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10mm is a type of ammunition in Fallout.
Characteristics[]
The 10mm is the most common ammo found in the wasteland. The JHP is intended to shoot low-armored targets, while AP gives more power to cut through armor but has lower overall damage.
Variants[]
There are two variants of 10mm ammunition. Ammunition modifiers are not applied at all in the Fallout engine, which makes the 10mm equal to any other kind of ammunition and both JHP and FMJ versions functionally identical.
- 10mm AP (Ammunition. Caliber: 10mm, armor piercing.)
- 10mm JHP (Ammunition. Caliber: 10mm, jacketed hollow-points.)
Weapons using this ammunition[]
| Weapon | Ammo | Performance vs. armor | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| None | Leather jacket | Leather armor | Metal armor | Combat armor | Power armor | Advanced power armor | ||
| 10mm pistol 10mm submachine gun |
10mm AP/JHP |
5 - 12 (8.5) |
4 - 9 (6.5) |
2 - 7 (4.5) |
1 - 5 (3) |
0 - 4 (1.88) |
0 - 0 (0) |
0 - 0 (0) |
Locations[]
- Standard starting inventory includes 48 10mm JHP rounds.
- Tagging Small Guns increases this by an additional 24 rounds.
- Various merchants sell the ammunition.
- One 10mm AP magazine carried by Ed the skeleton, just outside the Vault 13 entrance.
- One 10mm JHP magazine inside the radscorpion cave.
- Four JHP magazines in a footlocker on level three of Vault 13.
- One 10mm AP magazine on the floor, next to some rubble, in Vault 15's command center.
- One 10mm JHP magazine in a locker in Vault 15's command center.
- Three AP and three JHP magazines in a locked ice chest in the guard house at the Junktown entrance.
- One 10mm AP magazine in Demetre Romara's desk in Hub Downtown.
- One 10mm JHP magazine in Jacob's bookcase in Old Town.
- Raiders during the quest Help Irwin carry the ammunition.
- Two 10mm JHP magazines in a bookcase at Irwin's farm.
- Three 10mm AP and two JHP magazines at Watershed, in a bookcase in the house with Harry.
- Two 10mm AP magazines in a locker on level three of the Glow.
- One 10mm JHP magazine in a footlocker on level two of Mariposa Military Base.
- Two 10mm AP magazines and four 10mm JHP magazines in the second from the right armory locker section on level 2 of Mariposa Military Base.
- Four JHP and two AP magazines in two footlockers in the Tower of Doom.
Behind the scenes[]
“I picked 10mm since it wasn't popular, had been tested by the FBI at one point (and found lacking), but it was basically a gun nut (which I am one) kind of round. .45 might have made more sense, but I was looking for something with a little twist.”— Chris Taylor
- The above quote comes from a Duck and Cover interview. Chris Taylor also stated that 10mm was "standard ammo for the BATF" as "the military was into energy weapons."[1]
- Joshua Sawyer deliberately asked designers to place 10mm weapons predominantly in Vaults and 9mm weapons out in the wasteland, as he thought 10mm weapons to be more "Vaulty" or futuristic in his mind.[2]
Gallery[]
Vault 13, level 3
Ed, outside Vault 13
Vault 15, command center.
Vault 15, command center
The Glow, level 3
Mariposa Military Base, level 2
Mariposa Military Base, level 2
References[]
- ↑ Question: "10MM pistols and SMGs were abundant in Fallout. Was 10MM ammo standard ballistic military issue at the time of the war?"
Chris Taylor: "It was the standard ammo for the BATF. The military was into energy weapons."
(Chris Taylor interview for Vault13.net) - ↑ Joshua_Sawyer_Formspring_posts/2011: "Was it a deliberate decision to make 10mm weapons very common in vaults and 9mm weapons common outside of them? It felt like 10mm weapons were more military or vault-tec issue while 9mm were civilian.
Yes. 10mm weapons seemed more "vaulty"/futuristic in my mind. "
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