Shotgun

The Shotgun is a pump-action rifle that fires wide-spread shells and is mostly effective at close range.

Concept and Creation
In most of DOOM 's concept art, the Shotgun is shown to be Doomguy's signature weapon. In many of the franchise's games, it is one of the most common weapons for the player to find and is perhaps the easiest one to obtain.

Besides just the player, there are enemies that use the Shotgun. Meanwhile, DOOM (2016) is the only entry to the franchise that does not have any of the monster variants using it.

Design
The Shotgun is not so different from any of the other pump-action models made before it. After firing a shell, the user of the rifle has to cock the next shell in order to rearm it for firing another shot. Each shot is widespread, which means it could injure more than one target if fired at a distance. However, to inflict tons of damage to a single target, it is recommended to fire it at close range.

Appearances

 * The Ultimate DOOM
 * DOOM II: Hell on Earth
 * DOOM: Reawakened

Trivia

 * The Shotgun from the original DOOM games is the only weapon that has components made of wood.
 * Doomguy's constant use of the Shotgun is somewhat similar to the T-800 from the Terminator franchise preferring to use that very weapon.