Best anti-zombie weapons

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In order to kill us and get more corpses to eat, duh.

edited 24th Jan '12 9:05:13 AM by Chariot

Handguns. Just handguns. Preferably something full-auto with drum magazines. Hell, a simple 9mm with drum magazines would do just fine without full-auto.

Smaller submachine guns are also good. Somewhat quieter than shotguns, and even before that, bullets. Bullets everywhere. As demonstrated by FPS Russia, two MAC 10s on full-auto (even with minimal attention to accuracy) = nothing living within a couple dozen yards of you.

edited 24th Jan '12 11:54:11 AM by KSPAM

Muskets with Bayonets

A handgun is a very bad idea. Most people aren't going to be a good enough shot with the pistol and it can require you to get to close for comfort.

I need to say, if you don't have suppressors for anything, a shotgun isn't that bad of an idea, especially if you're on the offense and are as such deliberately going out zombie hunting. It also helps that they have a longer range than most people think.

Also, I cannot advise using a metal bat. If you don't know why, go grab an aluminium bat and hit something solid. Feel those vibrations? Those'll mess with you and possibly inhibit proper follow up.

An ideal weapon would be a single shot (bolt-action or semi-automatic) rifle with a suppressor, or if you're a good enough pistol marksman, a reasonably powerful handgun with a suppressor.

Guns make noise though so they're a bad idea as that'll just draw more zombies to you.

I agree on shotgun range being widely underestimated, but here's the thing with suppressors. They don't silence shit. They only obfuscate the exact position of the shooter, meaning they still draw the zombies right to your general direction like a normal handgun would. Sure you may slightly confuse them, but don't expect it to save you.

And again, machine pistols and SM Gs make issues like accuracy complete non-issues. Assuming you have some sort of way to obtain enough ammo to supply them, SM Gs will keep you comfy in the zombie apocalypse. Although I will admit you have a very valid point about semi-auto rifles, those are also good.

edited 24th Jan '12 12:15:19 PM by KSPAM

And that beats the hell out of just getting infected by the zombie right in front of you which using a melee weapons runs a much higher risk of, or if you're seeking specifically to go zombie slaying, drawing zombies out may be exactly what you want to do.

The problem is actually having enough ammo in the first place. The suppressor actually does do some silencing and reducing the radius of zombie alerting is going to be generally helpful.

edited 24th Jan '12 12:16:51 PM by Balmung

Well that's the issue with all guns. You're not getting around that no matter what gun you use. On the topic of handguns though, specifically I would suggest something like an M1911 (shut up I love that gun). Good rate of fire, manageable recoil, and .45 ACP tends to fuck up targets of the unarmored variety. The magazine size leaves something to be desired, but eh.

On another note, who's all in favor of declaring melee an absolutely piss-poor method of zombie fighting? Signal yes if you agree!

edited 24th Jan '12 12:20:37 PM by KSPAM

If the zeds are close enough to hit, you're pretty much dead. I'd go for a high-end air rifle.

edited 24th Jan '12 12:22:06 PM by InverurieJones

Eeyup. Doesn't make carrying a crowbar to break into things a bad idea, though.

If your plan involves using a melee weapon on zombies (at least as anything other than a last resort), just go shoot yourself when the zeds come. At least then other people don't have to waste a bullet on your zombified ass.

edited 24th Jan '12 12:24:58 PM by Balmung

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No, a gun may be able to kill some zombies but it'll just attract more and you'll die faster. Best weapon would probably be highly pressurized water to blow them to bits.

And that isn't loud as hell?

With a super-duper silent diesel pump...?

Hence my choice of an air rifle.

edited 24th Jan '12 12:31:14 PM by InverurieJones

Water guns/water balloons? Not likely.

Water pistols and balloons? Is this a beach party now? Water is a liquid; it doesn't compress. Water balloons will just make 'em damp.

edited 24th Jan '12 12:34:40 PM by InverurieJones

Look, bows and crossbows are too big, as is their ammo, and bows require too much training, and melee is just stupid. That high pressure water? Big, heavy, and loud as hell to pressurize. Guns are portable, their ammo is light and portable (in relative terms) relatively easy to use, powerful enough to be useful, and range.

Water pistols and balloons? You're just fucking with us, right? No power to speak of, no range to speak of, no accuracy to speak of, and the balloons are fragile, large, and heavy when filled.

edited 24th Jan '12 12:36:45 PM by Balmung

I'd suggest a deer hunting rifle. Aside from the noise issue, its powerful enough to take down deer, has enough force to force a zombie back just in case you didn't kill it, will be bolt-action (so you're not tempted to waste ammo) and is built for precision aiming. Plus, its common enough that you can find ammo for it.

Guns would still attract more zombies though so it's still a bad choice of weapon.

What? The water should be powerful enough to blast them to bits, if not be used as a distraction to get your ass to safety.

edited 24th Jan '12 12:38:26 PM by Chariot

The Holy Cross

Bibles

Knives

Holy Water

edited 24th Jan '12 12:38:47 PM by KaitouSai

@Chariot: A gun is infinitely better than a bucket of water. Really a firearm would be your only hope if the zeds find you. Best weapon of all would be stealth.

Seriously, you can't pressurise water to a useful degree without the constant use of a huge pump. It isn't a gas.

edited 24th Jan '12 12:41:34 PM by InverurieJones

Actually, it's still about the best option, especially considering that you can move after you fire, and I question whether zombies will follow such a thing for an extended period of time without concrete evidence of their target since the source of the noise may have moved, and if you're smart, you will have done just that.

Seriously. Shoot yourself with a water gun. Notice how you don't blow your head off. Guess what it does to a zombie. Hint: The exact same thing.

edited 24th Jan '12 12:42:55 PM by Balmung

Well that's assuming you aren't already surrounded when you shoot. If you are then you can't move so, not really helpful.

Don't water pistols/ water guns pressurize the water that's being shot out of em? Yeah they're only useful until you run out of water but at least they won't draw more zombies to you.

edited 24th Jan '12 12:43:34 PM by Chariot

Still, it's better than dragging a swimming pool and diesel engine behind you.

If you're surrounded then you're in trouble whatever weapon your using. Short of something that can cut/knock down a mass of people like a minigun or a riot hose or something; and those things are mounted on vehicles.

edited 24th Jan '12 12:44:11 PM by GameChainsaw

If you're surrounded, they already likely know where you are, so you may as well just shoot the undead bastards. It's not like you're giving them any info they don't already have.

Water pistols are just too weak. hence why they're child's playthings.

edited 24th Jan '12 12:44:44 PM by Balmung