Silenced .22 SMG

The silenced .22 SMG is a weapon in Fallout: New Vegas.

Characteristics
The silenced .22 SMG is a distinctive weapon with its unusual pan magazine, which sits atop the gun rather than under. The silencer is integrated into the barrel with no modifications required.

However, it shares the common weakness of most shotguns and automatic weapons in Fallout: New Vegas, in that much of its theoretical power is negated by the damage threshold system. In addition to losing much of its damage, the high spread of this weapon requires the player character to be at close ranges for all of the rounds fired to impact on the target.

Durability
The silenced .22 SMG can fire a total of about 4995 standard rounds, the equivalent of 28 reloads, from full condition before breaking.

Modification

 * Silenced .22 submachine gun expanded drums - +60 ammunition capacity.

Locations

 * Gun Runners - the Vendortron sells one.
 * NCR Correctional Facility - One in poor condition on a shelf inside the entrance to the administration building.
 * Lakelurk cove - found in one of two duffle bags at the extreme southeast of the map, east of Blue Paradise Vacation Rentals.
 * The Tops - Benny's guards will be carrying them. The Chairman greeter will usually have this weapon, and can be easily killed (when [HIDDEN]) as he walks past the stairs to The Aces.
 * Vault 3 - found on several Fiends.
 * Morning Star Cavern - May randomly generate on the mercenary or in his duffle bag

Behind the scenes
The silenced .22 SMG is based on the American-180 SMG.