Machete Gladius

The Machete Gladius is a weapon in Fallout: New Vegas.

Characteristics
The wide blade at the head with an indentation into the blade towards the hilt is designed to give more weight to the head of the blade, allowing for more momentum with slashes. Like a machete it does bonus limb damage. It can be repaired with another machete gladius or regular machetes. It has fairly high DPS due to its speed which allows up to three regular attacks per second, combined with its 28 base damage that readily cuts through even T-51b power armor's 25 DT.

Variants

 * Broad machete
 * Machete
 * Liberator

Locations

 * Sometimes carried by the Legion soldiers at Cottonwood Cove, most notably Aurelius of Phoenix, Decanus Severus and Canyon-Runner.
 * Sometimes carried by the Legion soldiers at Fortification Hill.
 * Carried by Legion Centurions sometimes.

Behind the scenes

 * The sword is historically called a makhaira, notable variants include the kukri, xiphos and falcata. None of which were officially wielded by the Roman legions, but instead by their enemies.
 * "Gladius" is the Latin word for "sword".