Buckshot

> For the ammunition type in Modern Combat 4: Zero Hour, see Buckshot rounds.

The Buckshot is the T9 Prestige primary weapon of the Heavy class in Modern Combat 5: Blackout.

Modern Combat 5: Blackout

Romket‑178

BMF‑12

SMASS‑410

DS‑1310

Sering 9

VOID 6

DBS 4

LSN‑25B

Buckshot

“	The SMART cores of the Buckshot are set up as a neural interface. It can learn from past experience and allows for a gradual increase in accuracy for each enemy that is killed. This ability lasts until the user is killed.	„
	—Official weapon description

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The Buckshot is a powerful fully automatic shotgun sporting a large drum magazine of up to 25 rounds coupled with maximum armor penetration. It possesses a solid rate of fire, and manageable recoil even when firing full-auto, making it a versatile and deadly shotgun. Its statistical profile is similar to that of the Sering 9, but superior in most areas and with close to twice the magazine capacity (though with a slight drawback in mobility over the Sering 9).

The unique mechanic of the weapon allows each kill to increase accuracy by 20%, lowering the initial shot spread, which can be stacked up to 10 times, and expiring upon death; potentially allowing for weapon effectiveness at much longer ranges than conventional shotguns. (However, it should also be noted that swapping to a secondary weapon or picking up dropped weapons also resets the stack counter back to 0).

+	High damage Maximum armor penetration High effective range Large magazine size SMART mechanic
−	Lower rate of fire than some other automatic shotguns Omni-directional kick when ADS Lower damage than pump-action or single-action shotguns Lower-than-average mobility Changing weapons or picking up weapons resets the SMART mechanic counter to 0.

Trivia

• The Buckshot has the highest magazine capacity of all shotguns in the Modern Combat series.