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The M72 rifle is of German design. It uses an electromagnetic field to propel 2mm steel rounds at tremendous speed... and pierce almost any obstacle. Its range, accuracy and stopping power is almost unparalleled.

The M72 Gauss rifle is a small gun in Fallout Tactics.

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Designed as a type of projectile accelerator, a Gauss rifle uses an magnetic momentum-transfer system to accelerate projectiles to extreme velocities capable of impacting a target from moderate-to-long ranges. The weapon class was named in honor of the German mathematician Carl Friedrich Gauss, the namesake of numerous technologies named after his work in magnetism.

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The Gauss rifle's range, accuracy, and penetrating power are almost unparalleled. The M72 is one of two weapons with the longest range and has the highest single fire damage of any firearm.

This weapon has an aiming bonus when used at long ranges, but this bonus comes with a close-range aiming penalty which is higher than the standard penalty other ranged weapons have. This limits the Gauss rifle to be most effective when used in a long range sniping role.

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