .22 SMG is a weapon in Fallout: New Vegas.

Characteristics
The silenced .22 SMG is iconic with its unusual pan magazine(and apearence similar to a tommy gun), which sits atop the gun rather than under. The silencer is integrated right into the barrel, no modification required. It can be bought through Gun Runners, having a few in perfect condition, but is very expensive. It can be upgraded with extended drums, giving it 60 extra rounds.

Locations

 * Found on some Fiends inside Vault 3.
 * Found throughout Vault 11
 * When you first confront Benny in "The Tops" Casino in the New Vegas Strip, his guards will be carrying them.

Appearances
The silenced .22 SMG appears in Fallout: New Vegas.

Behind The Scenes
The silenced .22 SMG is based off of the American-180, a 1970s weapon for police and prisons. Visually identical, both weapons share the chambering of .22 LR and the magazine capacity of 180 rounds (hence the name). The American-180, however, was never factory suppressed, but theoretically could be modified to accept a screw-in suppressor. It did feature a factory option lead-battery targeting laser (the first ever). *Due to the incredibly unique design of the drum-stack 180 round pan magazine, an expanded magazine modification such as available to the silenced .22 SMG would be mechanically impossible without a total weapon redesign. The original pan design was stretched to the limits already, and occasionally jammed.