XL70E3

The  is a small gun in Fallout 2 and Fallout Tactics.

Fallout 2
The only thing really special about this gun is its superior damage per shot when compared to the AK-112 Assault Rifle. Its range and capacity is inferior.

However, by the time you get it, the XL70E3 will be going up against Advanced Power Armor. As such, it won't be used much. However, against the leather jackets that the Vagrants wear, the 5mm lead will fare much better.

Location

 * This weapon can be rather difficult to get. One of the black haired female Vagrants on the Tanker in San Francisco has it, but you need to kill her for it (you cannot steal it from her). Also, sometimes merchants you meet outside of San Francisco may have this weapon for sale.

Fallout Tactics
This weapon is superior to both the AK47 and the M16A1, but the magazine is inferior to both rifles.

Location

 * St. Louis, south-west corner of the Mutant Base in a crate (near the toxic moat)

Behind the scenes
In our reality, the XL70 was a prototype of the British SA80 family of weapons. It was the first of the prototypes to use 5.56 ammunition (the XL64/5s using an experimental British 4.85x49mm round).

XL70E3