Fallout: New Vegas non-player weapons

Fallout: New Vegas Gamebryo engine requires all non-player characters, characters, and script effects to use a weapon' to shoot a projectile. Some of these "weapons" are only meant to be used by the non-player character, but can be obtained via console commands.

The same is true for the default weapons used by followers; while usually different from their standard counterparts, they are not meant to be used by the player either.