Vepr 12

The Vepr 12 is an automatic shotgun in Notoriety. It is unlocked by owning the Wasted Shotgun Pack.

Overview
The Vepr 12 has above average damage for a shotgun, 1 shotting weaker enemies and taking a few shots for stronger enemies. Its accuracy, while being low, can still hit targets. This makes it good for close ranges but like other shotguns, it suffers at longer ranges. Unlike other shotguns, the Vepr 12 doesn't take a long time to reload. Instead, this weapon is an automatic shotgun, which means it reloads faster.

The ammo pool of this weapon is average, making conserving ammo a slight issue or a non issue if you pick up ammo packs. The magazine of this weapon is slightly below average for a shotgun, sometimes making reloading a issue if you hold down the trigger. That said, this weapon, unlike other shotguns, can rapid fire with a hold of the trigger like the USAS 12.

Tips

 * The player can combine a suppressor with Specialized Killing for additional damage.
 * The player can also take Shotgun skills to increase the damage and reload speed, but not the magazine because it is a automatic shotgun. This makes it viable for a loud build.

Conclusion
Overall, the Vepr 12 is a average shotgun with its below average damage for a shotgun and low but manageable accuracy. With skills, this can become one of the best crowd control weapons with its high ammo pickup rate, blazing quick reload, and moderate magazine size. Just be aware that in terms of taking on more heavily-armoured targets, this shotgun is outclassed by other shotguns like the Ithaca 37.

Trivia

 * If the player reloaded this gun one shell at a time, it would only take .25 seconds to load each shell which is more than 3x faster than the quickest reloading pump action shotgun.