Trench Gun

### Description

The pump action reload makes quick shots to the heads, an extremely effective way of clearing out nests of zombies. The "Trench Gun" has found a new use in the streets of the undead.

### Type

Shotguns

The **Trench Gun** is a shotgun weapon in the Zombie Army series.

## Summary

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The Winchester Model 1897 was designed by the legendary John Browning it was produces from (you guessed it) 1897 until 1957, two years after the Vietnam war broke out, and is stil widely used today. it has the capacity of 5+1 shells and has a pump action firing mechanism, the prevent injuries to the users hand it features a heatshield over the barrel, so go out guns blazing into the undead horde, the barrel heating up no longer poses a problem.

### Strength

* **Damage:** Like all the other shotguns in the game, damage is high, easily capable of killing multiple zombies with one shell because of the area of effect damage and the spread of the shots.
* **Capacity:** when un-upgraded the capacity is 5 shells, this can be upgraded up to a maximum of 8 shells at the cost of some upgrade kits. So no challenge needed as this is a non DLC weapon, it is far better then the drilling (3 shells) or the shotgun pistol (2 shells).
* **Reload Speed:** reloading is done by individually inserting shells in the tubular magazine. for 8 shells this process takes up approximately 3.5 seconds to complete when un-upgraded, the reload is cancelable after every inserted shell, meaning you can top up the remaining shells after a couple of shots to avoid a time consuming process of inserting all 5-6-7 or 8 shells and chambering the first one before being ready to fire again. with un-upgraded reload times this is a slow process, with upgraded reload times its takes a lot less time to reload, almost becoming one the many strong suits of the weapon. so be sure to upgrade it.
* **Crowd Control:** With the spread of the shotgun shells and the added area of effect damage together with 8 shells of 00 buck shot ready to fire in a quick succession this is the perfect weapon for close quarters crowd control plus it has access the electric mod upgrade which makes this weapon all the more powerful indeed.

### Weaknesses

* **Range:** It should come as no surprise that the trench gun doesn't perform well at longer ranges, though is a surprising long range for a shotgun in a video game, it takes 2-3 shots to kill at very long range. You better of switch to your rifle or sidearm, it's a shotgun, don't treat it like a rifle, use it in close quarters for maximum effect.
* **Rate of Fire:** Being a pump action shotgun every shell needs to be manually chambered before one can fire again. When un-upgraded its not bad, or very slow but it isn't great nor fast either. When upgraded its no longer an issue and the pump action animation is a lot faster.

## Comparable Weapons

* The **M30 Drilling:** A shotgun being a secondary weapon, better range, and dealing slightly more damage, but has access to sawn off barrels (more spread, lower range and faster reload speed) and a trigger mod (one trigger pull, will result in firing all three shells at once) thus being more adaptable and fits certain situations better than the trench gun, if you know exactly what you're up against. The M30 Drilling is very comparable with the trench gun, but the trench gun has some clear differences as well, having way more capacity, and an electric mod (drilling has an incendiary mod). an incendiary works better for long range cause damage is dealt over time instead of any other mod (electric, divine and explosive)