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“Makes Swiss cheese out of any armor - and body - in the Wasteland.”— In-game description
The armor piercing minigun is a weapon that appears in Fallout Shelter.
Background

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The Rockwell CZ53 personal minigun is capable of firing 5mm rounds at over 60,000 RPM,[1] with an ammo capacity of 120 rounds.[2] The weapon was intended to replaced by the CZ57 Avenger minigun.[3]
Gameplay
The armor piercing minigun is a powerful belt fed Gatling-style machine gun with six rotating barrels featured in Fallout Shelter. Dealing 19 minimum damage per attack, it has the second lowest damage output for a heavy weapon in the game.
Variants
Comparison
Rusty minigun | 19 | 500 | Legendary |
Minigun | 19-20 | 500 | Legendary |
Enhanced minigun | 19-21 | 500 | Legendary |
Hardened minigun | 19-22 | 500 | Legendary |
Armor piercing minigun | 19-23 | 500 | Legendary |
Lead Belcher | 19-24 | 500 | Legendary |
Locations
- Found by Dwellers exploring the wasteland
- Found during quests
- Found in lunchboxes
- Craftable in a weapon workshop
Crafting
A high Strength statistic is needed to effectively create the armor piercing minigun.
Materials: | Requirements: | Produces: | ||
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Bottle cap (20,450) Gold watch (3) Shovel (3) | Build/Scrapped at: Perk (Rank): |
Gallery
- ↑ Fallout and Fallout 2 item description: "A Rockwell CZ53 Personal Minigun. A multi-barrelled chaingun firing 5mm ammunition at over 60,000 RPM. Min ST: 7."
(PRO ITEM.MSG (Fallout) and PRO ITEM.MSG (Fallout 2)) - ↑ Fort Independence terminal entries; research terminal (minigun), Research Log - Minigun
- ↑ Fallout 2 item description: "Rockwell designed the Avenger as the replacement for their aging CZ53 Personal Minigun. The Avenger's design improvements include improved, gel-fin, cooling and chromium plated barrel-bores. This gives it a greater range and lethality. Min ST: 7."
(PRO ITEM.MSG (Fallout 2))