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BK-43

Double-barreled break-action shotgun. Old and reliable design, capable of firing both barrels simultaneously. Uses both 12ga bucks and slugs.

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Classname Izh43Shotgun

Section: Weapons
Weight: 3.1 kg
Inventory size: 9×3 27 slots
Worn or carried in: Shoulder, Melee slot
Durability: 300
Fire modes: Single shot, Double
Spawns on: Chernarus, Livonia, Sakhal

Characteristics

Repaired with: Gun Cleaning Kit

Fire modes

Single shot: 60 rounds/min
Double ×3: 600 rounds/min

Rate of fire is 60 seconds divided by the delay between shots in the config.

Ammunition damage

Bullet	Health	Blood	Shock	Muzzle velocity
`Bullet_12GaugeBeanbag`	0	0	100	300 m/s
`Bullet_12GaugePellets` 8 pellets	35	100	35	425 m/s
`Bullet_12GaugeRubberSlug`	0	0	150	75 m/s
`Bullet_12GaugeSlug`	110	100	110	475 m/s

Damage of the bullet class from the config, before armor and hit zone multipliers. Muzzle velocity already counts this barrel.

Melee

Attack	Health	Shock	Blood	Reach
Light attack	10	15	100	1.2 m

Compared with similar

Weapons that take the same ammo, strongest bullet first.

Item	Weight	Rounds/min	Muzzle velocity
BK-43	3.1 kg	600	300 m/s
Sawed-off BK-43	2.6 kg	600	216 m/s
R12	3.26 kg	333	300 m/s
Vaiga	3.6 kg	333	240 m/s
BK-12	3.2 kg	60	300 m/s
BK-133	3.3 kg	60	300 m/s
MP-133 Shotgun with a pistol grip	2.8 kg	60	300 m/s
Sawed-off BK-12	2.6 kg	60	216 m/s

Compatibility

Ammunition

Attachment slots

Wrap

Ghillie Rifle Wrap

Matched by config slots and lists. Game scripts block a few combinations on top of this.

Where it spawns

Spawns as loot on Chernarus, Livonia, Sakhal: Farm, Village.

	Chernarus	Livonia	Sakhal
Nominal	30	25	25
Minimum	26	22	15
Lifetime	4 h	4 h	4 h
Restock	0	0	0
Quantity	50–100%	50–100%	50–100%
Loot category	Weapons	Weapons	Weapons
Places	Farm	Farm	Village
Tiers	Tier 2 Tier 3	Tier 1 Tier 2	Tier 1 Tier 2

Nominal is how many the economy keeps on the map, minimum is where restocking starts. Lifetime is how long an untouched item lies before cleanup.

types.xml

Vanilla entries from the mission files of each map. Paste one into db/types.xml of your mission to bring back the default.

types.xml · Chernarus

<type name="Izh43Shotgun">
    <nominal>30</nominal>
    <lifetime>14400</lifetime>
    <restock>0</restock>
    <min>26</min>
    <quantmin>50</quantmin>
    <quantmax>100</quantmax>
    <cost>100</cost>
    <flags count_in_cargo="0" count_in_hoarder="0" count_in_map="1" count_in_player="0" crafted="0" deloot="0"/>
    <category name="weapons"/>
    <usage name="Farm"/>
    <value name="Tier2"/>
    <value name="Tier3"/>
</type>

types.xml · Livonia

<type name="Izh43Shotgun">
    <nominal>25</nominal>
    <lifetime>14400</lifetime>
    <restock>0</restock>
    <min>22</min>
    <quantmin>50</quantmin>
    <quantmax>100</quantmax>
    <cost>100</cost>
    <flags count_in_cargo="0" count_in_hoarder="0" count_in_map="1" count_in_player="0" crafted="0" deloot="0"/>
    <category name="weapons"/>
    <usage name="Farm"/>
    <value name="Tier1"/>
    <value name="Tier2"/>
</type>

types.xml · Sakhal

<type name="Izh43Shotgun">
    <nominal>25</nominal>
    <lifetime>14400</lifetime>
    <restock>0</restock>
    <min>15</min>
    <quantmin>50</quantmin>
    <quantmax>100</quantmax>
    <cost>100</cost>
    <flags count_in_cargo="0" count_in_hoarder="0" count_in_map="1" count_in_player="0" crafted="0" deloot="0"/>
    <category name="weapons"/>
    <usage name="Village"/>
    <value name="Tier1"/>
    <value name="Tier2"/>
</type>

Crafting

Saw off barrel partial

BK-43

Hacksaw

Recipes are read from the game scripts. Some have extra conditions in code, those are marked partial.

Config

Classname: Izh43Shotgun
Config class: CfgWeapons
Inherits from: Izh43Shotgun_Base › Shotgun_Base › Rifle_Base › RifleCore › DefaultWeapon › Weapon_Base
Model: \dz\weapons\shotguns\Izh43\izh43.p3d
Defined in: Addons/weapons_shotguns.pbo::Izh43/config.bin
Inventory slots: Shoulder, Melee