Katana blade, sawed off shotgun, and scoped M16.
Quintessential zombie weapons would be the chainsaw and a sawed off shotgun.
To test whether your preferred weapon will be effective on zombies, you should take yourself and the weapon(s) in question down to the Everglades around dusk, stand in knee-deep swamp water, douse yourself in stinking chicken and fish guts, and wait for the alligators to find you.
You will find that kinetic weapons such as firearms are a little problematic. A bullet kills by destroying tissue, disrupting the function of vital organs, by causing blood loss, and by hydrostatic shock to the central nervous system.
You can riddle an alligator with bullets and not kill it. Tissue damage won’t do it. Blood loss won’t do it for a long, long time. Hydrostatic shock won’t do it. It doesn’t matter whether you’re using a .22 LR or a .50 BMG: unless you take out the central nervous system, you will not kill it. This applies equally to the undead.
Flame throwers and the like? Well, neither an alligator nor a zombie is going to succumb from the pain of third-degree burns, and until the napalm incinerates its limbs, it is going to keep coming at you, only now it’s on fire.
Blades, spikes and truncheons? Forgedaboudit. You might kill one or two alligators before collapsing from exhaustion after hacking, poking, or whacking it to death with your katana, trench knife or cricket bat, but a whole swamp full of them? I don’t think so. Same for an alley full of zombies.
Chainsaws? Uh, okay. Good luck with that. You don’t even need alligators for this one. Go out into the middle of a thicket full of hawthorn trees. Now, as fast as you can, start up the chainsaw, and cut a swath through as many of those trees as possible in fifteen minutes. No stopping to rest, refuel, or bind up your copious wounds. Let me know how it goes.
Myself? I’d go for a TRW 25kW laser rifle like the one pictured above. I would add a AN/PVS-27 Magnum Universal Night Sight and Leupold Mark IV, and would have a highly effective zombie-killing weapon capable of frying the brains of the undead silently and instantly from 4000 meters away.
My second choice, of course, would be River Tam.
Not as effective as a long range weapon, perhaps, but Summer Glau would be a hell of a lot nicer to snuggle with afterwards than that ugly-ass laser rifle.
dont kill them, just sing to them, they are pissed becuase of all the noise woke them up,they really are genuinely nice people. they just hate to be woken up, and since they arent that smart all they can do is eat you, then you die,then u wake up and get pissed ant eat someone else and the cycle continues
Apache Cobra
sticks of dynamite
ak47 with a big ass drum
that thing can tear through trees, it could probaly travel out one zombie and into another
if at school in buffalo my friend and I have decided on hijacking a school bus. The engines in the back and it has a huge bike rack on the back. We’d then go to my house in the country and hold down our base there. There’s a few guns at my house and gun stores near me. We’d be in trouble in the beginning though to to lack of access to effective weapons, we’d just go with bats and metal bars. We may even steal the barbells, like a giant war hammer OH YAH!!!
my bad bike rack is on the front, and I’ve discussed this with more then one friend
if to many zombies found us we’d make a run for Horeseheads ny and steal one of the Blackhawks were my dad works and fly to safety, probably an island
Squats and milk, do it like a real man.
Squats and milk, do it like a real man.
[quote]hachi wrote:
if to many zombies found us we’d make a run for Horeseheads ny and steal one of the Blackhawks were my dad works and fly to safety, probably an island[/quote]
But who’s gonna fly it, kid? You?
Think reasonably. If your plan begins by going to a store for supplies, you are already dead. Hammers, screwdrivers, shovels, and crowbars will be more useful and readily available, not only as weapons but as tools. A simple .22LR will be your best bet due to availability and portability of ammo. High-calorie portable food and a stout can opener will save your life. Stick to the shadows and keep moving until you’re well out of town. Camp near water, stay alert. Avoid all fights, scavenge barricaded shops and homes, and keep moving. LISTEN.
-Sab
[quote]hachi wrote:
if at school in buffalo my friend and I have decided on hijacking a school bus. The engines in the back and it has a huge bike rack on the back. We’d then go to my house in the country and hold down our base there. There’s a few guns at my house and gun stores near me. We’d be in trouble in the beginning though to to lack of access to effective weapons, we’d just go with bats and metal bars. We may even steal the barbells, like a giant war hammer OH YAH!!![/quote]
Whats with all these improvised weapons? Just go to the hardware store and buy a 6 lb sledgehammer. Its light enough you can swing it all day, and a zombies head will cave like nobodies business with one off those bad boys. Do not attempt on alligators. They have much thicker, more durable skulls than us wimpy humans/zombies and best case scenario it would only dissorient it and scare it off. Worst case, it gets super pissed/hungry and eats you for a tastey mid morning brunch.
As a side note, you can use your nice light(if you havent practiced swinging hammers/axes that should tire you out pretty quick) newly purchased hammer for training hitting old tires or stuff because its fun/good conditioning.
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[quote]Varqanir wrote:
Flame throwers and the like? Well, neither an alligator nor a zombie is going to succumb from the pain of third-degree burns, and until the napalm incinerates its limbs, it is going to keep coming at you, only now it’s on fire.
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But, this somewhat depends on the type of zombie infection though.
With Romero’s original zombie model, fire was one of the few things that they feared and would kill them. If they’re “super zombies” like those in the recent “Dawn of the Dead” remake, then yeah you’re fucked.
Depends on the quality of blade. An authentic katana (though I agree that finding one wouldn’t be very likely) would easily slice through zombies. They can easily cut a human in half with not much effort.
Your example also doesn’t really compare all that well as the water in the swamp and the fact that the alligators are crawling along the ground (and not standing upright like a zombie would be) changes things considerably.
Agree on that. Not to mention that the sound of the chainsaw would alert every zombie within miles to your presence.
That would be great, but what’s the liklihood of getting your hands on one of those?
[quote]Makavali wrote:
Squats and milk, do it like a real man.[/quote]
fucking post whore!!!
3 issues with the laser rifle:
1-How many shots are the batteries good for?
2- Where are you going to recharge it?
3- Where are you going to scavenge parts for it?
Phased plasma rifle in 40 watt range.
[quote]Varqanir wrote:
hachi wrote:
if to many zombies found us we’d make a run for Horeseheads ny and steal one of the Blackhawks were my dad works and fly to safety, probably an island
But who’s gonna fly it, kid? You?[/quote]
No my dad that’s why we head to my house in the county first