H&K CAWS

H&K CAWS is a Fallout 2 and Fallout Tactics small gun.

The Heckler & Koch HK CAWS (H&K CAWS) is a prototype automatic shotgun—designed as a combat shotgun—co-produced by Heckler & Koch and Winchester/Olin during the 1980s. It was Heckler & Koch's entry in to the U.S military's Close Assault Weapon System program.

Fallout 2
Superior version of the Combat shotgun, but also a fair bit more expensive. Longer range and more shells per burst, but smaller magazine capacity.

Locations

 * There are many locations you can find this weapon, but the earliest time you can find it is during a slaver Random encounter outside of Vault City. A raider in Vault 15 also holds this weapon.

Trivia

 * Outside of the Fallout Universe, the H&K CAWS was a prototype shotgun designed to fire high-impulse tungsten buckshot or flechettes that never reached production due to the cancellation of the CAWS project by the US.

Fallout Tactics
The CAWS is the major find of Mardin. It instantly replaces the Neostead as the combat shotgun of choice, but the minimum Strength of 6 may be beyond the average sniper. The CAWS is an unprecedented close range weapon until the next mission, when you discover the SAW.

Locations

 * This gun can first be found in the Mardin mission.

H&K CAWS