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You are being chased by a group of flesh eating Zombies. You pick up a weapon to fend them off...

What is that weapon?

Why would I fight them off, I could jog to safety.

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I'll be oldschool and say chainsaw.

Depends. Are they fast zombies, like in the Dawn of the Dead remake, or are they slow ones, like in the original?

How many are there? What sort of an environment are we in?

Assuming fast zombies in an urban environment where over half of the population is zombie, I would use a shotgun, provided I had good access to ammo.

Assume they are newer zombies, who can run like in the Dawn of the Dead remake.

You are in an urban enviroment, or at least non rural enviroment.

You are being chased by a group of flesh eating Zombies. You pick up a weapon to fend them off...

What is that weapon?

depends... what's available.

I could use the ever popular FlameThrower...

a Man Portable Minigun...

Moltov Coctails...


but I'll probably get a monster truck and just drive over em...

an Axe, doesn't jam, require cleaning, reloading or stop working when dirty or wet.

Doesn't sound like anything a little fire couldn't solve...

I knew I'd get some use out of that flamethrower eventually.

The GAU-8 Avenger bolted inside a bus so that the barrels stick out through the rear.

Mainly because I'd like to see if it'd be possible to install it like that, and what would happen to the bus when you fire the thing. If it would come even close to working, I don't think couple of zombies would pose much of a problem.

Assume they are newer zombies, who can run like in the Dawn of the Dead remake.

You are in an urban enviroment, or at least non rural enviroment.

Run towards them and join them in heralding the return of Sweet Zombie Jesus.

My zombie survival kit would include an axe, a crowbar, a truck with a lift kit, and enough gas to get me to the ocean.

Why would I fight them off, I could jog to safety.

Those were 70's/80's Zombies. Try that on the cracked up zombies of today and you'll have the legs eaten from under ye......

The UK in Exile;12974652']an Axe, doesn't jam, require cleaning, reloading or stop working when dirty or wet.

It does if you don't want it to rust. I would definitely grab something that required no ammo or fuel as my main weapon though. Guns and chainsaws have their uses but as I said once before ammo and fuel are a limited resource, zombies are not.

Cricket bat.

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RPC ftw!

Anyone who has played any zombie videogame ever knows that the best weapon for fighting zombies, especially fast ones, is a shotgun, preferably a pump-action model with a pretty good sized magazine. While two barrles might be nice, hinge-actions would be too slow reloading and semiautomatic shotguns jam with frightening regularity.

Those were 70's/80's Zombies. Try that on the cracked up zombies of today and you'll have the legs eaten from under ye......

Even if they were the shuffling kind those have a tendency to travel in packs/swarms and surround you or herd you towards more. As for the "heh heh FIRE FIRE!" crowd, you forget that most variety's of zombie feel no pain and no fear. If you use fire on them you get a great big torch wandering around lighting other things (such as the surrounding buildings you're trying to scavenge food and ammo from) on fire. Besides being bit by a zombie is bad enough without being bit by a FLAMING zombie.

You are being chased by a group of flesh eating Zombies. You pick up a weapon to fend them off...

What is that weapon?

I'm not doing your homework for you.

It does if you don't want it to rust. I would definitely grab something that required no ammo or fuel as my main weapon though. Guns and chainsaws have their uses but as I said once before ammo and fuel are a limited resource, zombies are not.

Yes. If I did not have access to a regular supply of ammo for my shotgun, I would use a machete. I don't have the upper body strength to wield an axe all day. Or some other large knife, kinda like the woman's blade in 28 days later.

I'd do the same as when I see a spider in the shower...
Scream like a baby for my husband to save me.

He'd probably opt for the flame thrower, though.

Even if they were the shuffling kind those have a tendency to travel in packs/swarms and surround you or herd you towards more. As for the "heh heh FIRE FIRE!" crowd, you forget that most variety's of zombie feel no pain and no fear. If you use fire on them you get a great big torch wandering around lighting other things (such as the surrounding buildings you're trying to scavenge food and ammo from) on fire. Besides being bit by a zombie is bad enough without being bit by a FLAMING zombie.

except, the Fire will eat away at the muscle, bone, flesh and what not. untill the brain is destroyed. add to that the fire will spread to other zombies...

knifes axes, and other sharp pointy things are bad for fighting zombies. you don't want to get that close.

EDIT: give me propane tanks, some flares and a gun.

except, the Fire will eat away at the muscle, bone, flesh and what not. untill the brain is destroyed. add to that the fire will spread to other zombies...

Fire would work, but I like the instant results that a SPAS-12 can give me.

Anyone who has played any zombie videogame ever knows that the best weapon for fighting zombies, especially fast ones, is a shotgun, preferably a pump-action model with a pretty good sized magazine. While two barrles might be nice, hinge-actions would be too slow reloading and semiautomatic shotguns jam with frightening regularity.

Tell that to Ash J. Williams...

My Kenworth from work has a good sized bumper and 430Hp.

Fire would work, but I like the instant results that a SPAS-12 can give me.

assuming you have the ammo to keep it up...

hence... a big wheel monster truck. :D

Shotgun is a good idea, but pump actions are too slow and low-cap. I'd take a Saiga-12. You have to love a weapon that blends the strengths of the Kalashnikov (reliable auto action, box magazine feed) with the brutality of a scattergun.

assuming you have the ammo to keep it up...

hence... a big wheel monster truck. :D

assuming you have the gas to keep it up...:D

assuming you have the gas to keep it up...:D

they can't charge you for gas if they're dead....:D

they can't charge you for gas if they're dead....:D

You can't pump gas if there's no power.

I'd pick my trusty chainsword.

Don't know what a chainsword is? Look here:http://i137.photobucket.com/albums/q228/fredsav52/Chainsword_Large.jpg

The emperor protects, but he usually sides with the bigger guns.

Tell that to Ash J. Williams...

My Kenworth from work has a good sized bumper and 430Hp.

Oh god you're a truck driver. :eek:


Me personally I'll go with a sword and a chain mail shirt/coif. Chop the buggers to bits, and they ain't gnawing through steel rings.

A Bfg

I can't believe that there isn't a bigger chainsaw crowd.

Remember kids "Shop smart, shop S-Mart"

Oh god you're a truck driver. :eek:


Me personally I'll go with a sword and a chain mail shirt/coif. Chop the buggers to bits, and they ain't gnawing through steel rings.

Well, seeing as it is the apocalypse and the lack of access to anything military grade, I see a Kenworth as the WMD of the future.

Ash: Lady, I'm afraid I'm gonna have to ask you to leave the store.
Possesed Women: Who the hell are you?
Ash: Name's Ash. [cocks rifle] Housewares.

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The perfect Anti-zombie weapon. Though admittedly, there might be some collateral damage...

Rik Waller. He'd keep them occupied for weeks.:)

A tank, preferably.

I'd nuke the site from orbit. It's the only way to be sure.

...

Well OK, that's not gonna be an option for me. But then zombies are even less likely. :p

It does if you don't want it to rust. I would definitely grab something that required no ammo or fuel as my main weapon though. Guns and chainsaws have their uses but as I said once before ammo and fuel are a limited resource, zombies are not.


Zombies are pretty limited...
I mean, their population is based off an amount of people.
If most of the people are zombies, their population growth just dropped like a b****.
lol


as for weapons... I'd have to go with a nice compact .22 rifle or a couple of .357 Magnums.

You just can't beat the firepower of Magnum.
and the rifle would have great accuracy.

The mighty Heaven Scorcher should do the job. In case of emergency, breakdance.

Join them and control them and take over the world... duh:D

A tank, preferably.

It have to be a fast tank to outdrive them and then shoot them to.

Well, seeing as it is the apocalypse and the lack of access to anything military grade, I see a Kenworth as the WMD of the future.

Ash: Lady, I'm afraid I'm gonna have to ask you to leave the store.
Possesed Women: Who the hell are you?
Ash: Name's Ash. [cocks rifle] Housewares.

I've seen what deer do to trucks. First zombie horde you run into you'll bend your bumper clear into your drives and then you're boned.

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The perfect Anti-zombie weapon. Though admittedly, there might be some collateral damage...... just a tad tho.

I've seen what deer do to trucks. First zombie horde you run into you'll bend your bumper clear into your drives and then you're boned.
well, would a zombie actually gain mass to do that damage? granted, without momentum, he will be stopped, but untill then... the Road runs Red with Blood... or gore... or whatever zombies spill.

maggot gun.

I've seen what deer do to trucks. First zombie horde you run into you'll bend your bumper clear into your drives and then you're boned.

Well in that case I'll just need it long enough to ride on over and snag myself one of Flint's snazzy new Delta Marauders. But hell I don't see much of an issue with our trucks, they aren't highway trucks.

It have to be a fast tank to outdrive them and then shoot them to.
What, you mean like . . . fleeing? In a tank? I think not.
Once the tank starts moving it's squish time. The guns are just for playing with in case you get bored while rolling about making zombie goo.

Join them and control them and take over the world... duh:D

http://img138.imageshack.us/img138/2716/80403779sg9.png

:D

It have to be a fast tank to outdrive them and then shoot them to.

Out-drive, run over....same thing, right?

A priest.

A priest.

Zombies don't believe in God, just tasty flesh.

Well in that case I'll just need it long enough to ride on over and snag myself one of Flint's snazzy new Delta Marauders. But hell I don't see much of an issue with our trucks, they aren't highway trucks.

There are things you can mount over your bumper and grill to avoid damage like that from animals.

There are things you can mount over your bumper and grill to avoid damage like that from animals.

Yea, our trucks have'm. We run in the oil patch here in Alberta and the only pavement they see is to go offload. Other than that its just mud and moose. But a Delta Marauder is so much more fun. 6x6, tires bigger than any monster truck, and there is one parked down the road. Let the splatterfest begin.:D

Weapons of choice: My Civilianized G3 wich fires a .308 winchester or the 7.62x51 nato equivelent. even if I dont shot the undead cocker in the head he will most defently not be moving to fast if I shoot him in the knee. I would also youse my low light scope with it incase of night ops. second would be my .454 csaul (I know I botched the spelling) tarus raging bull revolver. this is more of an "Oh Shit Oh Shit" Weapon then anything else my prefered side arm would be an H&K USP chambered in .45 ACP. 12 rounds in the mag and relitive accuracy make it a good chice. and last but not least the beloved machete. those are my weapons of choice for V Day all I need to do now is get the USP and I will be set

An Armored Personnel Carrier would be my weapon of choice. Just run over the zombies, whilst you remain safe and secure within your tracked steel sanctuary.

An Armored Personnel Carrier would be my weapon of choice. Just run over the zombies, whilst you remain safe and secure within your tracked steel sanctuary.

Realy what type?

Realy what type?

M113. It uses a diesel bus engine, so parts can be scavenged comparatively easily.

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The perfect Anti-zombie weapon. Though admittedly, there might be some collateral damage...

If you're gonna go that route, I think one of these would be more fun.

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I'd pick my trusty chainsword.
...
The emperor protects, but he usually sides with the bigger guns.

Bonus points for use of Warhammer40K. Chainswords are definitely awesome.

The Zombie Annihlator 3000(TM). One press of a button and all zombies everywhere die.

Axes are all good... but they're heavy as! Not many people at all could weild an axe for long... Go Kantanas (Samuri swords) and the good old fasioned medieval Bastard sword (4-5ft).

Ammo would just be too hard to find.. A hotwiring kit would be useful though....

My preference for an anti-zombie weapon is a trench spike from WWI - something designed to punch through a steel helmet could probably take out a zombie.

Although, I'd almost certainly wear long heavy leather gloves if I got into a fight with a zombie in h-2-h...

Oh, and as far as range is concerned, I'd go with a Mauser Karabiner 1898 if they're slow, or an AKM if they're fast. In either case I'd rather have my gun and bayonet than the trench spike, though. (Provided I had ammo, of course!).

My power beam, made famous by interstellar bounty hunter Samus Aran. It has unlimited ammo! If I had time, I could even get on my power suit. No zombie teeth can break that, baby!

A M-79 Grenade launcher and a huge vest of assorted grenades.
Want a shotgun? Grab a Buckshot Grenade, Want fire? Grab an IE grenade, HE, etc.

Use explosives on the fast ones, fire on the slow ones, and the shotgun on the ones who don't know how to die.

You can't pump gas if there's no power.
But you CAN pump gas if it's the pumps that still have manual overrides inside.

Lightsaber :p

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The perfect Anti-zombie weapon. Though admittedly, there might be some collateral damage...

That's why I go with this. Much better collateral damage control.

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That's why I go with this. Much better collateral damage control.

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Long pic is long.

Long pic is long.

Oh fine. There you go.

Oh fine. There you go.

*nods* :cool:

I would use... (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v723/Luporum/thisiswii2copy.jpg)

After seeing one go through a wall like butter, the other slaughtering a horde of Persians, I must think that there is no better combination.

Guns don't work, and no strangulation, just good old fashioned decapitation!

lawnmower, with blender attachment.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ghb-0XWNyiA

My camera...and whatever I can find.

/Frank West.

The important thing is to get the hell out of there. Therefore, you want some way to distract them.

Bearing this in mind, in the short term, a flashbang duct-taped to a glass bottle of petrol. Pull the pin, throw over to one side of the horde, run in the other direction.

Over a longer term, I'd go with an Ar-7 with scope and a box of .22s, a Colt Detective Special with some spare cartridges, and a crowbar. Ideally have a silencer or two for the Ar-7 as well.

Combat tactics with that are simple. Avoid zombies. If necessary to kill some, get a ways away and dish out headshots with the rifle. If one gets the jump on you, a couple .38s should slow it down while you finish it off. And the crowbar gives you a handy weapon to use in hand-to-hand and to get through doors etc.

Make sure I'm with a small group of people who a) I know and trust, and b) are also armed usefully. A revolver each, all in the same caliber. Rifle with scope or pump action, keeping the same caliber as much as possible there as well. Drab clothing, blackened hand-to-hand kit, and keep quiet.

Some sort of Bolt-action rifle. I'd probably go with a Lee-Enfield No. 4 Mk I, but I'll take anything I can get. Maybe an anti-material rifle, but I doubt those are in large supply.

As a secondary weapon, I'd choose either a trench knife, as Undershi already said, or a study machete.

Posted in another thread, but one of these are what I'm leaning towards:

http://foremost.ca/pdf/en/veh_comc2006.pdf
http://foremost.ca/pdf/en/veh_comc.pdf
http://foremost.ca/pdf/en/veh_d3.pdf

Weapon of choice:
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Even chainswords can run out of energy - but what's worse, they create a great amount of possibly contagious blood-mist. Nurgle smiles on that, but I doubt it's something you'd want to happen in your ranks...

Weapon of choice:
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Even chainswords can run out of energy
as do arms and shoulders...

Crowbar, made of tungsteel or a smilier alloy. Its easily portable, can be used a s a stabbing, bludgening, or hooking weapon and can be used to open doors and bypass other obstacles.

.............

MA5B assault rifle that or a customized G2 FAMAS.

Crowbar, made of tungsteel or a smilier alloy. Its easily portable, can be used a s a stabbing, bludgening, or hooking weapon and can be used to open doors and bypass other obstacles.

Just wait until it gets jammed in some zombies back and you end up getting half your arm eaten as you try to yank it out.

Well acutally driving a tank would be better.. zombies can't get in and the only problem you have to worry about ti whether or not the tracks get jammed with a mass of rotten flesh..

Well acutally driving a tank would be better.. zombies can't get in and the only problem you have to worry about ti whether or not the tracks get jammed with a mass of rotten flesh..
...and whether the zombie filling station attendant is willing to fill'er up!

as do arms and shoulders...
True.

But you haven't addressed the blood-mist problem.

What would I want to pick up? Pancor Jackhammer.

What would I actually end up grabbing? Probably a banana.

http://icanhascheezburger.files.wordpress.com/2007/02/onedoesnottankmordor.jpg

Cattanks ftw.

i'd have a bunch of hand grenades and a sturdy umbrella for the zombie body parts flying out of the explosions

A magical wand to turn the flesh eating zombies, into ice cream eating butterflies! Or hot, naked women that want to make love to me all the rest of my life.
Pft. naw, I'll stick with the butterflies!

Just wait until it gets jammed in some zombies back and you end up getting half your arm eaten as you try to yank it out.

I'd carry more than one.:cool:

I'd carry more than one.:cool:

Nonsense. For zombie fighting purposes, nothing complements a crowbar better than a HEV suit, a Harvard degree, a goatee and large glasses.

Oh yes, and a shotgun toting lunatic priest sidekick.

Nonsense. For zombie fighting purposes, nothing complements a crowbar better than a HEV suit, a Harvard degree, a goatee and large glasses.

I have the goatee!

I have the goatee!

But do you have the glasses?

I think I have an old HEV suit lying around if you want to borrow. Now all you need is a Harvard Degree.:)

I wouldn't need a weapon, I'd just have to outrun YOU! *sprints off*

Your weapons are useless against the mighty zombie horde. Your every loss is our gain.

http://warfare.ytmnd.com/
Coolest. Weapon. Ever.

Weaponry rules!

Or hot, naked women that want to make love to me all the rest of my life.

*coughdeathbysnoosnoocough*

Shotgun is effective, but I have little experience in its usage.

I think I'll go with the sawpole - a buzzsaw mounted on an extendable pole. Doesn't exist yet, but it wouldn't be that difficult to make.

Shotgun is effective, but I have little experience in its usage.

I think I'll go with the sawpole - a buzzsaw mounted on an extendable pole. Doesn't exist yet, but it wouldn't be that difficult to make.
Weaponry constructed under pressure is easily the best kind of weaponry. I'm working on something to help me fire weapons placed all over my body, like a porcupine with bullets for spines...

Weaponry constructed under pressure is easily the best kind of weaponry. I'm working on something to help me fire weapons placed all over my body, like a porcupine with bullets for spines...

Tada. (http://img331.imageshack.us/img331/2348/viewblacknd8.jpg)

I came here looking for zombie cheese. Zombie cheese damnit!

Tada. (http://img331.imageshack.us/img331/2348/viewblacknd8.jpg)
Hmm, may not have quite the desired effect...
I came here looking for zombie cheese. Zombie cheese damnit!
Complete with brain chunks? You could call it Cerebdar, or possibly Encepheta if it's a Greek cheese.

I would use the forms *dramatic tune* :eek: yes the forms

I would fight them with the ancient, most vile, and dark, art of bureaucracy and burry them in paperwork. Before long I will have al zombies breaking their mindless heads over forms:

When did you become a Zombie?
How did you become a Zombie?
Was your mother at any one time a Zombie?
Which brain do you want to consume?
It this brain still alive? If yes fill in 837 XS
What is the mother’s maiden name of this brain? If not bloody Mary, fill in form 9442 B
Did you brush your teeth this morning? If no, fill in form 2567 G
Are you a slow moving Zombie? If no, fill in form 564 Y.

:confused: <------ Zombie struck by the paperwork

:confused::confused::confused::confused::confused::confused::confused::confused: <------ Small Zombie horde struck by the paperwork

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The perfect Anti-zombie weapon. Though admittedly, there might be some collateral damage...If there is any sort of poetic justice then a zombie will have crept on board and will bite about 30 seconds after you destroy the Earth.

Whereas my weapon of choice would be some earmuffs, a solar panel and battery pack, a boombox, and a CD of Thriller. Those zombies cannot resist the urge to dance. I bring earmuffs as even Thriller will probably be driving you insane the 100th time you ear it in a row.

Oh... I might try and take a portable DVD player and a copy of Ghosts for some variation.

One more thing, how come you never come across vegetarian zombies?

One more thing, how come you never come across vegetarian zombies?
How many plants do you know with brains?

How many plants do you know with brains?In that case give me a hydroponics factory, a DNA splicing laboratory, some yeast and human DNA. That way I can mass produce brain-dead brains to supply all your zombie needs. All in exchange for 8 hours labour a day where you work in my other factories.

edit: no, even better, give me a chemical flavouring laboratory and a soy bean farm. That way I can flavour the soy bean to smell like brain. The zombies won't know the difference and I can still get their slave labour and cheap cheap prices.

In that case give me a hydroponics factory, a DNA splicing laboratory, some yeast and human DNA. That way I can mass produce brain-dead brains to supply all your zombie needs. All in exchange for 8 hours labour a day where you work in my other factories.

edit: no, even better, give me a chemical flavouring laboratory and a soy bean farm. That way I can flavour the soy bean to smell like brain. The zombies won't know the difference and I can still get their slave labour and cheap cheap prices.
If it's anything like other soy bean products, they'll know.

On an unrelated note, I watched my friend eat a monkey brain. We're waiting for conformation on the prion disease :p

In that case give me a hydroponics factory, a DNA splicing laboratory, some yeast and human DNA. That way I can mass produce brain-dead brains to supply all your zombie needs. All in exchange for 8 hours labour a day where you work in my other factories.

edit: no, even better, give me a chemical flavouring laboratory and a soy bean farm. That way I can flavour the soy bean to smell like brain. The zombies won't know the difference and I can still get their slave labour and cheap cheap prices.

Brilliant! You could plant vast pastures and the zombies would just amble around grazing like cows! High school students would go out and push them over on Friday nights.