Why are half of the weapons in OG fallout German designed?

[ElloinmorninJ]

HK MP9
HK P90C
Vindicator Minigun
Gauss Rifle
Gauss Pistol
HK G11
HK G11E
HK CAWS
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Why were the Germans designing and engineering so many weapons

 

[TheGM]

Why were the Germans designing and engineering so many weapons

why indeed.

 

[ElloinmorninJ]

why indeed.

I could’ve sworn Europe collapsed from Oil Wars and such. Didn’t they?

 

[TheGM]

Well the commonwealth broke up but Germans do love themselves some war. here is another, HK has a factory in the state of Georgia and those guns could have been around from before Europeans reverted to their natural state of killing eachother.

 

[Atomic Postman]

I could’ve sworn Europe collapsed from Oil Wars and such. Didn’t they?

The "European Commonwealth" fractured into (once again) independent states, but we don't really know the state of Europe. Could be there was call for German millitarism

 

[hexer]

It could also be a cultural thing. In the 90s, Germany had a reputation (and I believe it still does) of manufacturing high-quality products.

 

[Dayglow Drifter]

It could also be a cultural thing. In the 90s, Germany had a reputation (and I believe it still does) of manufacturing high-quality products.

Not just high-quality but also a lot of their stuff has, or at least had at one point, a kind of Firearm of The Future! kind of reputation.

 

[Risewild]

Well, Fallout 1 only has 4 German weapons.

It's Fallout 2 that adds quite a few more.

Not just high-quality but also a lot of their stuff has, or at least had at one point, a kind of Firearm of The Future! kind of reputation.

This might be the answer. Back in the 90's many weapons from H&K looked more futuristic than most other weapons around. Stuff like the H&K CAWS or the H&K G11 looked very futuristic.
Another futuristic looking weapon was the P90. But I'm pretty sure they made a mistake with that weapons. The H&K P90c in the world of Fallout, was made by H&K, but in our world the P90 was created by FN Herstal.

The Gauss weapons are German (probably just) because C.F. Gauss was German himself.

 

[Iprovidelittlepianos]

Doylist answer: The guns found in Fallout 1/2/Tactics made it into the game because the developers liked those guns. Chris Taylor himself said he put the Desert Eagle in the game because it was his favorite gun. The developers just used the coolest guns they knew, and used the names of the companies that made those guns. Additionally, Germany has been manufacturing some cutting edge weapons for a while now, some of which were already well known at the time (like the P90).

Watsonian answer: That’s the power of German engineering

 

[Risewild]

Germany has been manufacturing some cutting edge weapons for a while now, some of which were already well known at the time (like the P90).

The real P90 is Belgian, not German (like I posted before).

 

[Iprovidelittlepianos]

The real P90 is Belgian, not German (like I posted before).

Ah, I see. Well that just goes to show that the original devs weren’t necessarily very familiar with guns (I kind of doubt that they intentionally misnamed the P90).