Hello there vault dweller! Looking to return post-nuclear America to its former glory? Well, you’re headed towards some pretty bad territory. Better take the tried and true M-42 tactical nuclear catapult! I hope you know how to use one of these, because this Fallout-style weapon actually existed.
Nuclear weapons have always been supercritical to the Fallout series, but in these games there is perhaps no weapon more famous than the so-called mini nuke. The size of a football and launched from a shoulder-mounted catapult aptly called a “fat man,” there are few armaments more devastating. It’s the perfect weapon for a franchise built by the power of the atom, and though it’s certainly sci-fi, the concept of a miniature nuclear bomb is more feasible than you think.