Tri-beam Laser Rifle (Broken Steel)

The  is a weapon which is added to Fallout 3 with the Broken Steel downloadable content pack. It is carried by Super Mutant Overlords.

Characteristics
The Tri-Beam Laser Rifle is a ranged laser rifle shotgun with a possible knockback effect.

The weapon has the appearance of a "sawed-off" laser rifle, missing the tube on the bottom length of the barrel and having a new emitter aperture and attached wires. It also has a black-green, darker tone than the standard laser rifle. Unlike other laser rifles, each shot depletes 3 rounds of the weapon's ammunition, the Microfusion Cell.

Appearances
The Tri-Beam Laser Rifle appears only in the Fallout 3 DLC Broken Steel.

Tips
While some may argue that the Metal Blaster is better than the Tri-Beam Laser rifle, it is only true in some respects.

If you tend to use VATS and dont use Sneak mode much, the Tri-Beam Laser rifle is the ideal weapon. The TBLR is accurate in VATS, unlike the Metal Blaster. Also MB is best used in Sneak mode to make most of use of the Sneak criticals and number of shots that emit from the MB.