Chinese Pistol (Fallout 3)

The is a common Fallout 3 weapon.

Characteristics
The Shansei C96 Chinese Pistol is quite possibly a leftover from the United States' war with China, an event that triggered the Great War. Some of them can still be found in the Capital Wasteland. The gun is the Shansei C96, or Type 17, in our timeline a higher-caliber variant of the original German Mauser C96 once manufactured in the Shansi province of China. Most likely a reference to Mausers produced in our time cheaply by such manufacturers as Norinco. It is the weakest pistol, and nearly useless: even your own fists can do more damage, if you have a high enough unarmed skill - except that in caps, it is pound-for-pound the most valuable of all conventional weapons.

An experimental incendiary version of this weapon exists, called the Zhu-Rong v418 Chinese Pistol.

Trivia
The C96 Mauser "broom handle" proved to be one of the most popular handguns of the early 20th century and was fielded by many of the worlds armies. C96 was originally chambered to 7.63mm Mauser, a caliber that offered excellent penetration and flat trajectory. The weapon purchased by the Pre-Communist Government of China. After the communist take over, the weapon was made as an unlicensed copy in the more abundant 7.62.25mm Tokarev caliber, which required minimal changes in tooling. This weapon was later replaced in Chinese service by license-made versions of the Soviet Tokarev TT33 and Makarov PMM. The weapon was renowned for its reliability, this reliability was due to the fact that C96 is made with interlocking machined parts, the only screw used is the one for the handle.

Locations
Can be found all over the wasteland, most often as random loot in containers and on enemies.