Overview:T-51 Power Armor

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T-51 Power Armor
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Abstract	A pre-War product of West Tek in conjunction with the United States government, T-51 power was created using a poly-laminate composite. Features include a back-mounted TX-28 MicroFusion Pack, HiFlo hydraulic system, and the shell is capable of absorbing over 2500 Joules of kinetic impact. The Power Armor's coating is comprised of 10 micron silver, serving to reflect laser and radiation emissions without damage to the composite subsurface. Described as the "pinnacle of mechanized protection before the Great War," the armor was developed at Fort Strong, utilized in both China and at the Battle of Anchorage. Suits sent to Anchorage required additional effort to adapt to the cold climate.

T-51 Power Armor is a type of armor appearing throughout the Fallout series.

Background

A pre-War product of West Tek in conjunction with the United States government, T-51 power armor was created using a poly-laminate composite. Features include a back-mounted TX-28 MicroFusion Pack that is compatible we with Fusion Cores, HiFlo hydraulic system, and the shell is capable of absorbing over 2500 Joules of kinetic impact. The Power Armor's coating is comprised of 10 micron silver, serving to reflect laser and radiation emissions without damage to the composite subsurface.

Described as the "pinnacle of mechanized protection before the Great War," the armor was developed at Fort Strong, utilized in both China and at the Battle of Anchorage. Suits sent to Anchorage required additional effort to adapt to the cold climate.

Publications

“The T-51b was the most advanced Power Armor in wide-scale use before the outbreak of the Great War. First seeing service, and inherently, great success, in the Anchorage Reclamation campaign, the T-51 Power Armor soon became standard issue for the army’s armored infantry regiments. The T-51 was the peak of pre-War Power Armor technology, deployed widely enough that it can still be found centuries later in the wastelands. Constructed of a polylaminate composite, the outer shell of T-51 armor is surprisingly lightweight and features an ablative silver alloy coating which refracts and dissipates laser emissions efficiently.”— Fallout: The Roleplaying Game Core Rulebook

Variants

Image	Name	Game
|	Brotherhood T-51b Power Armor |	| Fallout: New Vegas
|	T-51 Power Armor |	| Fallout 4
|	T-51b Power Armor |	| Fallout 3
|	T-51b Power Armor |	Fallout 76 |
|	T-51b Power Armor |	| Fallout: New Vegas
|	Winterized T-51b Power Armor |	| Operation: Anchorage

Notes

General Brock wrote that the first production run of T-51b suits were sent to China, receiving reports back of their effectiveness in June 2076. A Fallout 4 loading screen states that it was first introduced in the Battle of Anchorage in January 2077.

Behind the Scenes

• The game and cutscene model of the armor was created by Tramell Ray Isaac for Fallout.
• According to Tim Cain, the drop-down optic on the helmets is directly taken from a similar optic used by a cult in the film The City of Lost Children.
• Due to technical issues, the art model needed to be redesigned for the canceled Van Buren.
• In the Van Buren Tech Demo, the descriptions for the Power Armor and Power Helmet mention T-51b power armor.
• The armor was mentioned on Bethesda UK Twitter.
• In Sawyer's unofficial Fallout TTRPG, the armor is described as:

This is the classic t-51b power armor used by U.S. troops immediately prior to the drop of the bombs. Though it is very powerful, the wearer is significantly penalized while wearing it<

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