Colt M1911A1

### Description

This American pistol deals a lot of damage with its powerful .45 cal bullets. However, these are hard to come by in the field, and it has a slightly lower firing rate than the Luger

## Statistics

### Ammo Clip

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The **Colt M1911A1** is a Pistol in the Zombie Army series.

## Summary

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> This American pistol deals a lot of damage with its powerful .45 cal bullets. However, these are hard to come by in the field, and it has a slightly lower firing rate than the Luger
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above is the in game description of both sniper elite v2, and zombie army trilogy, both games uses the same engine so the mechanics are similar, as is the in game description, in sniper elite v2 above statemens are true, however in ZAT they are a bit different, the fire is indeed slower then the Luger, (not really noticeable in game), and ammo pickup, unlike in sniper elite v2 the ammo pickup rate is random, every time you loot a corpse you wil pick up ammo for either your primary weapon, secondary weapon or sidearm, the quantity of rounds you pick up is the same as the magazine size of the weapon you have, so when looting ammo for the 1911 you will always pick up 7 rounds, unless it surpasses your total supply which for this weapon is 7/70. another cool mechanic in ZAT is "autoload" (at least its what i call it) when your ammo in reserve is at the maximum but your magazine isn't full, if you pick up ammor for that weapon the magazine automatically gets filled up to its maximum.

### History

The Colt M1911 was designed by John Moses Browning in 1911. The 1911 pistol is considered by veterans to be the greatest self-loading pistol ever made and the grandfather of al modern sidearms , which despite its age is still used alongside modern pistols today. the .45 caliber pistol was adopted by the American armed forces in 1911. During initial testing in the military trials, the M1911 fired 1,000 rounds without jamming once, becoming the first self-loading pistol to pass with a 100% grade. After World War I, the military modified the M1911 design to optimize it for combat, adding a slightly larger ejection port, shortening the trigger, extending the grip safety tang to help prevent "slide bite", This new version was called the Colt M1911A1. the model we get to use in game.
The M1911A1's power and reliability was so good that the army decides to use it the Korean and Vietnam War. In the 1980s the 1911A1 began showing its age for military use, the army held new pistol trials, the finalists being the SIG-Sauer P226 and the Beretta 92F. Due to the high price of the SIG-Sauer's magazines, the Beretta 92F was chosen to replace the M1911A1, a highly controversial decision to this day. The Beretta fires the 9x19mm cartridge they offer greater capacity 12+1 and a flatter bullet trajectory, but lack the stopping power of the .45 cartridge.
thats why some operators from special forces units such as the us marine corps and delta force, and even some swat units still uses the 1911 or the variant veriant the m45A1. and it still populair in the civilian market

### in game stats

The 1911A1 will kill a zombie with 3 bodyshots, it has a high accuracy so headshots which are always a one hit kill are both easy and fast to line up, the reload speed is the same as any other semi auto pistol in the game, at 1,8 seconds regardless of how many rounds are left in the magazine

### Strengths

* **Accuracy:** the thompson has the highest accuracy of all of the secondary weapons, on par with the two german weapons the mp40 and mp44

but with a tad higher damage per shot then said weapons, make for a deadly combination, mainly because of the more powerfull .45 ACP cartridge

* **Damage:** the Powerfull .45 ACP cartridge grants superior stopping power than any other weapon in its class, only the Blyskawica deals more damage. it will kill in 6 shots anywhere to the body and of course, 1 headshot is always sufficient to kill, so thats what you should aim for

### Weaknesses

* **Capacity:** both in the magazine and reserve, the Thomson has the lowest capacity in game, although the mp 44 also has a 30 round mag, its reserve ammo is capped at 160 for the Thomspson it is capped at 150 rounds plus 30 in the mag making for a total capacity of 30/150

## Availability

Below you can find the weapon within the Zombie Army series.