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10mm is a type of ammunition in Fallout and Fallout 2.

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.

In Fallout, ammunition modifiers are not applied properly which makes the 10mm equal to any other kind of ammunition and both JHP and FMJ versions functionally identical.

Variants[]

There are two variants of 10mm ammunition:

  • 10mm AP (Ammunition. Caliber: 10mm, armor piercing.)
  • 10mm JHP (Ammunition. Caliber: 10mm, jacketed hollow-points.)

Weapons using this ammunition[]

Fallout[]

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)

Fallout 2[]

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

2 - 6 (4)

2 - 6 (4)

0 - 4 (2)

0 - 1 (0.38)

0 - 1 (0.13)

0 - 0 (0)

0 - 0 (0)

10mm pistol
10mm submachine gun
10mm JHP

7 - 18 (12.5)

5 - 13 (9)

4 - 11 (7.5)

2 - 9 (5.5)

1 - 6 (3.5)

0 - 4 (1.63)

0 - 1 (0.63)

H&K P90c 10mm AP

6 - 8 (7)

6 - 8 (7)

4 - 6 (5)

1 - 3 (2)

1 - 2 (1.5)

0 - 0 (0)

0 - 0 (0)

H&K P90c 10mm JHP

18 - 24 (21)

13 - 17 (15)

11 - 15 (13)

9 - 12 (10.5)

6 - 9 (7.5)

4 - 7 (5.5)

1 - 3 (2)

Pipe rifle 10mm AP

6 - 8 (7)

6 - 8 (7)

4 - 6 (5)

1 - 3 (2)

1 - 2 (1.5)

0 - 0 (0)

0 - 0 (0)

Pipe rifle 10mm JHP

18 - 24 (21)

13 - 17 (15)

11 - 15 (13)

9 - 12 (10.5)

6 - 9 (7.5)

4 - 7 (5.5)

1 - 3 (2)

Locations[]

Fallout[]

  • 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.

Fallout 2[]

  • One 10mm JHP magazine in a bookcase in Vic's in Klamath Downtown.
  • One 10mm JHP magazine in a locker in the "Guns" building in Trapper Town.
  • One 10mm JHP and AP magazine on the east bookshelf in Ghost Farm's main cavern.
  • Sold by every significant weapons merchant starting with Happy Harry's in Vault City on through Red 888 Guns in San Francisco.
  • One in a locker in the bedroom of the Parlor Room in Vault City.
  • One 10mm AP and JHP magazine in a footlocker on level 2 of Vault 8.
  • Two 10mm AP and JHP magazines in two footlockers on level 3 of Vault 8.
  • Two 10mm JHP magazines in locked lockers in the mercenaries' cave.
  • One 10mm JHP and AP magazines in a box at the eastern end of the mercenaries' cave.
  • One 10mm JHP magazine in a bookcase in an upstairs room in Desperado, upstairs.
  • One AP and JHP magazine in a bookcase in a room in the Shark Club, second level.
  • Another AP and JHP magazine in a bookcase in a locked room in the Shark Club, second level.
  • One 10mm AP magazine in Mrs. Bishop's safe on the third level of the Shark Club.
  • One 10mm JHP magazine in an ammo crate in the entrance bunker to the Sierra Army Depot.
  • Carried by all of the Vault 15 raiders who wield 10mm pistols or SMGs.
  • Three JHP magazines in a locker in Vault 15's command center.
  • One 10mm JHP magazine in a footlocker on level two of Mariposa Military Base.
  • One 10mm AP magazine in a locker in Navarro underground's armory.

Behind the scenes[]

Chris Taylor stated that 10mm was "standard ammo for the BATF" as "the military was into energy weapons."[1]

Gallery[]

Fallout
Fallout 2

References[]

  1. 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)
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