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Vaiga

Selective-fire shotgun fed from a detachable magazine. Similar in design to the KA assault rifles, it can mount most compatible scopes. Uses both 12ga bucks and slugs.

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Classname Saiga

Section: Weapons
Weight: 3.6 kg
Inventory size: 7×3 21 slots
Worn or carried in: Shoulder, Melee slot
Durability: 250
Fire modes: Semi-auto, Full auto
Spawns on: Chernarus, Livonia, Sakhal

Characteristics

Repaired with: Gun Cleaning Kit

Fire modes

Semi-auto: 171 rounds/min
Full auto: 333 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	240 m/s
`Bullet_12GaugePellets` 8 pellets	35	100	35	340 m/s
`Bullet_12GaugeRubberSlug`	0	0	150	60 m/s
`Bullet_12GaugeSlug`	110	100	110	380 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

Magazines

20rd Drum Vaiga Mag

5rd Vaiga Mag

8rd Vaiga Mag

Ammunition

Attachment slots

Buttstock Saiga

Vaiga Lightweight Buttstock

Optics AK

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: Military.

	Chernarus	Livonia	Sakhal
Nominal	12	10	22
Minimum	10	7	16
Lifetime	8 h	8 h	8 h
Restock	0	0	0
Quantity	30–80%	30–80%	30–80%
Loot category	Weapons	Weapons	Weapons
Places	Military	Military	Military
Tiers	Tier 2 Tier 3	Tier 2	Tier 2 Tier 3

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.

Spawns with

Attachments · 35%

Vaiga Lightweight Buttstock100%

Attachments · 10%

5rd Vaiga Mag60%8rd Vaiga Mag40%

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="Saiga">
    <nominal>12</nominal>
    <lifetime>28800</lifetime>
    <restock>0</restock>
    <min>10</min>
    <quantmin>30</quantmin>
    <quantmax>80</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="Military"/>
    <value name="Tier2"/>
    <value name="Tier3"/>
</type>

types.xml · Livonia

<type name="Saiga">
    <nominal>10</nominal>
    <lifetime>28800</lifetime>
    <restock>0</restock>
    <min>7</min>
    <quantmin>30</quantmin>
    <quantmax>80</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="Military"/>
    <value name="Tier2"/>
</type>

types.xml · Sakhal

<type name="Saiga">
    <nominal>22</nominal>
    <lifetime>28800</lifetime>
    <restock>0</restock>
    <min>16</min>
    <quantmin>30</quantmin>
    <quantmax>80</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="Military"/>
    <value name="Tier2"/>
    <value name="Tier3"/>
</type>

cfgspawnabletypes.xml · Chernarus, Livonia

<type name="Saiga">
    <attachments chance="0.35">
        <item name="Saiga_Bttstck" chance="1"/>
    </attachments>
    <attachments chance="0.1">
        <item name="Mag_Saiga_5Rnd" chance="0.6"/>
        <item name="Mag_Saiga_8Rnd" chance="0.4"/>
    </attachments>
</type>

cfgspawnabletypes.xml · Sakhal

<type name="Saiga">
    <attachments chance="1">
        <item name="Saiga_Bttstck" chance="1"/>
    </attachments>
    <attachments chance="0.1">
        <item name="Mag_Saiga_5Rnd" chance="0.6"/>
        <item name="Mag_Saiga_8Rnd" chance="0.4"/>
    </attachments>
</type>

Config

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