Assault shotgun
Base Damage	20(5x4)
Magazine	12
Rate of Fire	1.4
Recoil	0.70
Base Accuracy	60%
Accurate Range	75 ft.
Maximum Range	150 ft.
Mass	30 lbs
Inventory Size	2x2
Skill	Weapons: Rifle
Ammunition	12 gauge buckshot shells
Type of Damage	Ballistic
Ammunition	12 gauge sabot shells
Type of Damage	Armor-piercing
Attachable Upgrade(s)

The assault shotgun is a rifle skill weapon appearing in Deus Ex.

BackgroundEdit

This shotgun model has a rotary cylinder-type magazine similar to that of a revolver.

This assault shotgun (and also sawed-off shotguns) was widely used in 2052.

By 2072, another shotgun was in use.

Game itemEdit

The assault shotgun does less damage per pellet than the sawed-off shotgun, making it do less damage per shot, it is also less accurate. If you don't aim for the head, it's very likely that your target will survive. Even if you do aim for the head, there's still a real chance that he could survive if not all pellets hit. For best results, try and hit the upper body; this way you can hope for some of the pellets hit the head as well because of the assault shotgun's rather large spread.

With sabot shells, the assault shotgun can quickly take out the Spider Bots, which are by far the most numerous and annoying bots in the game. It can also be used to destroy cameras and is one of the few firearms which can potentially take on a Karkian, depending on your skills and mods.

An unmodded assault shotgun is not nearly as powerful as it seems. While its magazine and automatic fire should allow you to shred through enemies with ease, its recoil and inaccuracy makes it impossible to use past very short range, and even then a pellet or two might miss. In addition, its reload time makes you vulnerable for 4.6 seconds, which is way too long in sustained combat. Fortunately both reload time and recoil can be reduced using weapon mods, and the already impressive magazine size can be further increased. Accuracy can be increased by raising your Rifle weapons skill, maxing out at 85%.

TriviaEdit

It appears to be based on the custom-built automatic shotguns that appears in The Matrix movie.