Fat Man (Fallout 3)

The Fat Man is a handheld tactical nuclear catapult found in Fallout 3.

Appearances
The Fat Man appears only in Fallout 3, and can be found in the Rivet City market area and also inside Germantown Police HQ. Because of its nuclear payload, it is by far the strongest V.A.T.S. enabled weapon in the game, perfect for taking out multiple enemies or heavily armored units - and in normal use, you'll be encountering both. The Fat Man has an estimated range of 150+ yards and will fall if shot in the air; be aware that the blast zone will be irradiated. You can find this gun right outside of GNR, as well, during the "Following in His Footsteps" quest by picking it up from a dead Brotherhood soldier. Using this method, one can acquire the Fat Man fairly early in the game. Note that this Brotherhood soldier must be killed by the Super Mutant Behemoth you encounter during this quest.

A Fat Man can also be found in Evergreen Mills, in the basement armory of Germantown Police HQ (behind a hard locked door), or at the Talon Company fort. It may also be dropped by Talon Mercenaries in the capitol building during or after the fight with the Super Mutant Behemoth.

In the Armory at National Guard Depot, behind a door that requires a passcode, you can find the Experimental MIRV version of Fat Man which can fire up to 8 Mini Nukes at once. This is no easy task, as all 5 Keller Family Transcripts must first be found.

One can be found at the end of the Old Olney Sewers after battle with a number of Deathclaws.

A Fat-man and Mini-nuke may possibly found on a Scavenger lying dead on the side of a brown car in a gas station (large red rocket) slightly east of Old Olney (the next square over in the map, bottom part of the square). Northwest of the Nuka Cola truck (with many Nuka-Colas and Quantums) may be a better land mark. This may be a random encounter, but the scavenger seemed to be positioned slightly off the trunk, as if the developer wanted you to see him as he fell out of it. The scavenger's inventory may also be randomized.

One can also be found in Fort Constantine Alongside the T-51b Power Armor and two Mini Nukes. You will need all 3 of the special keys from the You Gotta Shoot 'Em in the Head Quest to access the room.

One can also be found in the ruins of the White House near a skeleton. Next to the Fat Man is 5 Mini Nukes. The White House can be accessed from a utility manhole south of the building on Penn Ave.

There is also one in the Capitol, a Talon Company mercenary is shooting it at a behemoth inside the rotunda.

A dead scavenger close to the center of sector h8v2 (at the boundary of leftmost and central mini-square in the map) carries a Fat Man and a Mini Nuke.

There is also one that can be taken from a dead Brotherhood of Steel soldier during the fight with a behemoth outside of the GNR building in the main quest "Galaxy News Radio".

Note that the Fat Man's condition can wear down surprisingly fast with frequent use (though its firepower is still devastating at any state of repair). Additionally, a Fat Man in very poor condition can be easily broken by enemy gunfire.

Controversy
The name and image of this weapon are references to the Fat Man atomic bomb that was dropped in Nagasaki, Japan, ending World War II. Because of this, the weapon will be renamed when Fallout 3 is released in Japan.