Hot Dogs, Horseshoes & Hand Grenades/Shotguns: Difference between revisions
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[[File:H3VR TOZ-106 Box.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The notorious Blunderbuss lies in wait. A thousand years it has sat, patiently awaiting the day it will be awakened once more, to reinstate its reign of terror over [[Escape from Tarkov#TOZ-106|well-equipped PMCs]]. And now, that day has come...]]
[[File:H3VR TOZ-106 Box.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The notorious Blunderbuss lies in wait. A thousand years it has sat, patiently awaiting the day it will be awakened once more, to reinstate its reign of terror over [[Escape from Tarkov#TOZ-106|well-equipped PMCs]]. And now, that day has come...]]
[[File:H3VR TOZ-106 Loading.jpg|thumb|none|600px|"AWAKEN, MY MASTERS!"]]
[[File:H3VR TOZ-106 Loading.jpg|thumb|none|600px|"AWAKEN, MY MASTERS!"]]
Added in the firearms drop in Update #59's ninth alpha build, the Baikal MP-155K (a semi-automatic, magazine-fed sporting shotgun of Russian origin) makes its first documented media appearance in H3VR.
The Beretta DT11 is one of the 4 shotguns added in Update #15. Following Update #46, 2 new variants were added - one with a shortened set of barrels, and one with further-shortened barrels and a cut-down stock.
The Heckler & Koch FABARM Martial Pro Forces is one of the available firearms in-game. It was the game's first pump-action shotgun, and is tied with the Benelli M4 Super 90 for the game's first 12-gauge shotgun, both having been added in Update #6.
Added with the Return of the Rotweiners gamemode (on October 31st, 2018), the "Four-Letter Word" is a gamemode-exclusive weapon, serving as a reward for a quest involving clearing out a Zosig-infested mine. It is a custom (seemingly homemade) quadruple-barreled break-action shotgun, chambered in 12 gauge.
Error creating thumbnail: File missingAfter a long day of Zosig-killing, a reward is finally at hand.Error creating thumbnail: File missingAdmiring the prize, while pointedly ignoring an NPC's invitation to talk. Note the small lever on the side; this is a fire selector, allowing the weapon to switch between firing one barrel at a time and firing them all at once (along the same lines as an M202 FLASH).Error creating thumbnail: File missingTaking a close look at the barrel hinge, which shows off the weapon's home-built nature. It's not exactly clear how one is supposed to remove the hex nuts holding the forearm in place.Error creating thumbnail: File missingTaking a look down the barrels, simultaneously showing that they're all fully-modeled inside, and that there's nothing in the center of the cluster.Error creating thumbnail: File missingLoading in some buckshot shells, after getting kicked out of the NPC's house. No four-letter words allowed in his good Christian Minecraft server.Error creating thumbnail: File missingGiving the shotgun's tall, pointy notch-and-post iron sights a try, being sure to hold it at an invisible arm's length. Hey, can't be too careful with non-proofed barrels, especially this many.Error creating thumbnail: File missingFortunately, in spite of the visible corrosion and tool marks, this barrel works just fine.Error creating thumbnail: File missing"Eat this."
Hey, what better way to celebrate one barrel working than to confidently deliver a cliché one-liner to a not-yet-dead enemy while firing out of a different un-tested barrel?Error creating thumbnail: File missingLuckily, all 4 barrels are apparently perfectly safe to use, so there's nothing to worry about. Probably.
Franchi SPAS-12
The Franchi SPAS-12 is one of the available firearms in-game, added in Update #24. 2 variants are available - a standard model with a folding stock, and a stockless model with a rail system and spare shell holder. Highly unusually for a video game, the SPAS-12's dual-mode semi-auto/pump-action functionality is depicted in H3, even more unusually with its intended purpose being exploitable (i.e. switching between semi-auto for high-pressure shells and pump-action for low-pressure ones). Unfortunately, however, the switching is performed by a simple touchpad button press on the forward hand's controller, with the pump not ever visibly moving to reflect the change in mode (always being shown in the correct position for pump-action fire, and never moving forward to switch to semi-auto); furthermore, the weapon's loading procedure is simplified, with the real weapon's requirement to hold down the bolt release in order to load shells into the magazine tube being omitted in-game.
Day 7 of 2018's Meatmas update added a Russian KS-23 shotgun-carbine, more specifically the pistol-gripped KS-23M variant.
Error creating thumbnail: File missingKS-23M - 23x75mmRError creating thumbnail: File missingDay 7's present. For a shotgun this big, you need something a little bit bigger than a rosebox.Error creating thumbnail: File missingExamining the shotgun. The slightly off-color piece on the side is a Soviet-standard dovetail rail, used for mounting sights.Error creating thumbnail: File missingThe other side. Come to think of it, this could make a nice backup for someone fighting for the Imperium of Man. Wonder if anyone makes 2-stage rocket slugs...Error creating thumbnail: File missingOpening up the action.Error creating thumbnail: File missingThe in-game KS-23M can use 4 different types of shells, based on some of the real weapon's options; this is a "Баррикада" ("Barrikada", Russian for "Barricade") shell, an armor-piercing slug meant for cracking the engine blocks of cars.Error creating thumbnail: File missingSo, what better to use it on than a fragile wooden board in the shape of a hot dog?Error creating thumbnail: File missingEjecting a shell, after sending the hot dog target's head to the Shadow Realm. And by "the Shadow Realm", we mean an empty Home Depot parking lot at 3:32 in the morning. Either way, it's a different plane of existence.Error creating thumbnail: File missingAnother shell type, the "Шрапнель-25" ("Shrapnel-25"), which consists of buckshot; the "25" denotes a 25-meter effective range.Error creating thumbnail: File missingSo, of course, the ideal target must be...Error creating thumbnail: File missing...a crystal snowflake somewhere way the hell up in the sky. Note the rifle-type sights; while these might seem out of place on a pump-action shotgun, the KS-23 is somewhat unique in that its barrel is completely rifled (being made out of spare ZU-23 anti-aircraft cannon barrels), which gives it good enough accuracy with slugs to justify such a design choice. This also explains its odd designation as a "shotgun-carbine" (being a shotgun for all practical purposes, but a carbine under Russian law due to its rifled barrel), and why a 23mm shell full of buckshot has the effective range of a golf ball.Error creating thumbnail: File missingThe two other shells are a bit more unique; this shell, the "Сирень-7" ("Siren-7", or "Lilac-7"), is a riot-control round...Error creating thumbnail: File missing...which, in practical terms, means that it creates a cloud of CS gas on impact.Error creating thumbnail: File missingAnd then there's the "Звезда" ("Zvezda") round.Error creating thumbnail: File missingThis one's name, which translates to "Star", is a bit more apt...Error creating thumbnail: File missing...as the effects of looking directly at either from up close are roughly the same. Another round meant for crowd control (the gun itself being initially developed for prison guards), the Star is effectively an impact-detonating flashbang grenade. Mix a few of these round types together, and you've got quite the effective CQB breaching tool. It'd be even better if its capacity wasn't a whopping 3+1.
"KWG1"
The "KWG1" is one of the available firearms in-game, added through Update #15. It is a fictional magazine-fed full-auto shotgun, rather reminiscent of the "Bolter" weapons from the Warhammer 40K universe. It is based on an image of what seems to be some sort of stage or cosplay prop, which was then adapted into a 3D model by artist Pavel Kutejnikov.
The prop that the "KWG1" was based upon, which seems to have an MP5 S-E-F trigger pack. Also note the shells in the magazine; the length of the brass, the plastic-like gloss across them, and the manner in which they are stacked (parallel to each other, which wouldn't be possible with actual shotgun shells due to their rims) all point towards this being a prop, rather than an actual live-firing shotgun.Error creating thumbnail: File missingAfter several hours of cutting, welding, and riveting, the work finally bears fruit.Error creating thumbnail: File missingLoading some "SWAG-12" high-explosive shells (an obvious play on the real-world FRAG-12 explosive shells) into one of the KWG1's distinctive windowed magazines. Said magazines seem to be suffering from a critical lack of springs.Error creating thumbnail: File missingSeveral shells later, it's time to load in the magazine...Error creating thumbnail: File missing...chamber a round...Error creating thumbnail: File missing...and purge the realm of heretics in the name of the Emperor.Error creating thumbnail: File missingAfter a change of place, and a change of time, the KWG1's well-worn finish shines in the light of the (earlier version of the) item spawner.Error creating thumbnail: File missingLoading in another magazine, this time filled with a suitably patriotic handload: "Freedomfetti" shells.Error creating thumbnail: File missingThese do exactly what you'd expect. While it's sadly not something that can be expressed through the medium of an image, firing one of these shells produces a sound like that of a paper party horn.Error creating thumbnail: File missingBack in the indoor range, our discount Space Marine prepares to screw a suppressor onto his KWG1, which demonstrates one of H3's interesting gameplay-oriented features:Error creating thumbnail: File missingUniversal suppressor compatibility. A suppressor can shrink or expand to fit any weapon, from the diminutive Beretta Jetfire to the colossal Barrett M107A1.
Mossberg 590A1
The Mossberg 590A1 is one of the four shotguns added in Update #15, and the second pump-action shotgun added to H3 on the whole.
The MTs255 revolving shotgun was added to the game in the first Meatmas update. 2 variants are available - a standard full-length version, and a version with a sawn-off barrel and stock.
Error creating thumbnail: File missingRemington 870 Express Tactical Magpul - 12 gaugeError creating thumbnail: File missingInspecting the Remington 870 Express Tactical Magpul. Note the curious addition of the number 11 on the side of the receiver; this is most likely meant as some sort of armory/rack number.Error creating thumbnail: File missingThe other side of the... y'know what, I'm not going to type out that ridiculously long set of words again. If you still don't understand what it is after the fourth time, then you just aren't going to.Error creating thumbnail: File missingChambering a Dragon's Breath shell. While shotguns are generally regarded as being good for room-clearing, it's usually understood that doing so requires actually firing the shotgun first.Error creating thumbnail: File missingThe Sosigs having realized this and returned, one finds the player character engaging in the rather unorthodox practice of using a shotgun "gangsta-style".Error creating thumbnail: File missingHaving come to their senses, said player character is soon merrily blasting the Sosigs with the now-correctly-oriented shotgun. The Dragon's Breath round is rather interesting: it is filled with pieces of magnesium, which catch fire as they fly through the air, and start fires where they land, as seen here. Due to the round's low pressure and high cost, coupled with international regulations on the use of incendiary munitions on human beings (and the risk of setting things on fire by accident), these incendiary shells aren't used in any sort of martial capacity, and are largely a civilian novelty.Error creating thumbnail: File missingAiming the shotgun at a couple of Molotov cocktails bottles of Frank's Fantastic Festively Fragrant And Fiercely Flavorful Fancy Fire Fluid. These are an Update #59 addition, as is this scene (the Proving Grounds), the Sosig, the beginnings of a fire system (which renders the Dragon's Breath rounds far more useful), and the rear sight on this shotgun and the TAC-14 DM below (both previously having a smooth, blank receiver).Error creating thumbnail: File missingFiring (heh), which has predictable consequences.Error creating thumbnail: File missingEjecting the freshly-fired shell. While not seen here, the player character's expression of giddy satisfaction is somewhat dimmed by their newfound lack of eyebrows.
Remington 870 Field Gun
The Meatmas Update of 2016 added a Remington 870 Field Gun with a cut-down barrel. Update #46 added two additional variants, one with a sawn-off stock and one with a full-length barrel; it also made the latter one of the available weapons for SWBs.
The later detachable-magazine variant of the Remington 870, the 870 DM, was added in Update #52. It is in the "TAC-14" configuration, a variant with a 14" barrel and a Shockwave Industries Raptor grip, which is meant to make it evade NFA regulations regarding short-barreled shotguns by way of legally not being classified as anything other than a "firearm". The one in-game is also presumably either modified or broken, seeing as it is capable of slam-fire, unlike a normal 870.
A Saiga 12 with a side-folding stock is one of the available firearms in-game, added through Update #40. It can use either factory 5-round magazines, aftermarket 12-round box magazines, or aftermarket 20-round drums.
There are 4 main varieties of Sawed-off Double Barrel Shotgun in-game. The first (and also one of the first weapons added to the game, back when the game was just Anton Hand's experiment grounds and not even named H3VR yet) was the so-called "Cartoon 8 Gauge", which sounds downright painful, the second is a more reasonable 12-gauge version (seen below), and the 3rd is the same as the second, except sawn down to Killing Them Softly-level absurdity (albeit unlike that movie's shotgun, this one also has the grip sawn down even further than the standard version), which, predictably, makes the spread somewhere between hilarious and pitiful. The fourth, added with Update #52, is an 1864 Wells Fargo stagecoach shotgun with external hammers and shell loops on the forend.
Wurstworld's Weinerbots also make use of sawn-off shotguns, alongside their generic revolvers and lever-action rifles.
A Remington 870-based Serbu Super Shorty is one of the weapons added in the first Meatmas update. 2 variants are available: a normal, clean version, and a "tacticool" version, complete with a door-breaching muzzle brake, a rail mount, and a set of spare shell holders that hold more shells than the gun itself does.
The 18th gift added in the 2018 Meatmas event was a TOZ-106; this marked two firsts for H3VR, being both its first 20-gauge shotgun, and its first bolt-action one.
TOZ-106 - 20 gaugeError creating thumbnail: File missingThe notorious Blunderbuss lies in wait. A thousand years it has sat, patiently awaiting the day it will be awakened once more, to reinstate its reign of terror over well-equipped PMCs. And now, that day has come...Error creating thumbnail: File missing"AWAKEN, MY MASTERS!"Error creating thumbnail: File missingPLACEHOLDER CAPTIONError creating thumbnail: File missingOpening up the TOZ's stock...Error creating thumbnail: File missing...which doesn't really make it look any less weird.Error creating thumbnail: File missingFlipping the shotgun over only furthers the weapon's oddities, revealing another unusual detail:Error creating thumbnail: File missingThe TOZ-106, unlike most shotguns, is bolt-action.Error creating thumbnail: File missingTesting out the rifle-like iron sights, another sign that this gun doesn't really know what it wants to be.Error creating thumbnail: File missingEjecting a fired shell, and confirming that yes, it's still a bolt-action. No matter how many times you look away, it'll always be a bolt-action. No matter how much you don't want to accept it, no matter how much you try to deny it, no matter how long you wait on it, the TOZ-106 is, and will always be, a bolt-action.Error creating thumbnail: File missingOf note is that the in-game TOZ can be fired with its stock folded; this is at odds with the actual weapon, which has a specially-designed safety device meant to prevent this very thing. The reasoning behind this odd decision is legal in nature; Russian laws regulate a firearm's minimum length in a firing-capable configuration, so folding-stocked weapons must be set up to only be fireable at their legal length.Error creating thumbnail: File missingThough, to be fair, any law-derived firearm feature only lasts as long as the patience of a man with a drill, a file, and nothing to lose.
Winchester Model 1887
The Model 1887 was added to H3 with the Wurstworld update, and comes in both full length and sawn-off forms. And yes, it can be spin-cocked a laTerminator 2. (In fact, one of Wurstworld's rewards is a T2-themed sawn-off 1887, complete with a darker finish, extended lever loop, and cut-back trigger guard.)
Update #52's impressive list of new firearms includes the Winchester Model 1897, in its famous military "Trench Gun" configuration. It is correctly capable of slam-fire, and holds an appropriate 5 rounds in the tube plus one in the chamber.
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