When firing the minigun outside of V.A.T.S., there is a small wind-up time, as the barrels spin up to firing speed, between holding the fire button and when it actually begins to fire. The weapon has a Strength requirement of 10, the highest in the game, and weighs in at 25 lbs. Additionally, its rate of fire can quickly exhaust ammunition supplies, as well as reducing the weapon's condition quickly during sustained fire. With the use of armor piercing ammunition, the minigun is extremely deadly, being able to rapidly cut through even the toughest target, the downside is that it quickly uses up 5mm ammunition.ĭue to its poor spread, its effectiveness is somewhat negated at medium to long-distance combat.
The minigun delivers an extremely high rate of fire, making it ideal for inflicting heavy damage on large quantities of relatively unarmored enemies.
