Vindicator minigun ( Fallout 2 ) The 4 . 7mm Vindicator minigun is a big gun in " Fallout 2 " . Background . The Vindicator minigun ' s exorbitant price , its late availability , as well as the use of superlatives and references to German engineering skill in its in - game description , suggest that the weapon was intended to be to Big Guns what the Gauss weapons - - described in similar terms - - were to Small guns , i . e . high - tech weapons with unrivaled performance stats in their category . However , it appears that the developers brought the Vindicator ' s stats down at some point in its development , presumably to avoid creating a super weapon that would make the end game too easy . This would explain the discrepancies between the gun ' s description and actual stats - - why it has a slower rate of fire than the standard minigun even though these weapons ' respective descriptions expressly claim the opposite to be the case - - why its ammo capacity is only 100 rounds as opposed to the 5mm miniguns ' 120 , even though the high - tech ammo used by the Vindicator supposedly brings dramatic improvements to magazine capacity - - and why its range is shorter than those of the other miniguns despite being touted as the " ultimate minigun " . Thus , the Vindicator was not made into an all - powerful super weapon . Not all the hype in the description is groundless , however . Characteristics . The Vindicator has the slowest fire rate of all the miniguns in the game , capable of firing four 25 - round bursts before the magazine is empty . This relative slowness is counterbalanced by a higher damage per round and better armor penetration . The Vindicator averages 24 . 5 hitpoints per round on unarmored targets , and the fairly scarce and expensive 4 . 7mm caseless cartridge it uses has an armor - piercing effect . This allows the weapon to retain a relatively high percentage of its lethality against armor . It has the second - highest damage output in the game after the Avenger minigun , but fares much better against armor , delivering devastating damage against any protective gear from leather jackets to hardened power armor . The Vindicator is particularly deadly with critical hits due to its combination of a high damage output with armor - piercing ammunition . However , the Bozar outperforms it in non - critical damage against the two very heaviest types of armor found in the game . This weapon ' s disadvantages are that , firstly , it has the shortest range of all the machine guns in the game - - 30 hexes as opposed to 35 to 40 . Secondly , the 4 . 7mm caseless is quite a rare caliber to be firing away at 25 rounds per attack . Due to its relatively high rate of fire and the fact that its damage output consists of the combined effect of Base Damage + ammo ' s Damage Modifier , the Vindicator benefits more than do most weapons from the Bonus Ranged Damage perk , which can be taken twice . Each level of this perk adds two points to the weapon ' s base damage of 14 - 19 , which is then multiplied by the ammunition ' s Damage Modifier of 1 . 5 , jacking the gun ' s average damage per round from 24 . 5 to 30 . 5 . Multiplied by the number of rounds per burst , the increase is significant . With two levels of Bonus Ranged Damage , the Vindicator becomes the most powerful burst weapon in the game against all armor , though the Avenger still holds the edge in maximum damage on unarmored opponents . A high - level , ranged - combat optimized character with 10 Agility , 2 Action Boy s and Bonus Ranged Damage , Bonus Rate of Fire , and Fast Shot , armed with this weapon , can dish out 3 extremely high - damage bursts in a single combat turn . If the character has 10 Luck and Sniper , each of those bursts will be critical , meaning all but certain death , often by four - digit doses of damage , to three enemies in a turn . This is one of the few character - weapon combinations that allows killing even the End Boss single - handedly in one turn . Locations . This variety of minigun itself can be acquired on - board the Enclave Oil Rig , or sometimes bought in San Francisco .