Machete Gladius

The machete gladius is a melee 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 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.

It has a special 'Back Slash' attack, which does 70% damage in V.A.T.S. at the cost of 16 action points (requires a Melee skill of 50).

Variants

 * Broad machete Fnv-tribalpackblog1 (1).jpg
 * Machete
 * Liberator

Locations

 * Sometimes carried by the Legion soldiers at Cottonwood Cove, most commonly found on 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 blades in the Mojave Wasteland follow a slightly different pattern towards the Roman Gladius, being curved and having an indentation, considered great for both thrust and cutting maneuvers. []