5mm round (Fallout: New Vegas)

For an overview of 5mm ammunition types, see 5mm round.

Fallout: New Vegas ammunition
5mm round
5mm round
Weight	0
HC weight	0.017
Value	1
Editor ID	Ammo5mmr
Form ID	0006B53D
5mm, armor piercing
Weight	0
HC weight	0.017
Value	3
Form ID	0013E43F
5mm, hollow point
Weight	0
HC weight	0.017
Value	3
Form ID	001613FF
5mm, surplus
Weight	0
HC weight	0.017
Value	0
Form ID	00121150
5mm, jacketed soft point
Weight	0
HC weight	0.017
Value	1
Form ID	xx000871

The 5mm round is a type of ammunition in Fallout: New Vegas.

Characteristics

The 5mm round is a small caliber high velocity rifle cartridge. It is commonly belt-fed, and is available in rather high quantities, something made necessary by the large magazine sizes on the weapons that use it. For example, the minigun loads 240 rounds at one time and fires an exceptional rate, requiring that the player character carry a huge supply if they intend to rely on miniguns. As of patch 1.3.0.452, standard and surplus 5mm rounds have a -10 DT effect.

Production

5mm standard and JSP rounds can be crafted at a reloading bench. A single cartridge requires the following:

Materials:		Requirements:		Produces:
Case, 5mm (1) Lead (13) Powder, rifle (5) Primer, small rifle (1)		Reloading bench Repair: 25		5mm round (1)

Materials:		Requirements:		Produces:
Case, 5mm (1) Lead (15) Powder, rifle (6) Primer, small rifle (1)		Reloading bench Repair: 50 Hand Loader		5mm, JSP (hand load) (1)

Breakdown

Breaking down a standard 5mm round yields:

Materials:		Requirements:		Produces:
5mm round (1)		Reloading bench Repair: 25		Case, 5mm (1) Lead (11) Powder, rifle (4) Primer, small rifle (1)

Weapons using this ammunition

• Assault carbine
• Assault carbine (GRA)
• Minigun
• CZ57 Avenger

Variants

5mm, standard

A standard 5mm round, offering very good penetration value - typical for rifle cartridges, is found at plenty of locations.

5mm, armor-piercing

Armor-piercing rounds are designed for punching through armor plating, so they have a strengthened case with a specially hardened and shaped nose. Due to the high muzzle velocity and penetrating properties of the round, damage to the target is slightly reduced. They are more common and can be purchased in larger numbers than any other type of AP rounds in game. As of patch 1.3.0.452, they now have an armor piercing effect of -25 DT, by far the largest armor piercing effect of any ammunition found in the game, capable of penetrating high-DT armors such as T-51b power armor.

5mm, hollow point

Hollow point bullets mushroom out upon impact, tearing through fabric, flesh, and organs, creating a larger wound cavity. However, hollow points lack the penetrating power to punch through denser materials. This means they cannot pierce things like armor plate, drastically reducing the weapon's penetrating power. 5mm HP rounds are very rare in the Mojave, sold in very small amounts by some vendors. They are, however, less susceptible to armor than most hollow points, with only a x2 DT multiplier as opposed to x3, but this is balanced by the fact that all 5mm weapons have a low DAM output.

5mm, surplus

Surplus ammunition is of poor quality, but is available in large quantities. The rounds are slightly more damaging than standard 5mm but at the cost of more regular firearm maintenance, due to the cheaper materials used in their construction.

5mm, JSP (hand load)

A sub-type added in the add-on Gun Runners' Arsenal, 5mm jacketed soft points have a hard metal cladding on the bullet with the exception of the softer lead nose. They retain all of the armor piercing power of the 5mm round, while also being more powerful than the standard 5mm. The trade-off is that it degrades the weapon faster.

Comparison

Legend
	- Ammunition Type		Weapons spread modifier
	- Weapon Damage modifier		Ammo bonus effect
	- Target Damage Threshold modifier		- Ammo is craftable
	- Weapon condition modifier		- Percentage change of empty casing, hull or drained cell/pack/tank

5mm round, standard	x 1	- 10	x 1	x 1		20% chance
5mm round, armor piercing	x 0.95	- 25	x 1	x 1		20% chance
5mm round, surplus	x 1.15	- 10	x 3	x 1.2		20% chance
5mm round, JSP (hand load)	x 1.3	- 10	x 1.5	x 1		20% chance
5mm round, hollow point	x 1.75	x 2	x 1	x 1		20% chance

Locations

• Both standard and armor piercing rounds are sold in large quantities by Gun Runners.
• Sgt. Contreras will sell very large amounts of surplus ammunition later in the game; up to 600 boxes.

Bugs

PC Playstation 3 Xbox 360 Sometimes, with Old World Blues installed, the amount of 5mm rounds found in containers and other sources of loot is reduced dramatically, to roughly 30% of what is normally found. This change only affects containers found in the Mojave Wasteland, and not those located in Big MT.^[verified]

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