Super mutant brute

Super Mutant Brutes are the middle tier of the normal-sized Super Mutant opponent class in Fallout 3. They are discernible frequently by their crested helmets, or by the heavier scrap armor plate coverage on their arms and shoulders.

Description
Brutes are typically equipped with either an Assault Rifle, or a melee weapon (a Sledgehammer) and a Frag Grenade. Less commonly (although still reasonably frequent), some Brutes that appear in specific locations (mainly inside the D.C. Ruins) are equipped with a Minigun or a Missile launcher.

They have significantly more hit points than the regular Super mutants and they wear a makeshift kind of metal armor. This, along with their superior armaments, makes them a tougher opponent.

Super Mutant Brutes have almost 3 times as much health as standard Super Mutants, and can survive several hunting rifle headshots before dropping. Their metal armor allows them to soak noticeably more damage than unarmored critters with a comparable number of hit points (i.e. Yao Guai).

Strategy
There are a few good tactics.

Appearances
s appear only in Fallout 3.

Video
Battling some Super Mutant Brutes