The range-based damage penalties are five times greater than for other types of weapons. Like double-barreled shotguns, combat shotguns suffer very severe damage penalties when fired outside of the listed range. In fact, the hair trigger and advanced semi-auto receivers fire faster than the various automatic receivers, apart from the rapid automatic receiver. But the automatic receiver fires barely faster than (manually) rapid-firing the semi-automatic version. The combat shotgun can, however, be upgraded to be a fully automatic weapon at the expense of reduced range (in contrast to other weapons where fully automatic modification mainly reduces damage per shot and only has a small effect on the range). Each shell holds 7 (shot) pellets by default. As indicated by the metal stamping on the weapon's bolt, the combat shotgun is chambered for 12 gauge shotgun shells. The weapon is semi-automatic, and being magazine fed it does well in clearing out rooms and ripping apart enemies at close range. The default combat shotgun utilizes an 8 round box magazine but can be upgraded with a 12 round extended magazine or a 32 round drum magazine.

Most combat shotguns are fully automatic and have a drum magazine, giving them a definite advantage over break-action double-barrel shotguns. While limited in range, the multiple projectiles typically used in a shotgun shell provide increased hit probability unmatched by other small arms, usually utilized in close-range combat. To change it, please edit the transcluded page.ДЄ combat shotgun is a shotgun that is intended for use in an offensive role, typically by a military force. This section is transcluded from Combat shotgun.

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