M90 shotgun: Difference between revisions

While highly effective at close range, at longer ranges the M90 is rendered useless and must be complimented with a medium range weapon. The shotgun's pattern is extremely loose, and fans out quickly, thus at farther ranges, only one or two pellets out of the 15 might hit. The M90 being a pump action shotgun must be cocked after every shot before it can be fired again; the M90 must also be reloaded shell by shell and does not use any type of external magazine. This can make reloading time-consuming when in combat situations but it is useful to be able to interrupt the reloading and shoot after you load the first round. In open close-quarter situations, the wide spread of the shell can potentially harm friendly infantry if the shotgun is fired within the general direction of both the enemy and the friendly. This requires the user to have a good understanding of how the shell spreads and distance in order to prevent harming fellow soldiers.