Howitzer

The howitzer is a world object in Fallout 2 and Fallout: New Vegas. It is mentioned-only in Fallout 3.

Characteristics
The howitzer is a pre-War artillery weapon that was used by the United States Armed Forces. They provide covering fire for ground forces and can be used to soften up hardened areas. A large number of these weapons were stored in various parts of the country, useless to anyone without the foresight to see an extremely valuable piece of weaponry.

Fallout 2

 * A howitzer can be used to gain access to the Sierra Army Depot, providing a wealth of resources.


 * The savant weaponsmith, Algernon in New Reno has been provided with a howitzer by the owner of the New Reno Arms, Eldridge for maintenance. The weapon is to be added to his collection and stockpile of arms.

Fallout 3

 * The Talon Company possesses an unknown number of artillery pieces. They are never strictly identified as howitzers, yet given the level of pre-war technology at their (Talon Company) disposal and the rarity of other forms of artillery, it is reasonable to assume the weapons are howitzers. Artillery strikes from the weapons can be called in on Seward Square and the Super mutant behemoth at Takoma Park, both include some form of operating instructions, a note near the signal switches.


 * The Enclave possess artillery in some form as well, as evidenced by the Sector artillery notes located at Adams Air Force Base. However these weapons are truly mentioned-only, as they do not have a means of being fired, the Enclave will instead fire from atop the Mobile Base Crawler using Big Guns.

Fallout: New Vegas

 * The Boomers acquired several of these guns from Area 2, they are now used to protect Nellis Air Force Base from enemies near and far, as well as preventing anyone from effectively spying on the base. Caesar mentions that some of his scouts were shelled at extreme distances. The Boomer guns were also used in unspoken negotiations with the New California Republic, who had attempted to shut off the bases water supply. In response the Boomers shelled the water lines to the NCR Sharecropper Farms, prompting the NCR to turn the water back on at the base.


 * Dale Barton salvaged a howitzer from a military base in Yuma, Arizona (presumably the Marine Corp Air Station Yuma) and then sold it to Caesar's Legion. The Legion hopes to use it during the Second Battle of Hoover Dam for suppressing 1st Recon and Veteran Ranger snipers, but without a Howitzer firing mechanism, they've been unable to coax it to working order.

Variants

 * Archimedes II, an orbital energy weapon used in much the same way as artillery.
 * Bradley-Hercules, an orbital missile platform used in much the same way as artillery.

Appearances
Howitzers appear in Fallout 2 and Fallout: New Vegas.