Pick 5 Weapons for Doomsday Scenario

[Jason_C]

Jonathan,
I think you are on the right track, but I will add to it.

Here are my pics

1. Glock 19 (9mm) w/laser sight.
2. M4 w/9mm upper that accepts glock mags equipped with an eo tech red dot.
3. Crowbar
4. a Gerber multi-tool
5. For the wildcard, id take someone who is trained in combat trauma care (Navy Corpsman or Army Medic) who is a shooter and equally equipped.

Now the why.

I chose the glock because it is an incredibly reliable pistol and the 9mm is easy to procure. Also, mag capacity is critical. In a zombie situation where you would be dealing with hoards, running out of bullets or constant reloading is time consuming. the 1911 is a fantastic weapon but the standard single stack only accepts 7 rounds. thats 7 dead zombies to the glocks 15+ and glock offers 33 round extended mags which brings me to my second choice.

the M4 platform with the 9mm upper that accepts glock magazines. this should be obvious but ill explain anyway. carrying one type of ammo instead of many makes life easier for you. also the same magazine for both weapons makes things easier. you shouldnt be engaging zombies (the slow ones) at anything beyond 50 or so feet because you should simply be able to run around them.

i chose the crowbar because this is perfect for clubbing zombies. It also is great for prying open doors, smashing car windows, busting into safes whatever you think might have food, extra bullets, or whatever else to help you stay alive.

the gerber multi tool is incredibly useful for numerous things like weapons maintenance, opening canned goods, etc etc... its like a damn leatherman. there really isnt any point to stabbing a zombie. especially when you have a damn crowbar to destroy its dome if you ran out of bullets.

chosing a trauma medic is good in case you get injured fleeing or handling illnesses or infections of the non zombie kind you might get from just being roamers. it should also be obvious why you would want someone who is a shooter so you arent carrying around dead weight and they can contribute to the effort of staying alive and defense.

[Jonathan Wylie]

I thinku are thinking of the A3 and ummm well gl finding a .50 upper and a .308 upper.no disrespect but i think u can do better than an M16....

Nope I meant the A2 not the A3 I would prefer a 3rnd burst over full auto, We are talking about a apocalyptic setting when most people raid gun stores they wouldn't take parts, they would take weapons granted the 50 bmg would probably be a rare find but that was just me illustrating the versatility of that platform the 308 upper on the other hand I know for a fact I get at my local gun store.

[Cody Kietzman]

Nope I meant the A2 not the A3 I would prefer a 3rnd burst over full auto, We are talking about a apocalyptic setting when most people raid gun stores they wouldn't take parts, they would take weapons granted the 50 bmg would probably be a rare find but that was just me illustrating the versatility of that platform the 308 upper on the other hand I know for a fact I get at my local gun store.

YA sorry i was being drunk and combative...

[Jonathan Wylie]

YA sorry i was being drunk and combative...

haha no problem we are just talking shit here wait till you see my rebuttal to Jason.

[Jonathan Wylie]

Jonathan,
I think you are on the right track, but I will add to it.

Here are my pics

1. Glock 19 (9mm) w/laser sight.
2. M4 w/9mm upper that accepts glock mags equipped with an eo tech red dot.
3. Crowbar
4. a Gerber multi-tool
5. For the wildcard, id take someone who is trained in combat trauma care (Navy Corpsman or Army Medic) who is a shooter and equally equipped.

Now the why.

I chose the glock because it is an incredibly reliable pistol and the 9mm is easy to procure. Also, mag capacity is critical. In a zombie situation where you would be dealing with hoards, running out of bullets or constant reloading is time consuming. the 1911 is a fantastic weapon but the standard single stack only accepts 7 rounds. thats 7 dead zombies to the glocks 15+ and glock offers 33 round extended mags which brings me to my second choice.

the M4 platform with the 9mm upper that accepts glock magazines. this should be obvious but ill explain anyway. carrying one type of ammo instead of many makes life easier for you. also the same magazine for both weapons makes things easier. you shouldnt be engaging zombies (the slow ones) at anything beyond 50 or so feet because you should simply be able to run around them.

i chose the crowbar because this is perfect for clubbing zombies. It also is great for prying open doors, smashing car windows, busting into safes whatever you think might have food, extra bullets, or whatever else to help you stay alive.

the gerber multi tool is incredibly useful for numerous things like weapons maintenance, opening canned goods, etc etc... its like a damn leatherman. there really isnt any point to stabbing a zombie. especially when you have a damn crowbar to destroy its dome if you ran out of bullets.

chosing a trauma medic is good in case you get injured fleeing or handling illnesses or infections of the non zombie kind you might get from just being roamers. it should also be obvious why you would want someone who is a shooter so you arent carrying around dead weight and they can contribute to the effort of staying alive and defense.

I love the 9mm round I carry a taurus pt 111 but the 45 acp is a much more effective take down round and just as easy to find as 9mm. Spare mags are easy to find for a 1911 along with spare parts. A 33 round mag on a pistol is not practical in a stress combat situation it throws off the balance and handleability of the weapon.

You ever try to hunt game or take a long range shot with a 9mm rifle. The effective rang of a m16a2 is about 500 yrds, a 9mm maybe 75 yrds. The bullet drop at 100 yrds has to be about 15". You think the most realistic scenario for an apocalyptic event is zombies? Especially the 1970 slow moving Hollywood kind?

Clubbing Zombies with a crowbar try chopping their skull in half.(see deadliest warrior) As a former fire fighter I know a few things about forcible entry, you cant get through a dead bolted door with a crow bar much less a safe.(in the fire service we use a halligan bar and an ax) An e-tool can also smash glass but you can't dig a hole very well with a crowbar.

A multi tool is hardly a weapon if we are talking tools I will build another list for that pack. A machete on the other hand is one hell of a weapon and has great utility value.

Your 5th choice is really beyond the parameters of a weapon but to be honest the care a field medic can provide beyond what I'm capable of (as a fire fighter I was a certified emergency care attendant.) will only keep you alive to suffer without a helicopter to fly you to a high tech hospital. Which is hard to come by in an apocalyptic setting.

[Jason_C]

for some reason i picked zombie apocalypse instead of apocalypse in general. that sort of changes everything. I agree with your assessments and will actually answer the OPs question instead of give my answers for a zombie apocalypse.


1 FN FNP Tactical 45 ACP (that's 15+1 I would run Winchester SXT 230g JHP) hoping I wouldn't have to use it too much being my sidearm

2 Definitely a reliable AR 15 platform (Bushmaster or LMT) and I would have an AR 10 Upper. 5.56 for people and small game, AR 10 for people and larger game. The AR 10 Upper would have a Schmidt and Bender or Leupold 3X9 anything larger would be unnecessary.

3 Now that i think about it, we had an ax with a shovel and pick attachments in the MRAPs as part of the SL3. I'd take one of those.

4 My knife would have to be something razer sharp, a Ka Bar would be fine.

5 Wild Card is a Benelli M1014. I don't really like shotguns but I understand they are incredibly useful

[Max P.]

Dubstep Guns is epic!!

[Slavin]

Hey guys, hypothetical situation. Shit is going down (asteroid impact, war, disease, economic collapse, whatever). People are panicking. Laws are no longer being enforced. People are killing each other for resources. You need to defend yourself. Pick 5 weapons in the following categories.

1-Handgun
2-Firearm (any gun)
3-Melee class
4-Knife class
5-Wildcard (anything, explosives, another gun)

1- d.eagle obviously
2- intervention sniper so i can 360 headshot shit
3- Vitor Belfort's hands
4- ballistics knife
5- golden guy from goldeneye64

[OmyPlata]

1. Omoplata
2. Cruciplata
3. Wacky Wavy Inflatable Arm Flailing Tube Man
4. 6-slice capacity Toaster
5. Hippoplatamus

[Dennis Martinez]

[QUOTE="Neggroll21"]Hey guys, hypothetical situation. Shit is going down (asteroid impact, war, disease, economic collapse, whatever). People are panicking. Laws are no longer being enforced. People are killing each other for resources. You need to defend yourself. Pick 5 weapons in the following categories.

1-Handgun
2-Firearm (any gun)
3-Melee class
4-Knife class
5-Wildcard (anything, explosives, another gun)

Here are mine:

1- Benetta 92
2- 50 caliber Sniper Rifle (got to use one in the army awesome)
3- double sided Axe
4- 2x Karabit (already own these)
5- tons of Ammo for my weapons