Machete Gladius

The machete gladius is a weapon in Fallout: New Vegas.

Characteristics
Like a machete, it does bonus limb damage. It can be repaired with another machete gladius, or regular machetes. It has a fairly high DPS due to its speed, which allows up to 3.5 regular attacks per second; combined with its 28 base damage, it readily cuts through most armored enemies.

Special attack
It has a special Back Slash attack that does 70% damage in V.A.T.S. at the cost of 4 fewer action points (requires a Melee Weapons skill of 50).

It is possible to execute Back Slash outside of V.A.T.S. (without the required Melee Weapons skill of 50 to perform the move) by initiating a power attack (hold attack button) while moving forward.

Durability
The machete gladius can successfully strike about 370 times from full condition before breaking.

Variants

 * Broad machete - a unique variant added with the Courier's Stash add-on.
 * Machete - the common variant found throughout the Mojave Wasteland.
 * Liberator - a unique machete carried by Dead Sea.

Locations

 * Aurelius of Phoenix, Decanus Severus, Canyon Runner, and Cursor Lucullus at Cottonwood Cove carry them.
 * Carried by some Legion centurions.