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This page is about the weapon that is featured in Fallout: New Vegas. For the version that features in Fallout 2, see Bozar (Fallout 2). |
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The Bozar (GRA) is a unique weapon added with the Fallout: New Vegas add-on, Gun Runners' Arsenal.
Background
Characteristics
The Bozar is a powerful automatic 5.56mm light machine gun with an ammunition capacity of 30. It has a lower damage per shot than the light machine gun and its spread is also rather high, which limits its suitability for long-range combat. However, a high rate of fire, the use of commonly available ammunition, low AP cost, a remarkably fast reload speed and a high DPS make the Bozar an extremely valuable weapon for any player skilled in Guns.
Durability
Bozar can fire a total of about 3995 standard rounds, the equivalent of 134 reloads, from full condition before breaking.
| Ammunition type | Durability | |
|---|---|---|
| Shots | Reloads | |
| Standard, HP, AP & match | 3995 | 134 |
| Surplus | 1329 | 45 |
| .223 caliber round | 4995 | 167 |
Variants
- Light machine gun, a fully automatic drum-fed 5.56mm machine gun.
Comparison
| Legend | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | - Weapon name (melee or unarmed) |  | - Attacks in V.A.T.S. | |
 | - Weapon name (gun, energy or explosive) |  | - Action point cost | |
 | - Damage per attack (damage per projectile) |  | - Damage per action point | |
 | - Damage per second |  | - Weapon spread | |
 | - Area of effect damage |  | - Magazine capacity (shots per reload) | |
 | - Effect damage & duration |  | - Durability (number of attacks before breaking) | |
 | - Bonus effects |  | - Weight | |
 | - Attacks per second |  | - Value in caps | |
 | - Critical chance % multiplier |  | - Value to weight ratio | |
 | - Critical damage |  | - Skill required | |
 | - Critical effect damage & duration |  | - Strength required | |
 | - With all mods attached | |||
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Light machine gun | 21 | 252 | 12 | x0.06 | 21 | 5 | 18 | 5.8 | 1.5 | 90 | 3995 | 15 | 5200 | 346.7 | 100 | 8 |
| Light machine gun | 21 | 252 | 12 | x0.06 | 21 | 5 | 18 | 5.8 | 1.5 | 200 | 3995 | 15 | 8400 | 560 | 100 | 8 |
Bozar  | 19 | 285.1 | 15.01 | x0.05 | 19 | 4 | 18 | 4.2 | 0.75 | 30 | 3995 | 15 | 20000 | 1333.3 | 100 | 8 |
Locations
- Gun Runners, sold by Vendortron.
Notes
- The Grunt perk, added by the Honest Hearts expansion, doesn't affect this weapon, due to the near impossibility of enabling content from two separate add-ons to interact.[1]
- The Bozar counts as a unique weapon, so it can be used to satisfy the GRA challenges "Curios and Relics" and "Master of the Arsenal" at the same time.
- Because its spread is relatively low, the Bozar is one of the few automatic weapons that can be used effectively with the Fast Shot trait.
- Can be used to complete the challenge Vault 13's Revenge.
Behind the scenes
- Although its sprite in Fallout 2 resembles a large sniper rifle, it has been implemented as an automatic heavy weapon and does not have a unique firing sound, reusing the "rotating firing barrels" effect used by the minigun.
- The Bozar was planned to be included in S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky as an Easter egg, along with the .223 pistol and generic .223 ammunition, but only remains partially implemented in the game's resources.
- J.E. Sawyer described his design logic concerning the gun, attempting to create a unique scoped light machine gun:[Non-game 1]
“Guys, let me walk you through my design logic on implementing the Bozar.
- The Bozar in Fallout 2 was, functionally, an accurate, fast burst fire weapon.
- Its icon looked cool and very distinctive.
- Presumably, people like the Bozar because of how it actually worked and how its icon looked, not because of what its description said or how it looked on the Chosen One's tiny avatar.
- Fallout: New Vegas has scoped semi-auto/bolt/lever rifles dropping out of the sky. From Ratslayer to All-American to La Longue Carabine to the Anti-Materiel Rifle, they are well-represented.
- Scoped automatic weapons in F:NV: not that many. The K9000/FIDO are the only two I can think of, and those fire .357 Mag/.44 Mag at a relatively low rate of fire (though the Resla Roil increases this dramatically) with a moderate spread.
Sounds
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Gallery
A pre-release shot of the Bozar.
References
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