Gauss Rifle

Gauss rifles are infantry fielded coilguns that appear in Fallout 2, Fallout 3, Fallout: New Vegas, Fallout 4, Fallout 76, Fallout Tactics, and Fallout Extreme.

M72 Gauss rifle


The M72 has an electromagnetic accelerator, which uses an auto-loading 2mm EC cartridge (carrying both the 2mm steel slugs and the battery necessary to power it) slid into the magazine well, located in front of the trigger guard. The combination of German engineering and attention to detail make it a tremendously powerful weapon, with the slugs capable of piercing most targets at extreme ranges. It is used by Enclave soldiers.

Prototype Gauss rifle


Advertised as the United States Army's newest weapon, the scoped Gauss rifle was originally deployed in the Resource Wars. There is a test cell Gauss rifle variant in the TestPhil cell.
 * For the unique Gauss rifle that appears in Fallout: New Vegas, see YCS/186.
 * For other versions in Fallout Shelter, see rusty Gauss rifle, enhanced Gauss rifle, hardened Gauss rifle, accelerated Gauss rifle.
 * For the unique Gauss rifle that appears in Fallout Shelter, see Magnetron 4000.

Gauss rifle


This type of coilgun uses a series of high-powered capacitors and hypermagnetized coils to propel the projectile.