Bug Verification Project This article is within the scope of the Bug Verification Project. This project is dedicated to increasing the validity of game bugs. If you want to participate, please check the project page.

	For an overview of minigun models in the Fallout series of games, see minigun.

	Fallout: New Vegas unique weapon CZ57 Avenger
	Requirements skill Guns 100 strength req. 10 Attack statistics dmg/attack 13 (15.3) DPS 390 (644.3) DPS (reload) 195 (314.3) crit dmg 13 crit % mult x0.01 attacks/sec 30 (42) AP 25 projectiles 1 spread 0.55 Ammo & reloading ammo type 5mm round ammo/shot 1 shots/rel. 120 ammo cap. 120 reload time 4 (3) Other weight 18 value $8500 item HP 1600 repair Miniguns Miniguns Jury Rigging base id 001629b6 Perk effects perks (dam.) Bloody Mess (+0.7) Lord Death (+0.4) Thought You Died (+1.3) perks (att.) Fast Shot (+6) Ain't Like That Now (+6) perks (rel.) Rapid Reload (-1s)

 

The CZ57 Avenger or Avenger minigun^[1] is a unique weapon in Fallout: New Vegas.

BackgroundEdit

Rockwell designed the 5mm CZ57^[2] Avenger^[3] as the replacement for their aging CZ53 personal minigun. The Avenger's design improvements include improved gel-fin cooling and chromium plated barrel-bores, giving it a greater range and lethality.^[1] It also has an ammo capacity of 120x 5mm round like the earlier versions of the CZ53 model. Later models of CZ57 have a high-speed motor, a cage underneath to put the ammo box and used in combination with a backpack.

CharacteristicsEdit

The CZ57 Avenger minigun is a unique version of the regular minigun. In comparison it deals slightly more damage per shot than the regular counterpart. This is further augmented by a vastly greater rate of fire, giving it the highest damage-per-second of any weapon in Fallout: New Vegas. Additionally, the weapons spread is reduced to just over half of that of the normal minigun, giving it better accuracy over longer distances. However, the standard minigun holds twice as much ammunition in a belt than the CZ57 Avenger, giving the CZ57 Avenger only 4 seconds of continuous fire before needing to reload, but this does reduce the overall weight of the weapon from 25 pounds to 18 pounds. The name and model of the Avenger is also printed on the side of the ammunition pack.

Like most unique weapons, weapon modifications cannot be used on CZ57 Avenger. However, by default, it comes with the high-speed motor modification already added.

DurabilityEdit

The CZ57 Avenger can fire a total of about 7995 standard rounds, the equivalent of 67 reloads, from full condition before breaking. This is 2000 more rounds than the standard version.

VariantEdit

• Minigun, a standard minigun found in limited places throughout the Mojave Wasteland.

ComparisonEdit

Legend
Weapon name (current weapon is highlighted)	- Weapon name (melee or unarmed)		Attacks in V.A.T.S.	- Attacks in V.A.T.S.
Weapon name (current weapon is highlighted)	- Weapon name (gun, energy or explosive)		Action point cost	- Action point cost
Damage per attack (damage per projectile)	- Damage per attack (damage per projectile)		Damage per action point	- Damage per action point
Damage per second	- Damage per second		Weapon spread	- Weapon spread
Area of effect damage	- Area of effect damage		Magazine capacity (shots per reload)	- Magazine capacity (shots per reload)
Effect damage & duration	- Effect damage & duration		Durability (number of attacks before breaking)	- Durability (number of attacks before breaking)
Bonus effects	- Bonus effects		Weight	- Weight
Attacks per second	- Attacks per second		Value in caps	- Value in caps
Critical chance % multiplier	- Critical chance % multiplier		Value to weight ratio	- Value to weight ratio
Critical damage	- Critical damage		Skill required	- Skill required
Critical effect damage & duration	- Critical effect damage & duration		Strength required	- Strength required
With all mods attached	- With all mods attached

Weapon name (current weapon is highlighted)	Damage per attack (damage per projectile)	Damage per second	Attacks per second	Critical Chance % multiplier	Critical damage	Attacks in V.A.T.S.	Action Point cost	Damage per action point	Weapon spread	Magazine capacity (shots per reload)	Durability (number of attacks before breaking)	Weight	Value in caps	Value to weight ratio	Skill required	Strength required
Minigun	12	240	20	x0.02	12	8	30	3.2	1.0	240	5995	25	5500	220	100	10
Minigun With all weapon mods attached	12	300	25	x0.02	12	10	30	4	0.65	240	5995	25	10250	410	100	10
CZ57 Avenger	13	390	30	x0.01	13	12	25	6.2	0.55	120	7995	18	8500	472.2	100	10

LocationEdit

• The CZ57 Avenger can be found in The Devil's Throat, next to the body of a dead prospector, inside a blue truck located in the center.

BugsEdit

• ps3 xbox360 Picking up the weapon or having it in your inventory can cause the game to hang on a black screen and subsequently freeze the system. ^[verified]
• xbox360 pc ps3 It's possible that the Avenger or the prospector may not spawn correctly and not be in the truck at all. Before giving up because of this, be sure to check companion's inventories. ^[verified]
• pc xbox360 ps3 There is a series of sound queuing issues with this weapon, from sounding out of sync with the animation to no sound at all. ^[verified]
• xbox360 After the 1.3 update, accessing the dead prospector's inventory (or either of the metal boxes nearby) may freeze the console. ^[verified]
• pc Rounds fired from the CZ57 do not count for the "Click" challenge. ^[verified]
• xbox360 ps3 Occasionally once you run out of ammunition you will not reload. This can be fixed by switching to a different weapon and back to the CZ57. ^[verified]
• xbox360 ps3 Like most big weapons in the game, if given to a companion and uses it, it might result in getting it shot off their hands dropping it and losing it. ^[verified]
• xbox360 ps3 - Occasionally, the Avenger will not initiate spin-up sound and immediately start losing ammo before actually shooting. This can cause a large ammo problem. ^[verified]

ReferencesEdit

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} In-game description for the Avenger minigun from Fallout 2 and Fallout Tactics. [1][2]
2. ↑ The "CZ57" designation was first mentioned in Fallout: New Vegas.
3. ↑ J.E. Sawyer on formspring when asked about the visual differences between the Fallout 2 Avenger and the Fallout: New Vegas CZ57 Avenger. [1]

v·d·e Weapons in Fallout: New Vegas Unarmed Fists Ballistic fist (Two-Step Goodbye*) · Industrial hand* · Power fist* (Greased Lightning*, GRA*, Salt-Upon-Wounds' power fist*) · Saturnite fist*, Saturnite fist super-heated* Gauntlets Bear trap fist · Bladed gauntlet (Cram opener) · (Fist of Rawr (Fist of the North Rawr ww)) · Mantis gauntlet (Embrace of the Mantis King!) · Yao guai gauntlet* (She's Embrace*) Gloves Boxing gloves (Golden Gloves) · Displacer glove (Pushy) · Scientist Glove* (Corrosive glove*, Dr. Klein's glove*, Dr. Mobius' glove*, sterilizer glove*) · Zap glove (Paladin Toaster) Knuckles Boxing tape · Brass knuckles* · Dog tag fist (Recompense of the Fallen) · Spiked knuckles* (Love and Hate*) Melee Bladed Bowie knife* (Blood-Nap*) · Bumper Sword (Blade of the East, Blade of the West) · Chainsaw (GRA) · Cleaver* (Chopper*) · Combat knife* (Chance's knife*) · Cosmic knife* (Cosmic knife clean*, cosmic knife super-heated*) · Fire axe (Knock-Knock) · Hatchet* · Katana · Knife* · Knife spear (Knife spear clean) · Machete (Broad machete, Liberator) · Machete gladius · Proton axe (Protonic inversal axe) · Ripper* (GRA*) · Shishkebab (Gehenna) · Straight razor* (Figaro*) · Switchblade* · Thermic lance Blunt 9 iron (Nephi's golf driver) · Baseball bat (GRA) · Cattle prod · Dress cane · Lead pipe* (The Humble Cudgel)* · Nail board · Old Glory · Police baton* · Pool cue · Rebar club (Nuka Breaker) · Rolling pin ·Shovel · Sledgehammer · Super sledge (Oh, Baby!) · Tire iron* · War club* · X-2 antenna Thrown Proton throwing axe (Protonic inversal throwing axe) · Tomahawk · Throwing hatchet · Throwing knife* · Throwing knife spear · Throwing spear Other Binoculars Guns Pistols .357 magnum revolver* (Lucky*) · .44 magnum revolver* (Mysterious Magnum*) · .45 Auto pistol* (A Light Shining in Darkness*) · 5.56mm pistol* (That Gun) · 9mm pistol* (Maria*) · 10mm pistol* (Weathered 10mm pistol) · 12.7mm pistol (Li'l Devil*) · Hunting revolver (GRA, Ranger Sequoia) · Police pistol* · Silenced .22 pistol* Shotguns Caravan shotgun (Sturdy caravan shotgun) · Hunting shotgun (Dinner Bell) · Lever-action shotgun · Riot shotgun · Sawed-off shotgun* (Big Boomer) · Single shotgun SMGs .45 Auto submachine gun · 9mm submachine gun (Vance's 9mm submachine gun) · 10mm submachine gun (Sleepytyme*) · 12.7mm submachine gun (GRA) · H&H Tools nail gun · Silenced .22 SMG Rifles Anti-materiel rifle (GRA) · Assault carbine (GRA) · Automatic rifle · Battle rifle (This Machine) · BB gun (Abilene Kid LE BB gun) · Brush gun (Medicine Stick) · Cowboy repeater (La Longue Carabine) · Hunting rifle (Paciencia) · Light machine gun (Bozar) · Marksman carbine (All-American) · Service rifle (Survivalist's rifle) · Sniper rifle (Christine's CoS silencer rifle, Gobi Campaign scout rifle) · ‎Trail carbine · Varmint rifle (Ratslayer) Heavy Weapons K9000 cyberdog gun (FIDO) · Minigun (CZ57 Avenger) · Shoulder mounted machine gun Other Codac R9000 Energy Weapons Pistols Alien blaster ww · Compliance Regulator* · Flare gun* · Laser pistol* (GRA*, Pew Pew*, missing laser pistol) · Plasma Defender (GRA) · Plasma pistol* (GRA*) · Pulse Gun · Recharger pistol (MF Hyperbreeder Alpha*) · Sonic emitter - Gabriel's bark* Sonic emitter - opera singer* Sonic emitter - revelation* Sonic emitter - robo-scorpion* Sonic emitter - tarantula* Rifles Gauss rifle (YCS/186) · Holorifle · LAER (Elijah's advanced LAER) · Laser RCW · Laser rifle (AER14 prototype, Van Graff laser rifle) · Multiplas rifle · Plasma rifle (Q-35 matter modulator, Van Graff plasma rifle) · Recharger rifle · Tri-beam laser rifle (GRA) Heavy Weapons Arc welder · Euclid's C-Finder · Flamer (Cleansing Flame) · Gatling laser (Sprtel-Wood 9700) · Heavy incinerator · Incinerator · Plasma caster (The Smitty Special) · Tesla cannon (Elijah's jury-rigged Tesla cannon, Tesla-Beaton prototype) Other Big Mountain Transportalponder! · Laser detonator Explosives Thrown Dynamite* · Fire bomb* · Flash bang* · Frag grenade* (Holy Frag Grenade ww) · Incendiary grenade · Long-fuse dynamite* · MFC grenade* · Nuka-grenade* · Plasma grenade* · Pulse grenade* · Tin grenade* Placed Bottlecap mine · C-4 plastic explosive* and detonator* (Loyal's detonator)* · Demolition charge · Fat mine* · Frag mine · Gas bomb · MFC cluster* · Plasma mine · Powder charge · Pulse mine · Satchel charge · Time bomb (Time bomb, high yield*) Projectile 25mm grenade APW · Fat Man (GRA, Esther) · Grenade launcher · Grenade machinegun (Mercy) · Grenade rifle (Great Bear grenade rifle, mercenary's grenade rifle, Red Victory grenade rifle, Thump-Thump) · Missile launcher (Annabelle) · Red Glare Cut content In-game Deathclaw gauntlet · Gas grenade* · Stun grenade · Oliver anti-materiel rifle Developmental Debug megapistol · Plasma Rifle Always Crit · Plasma rifle weak · The Disintegrator · The Faderator · Scorpion rifle · Spider rifle Not in-game Double-barrel shotgun · GP machine gun · Heavy rail cannon · Heavy riveter · Light rail cannon NPC weapons Companion Arcade Gannon's Ripper · Boone's scoped hunting rifle · Follows-Chalk's .45 Auto pistol* · Follows-Chalk's war club · Joshua's Pistol Whippin' .45* · Lily's assault carbine · Lily's gauntlet · Lily's Vertibird blade · Mysterious Stranger's .44 magnum · Miss Fortune's Bad Luck Bringer · Waking Cloud's yao guai gauntlet* NPC Poisoned bladed gauntlet · Poisoned cleaver · Poisoned fire axe · Poisoned hatchet · Poisoned machete · Poisoned mantis gauntlet · Poisoned throwing spear Parentheses () denote unique weapon variants, italics denote weapons available through add-ons, * denotes holdout weapons.