Light Machine Gun (Fallout: New Vegas)

The light machine gun is a weapon in Fallout: New Vegas. It is the only fully automatic weapon in game that chambers the 5.56mm round.

Characteristics
Within the NCR, the light machine gun is only issued to the finest NCR troops but can also be found carried by Super Mutant Masters. Despite being special-issue within the NCR, it is possible for the player to obtain one fairly easily from third-party sources such as the Gun Runners. It has a high rate of fire, magazine capacity, damage, and remarkably fast reload speed, but degrades rapidly and has high spread, even when sighted, use it as a shotgun. Equipped with armor piercing rounds this weapon can chew through whole waves of armored opponents in a heartbeat, even Super Mutants and Deathclaws will fall in droves provided the player has stockpiled enough rounds to finish the job.

Locations

 * A light machine gun in good condition can be found near the back of Quarry Junction inside the Deathclaw Matriarch's cave.


 * Can sometimes be found on Super Mutants at Black Mountain.


 * From level 16 and onwards the light machine gun can be purchased from Gun Runners (Fallout: New Vegas) outside of Freeside.


 * Can be purchased from the Brotherhood of Steel at Hidden Valley, when the Elder McNamara allows you to buy from their armory.


 * NCR Heavy Troopers sometimes carry LMGs


 * Sometimes at Jack Rabbit Springs equipped by Super Mutant Masters.

Appearances
The light machine gun appears in Fallout: New Vegas.

Mods

 * Light MG Expanded Drums - Increases ammo capacity by +110.