Combine Shotgun

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"I love this gun."

―Russell after Alyx kills a group of zombies^[src]

The Combine Shotgun is a weapon featured in Half-Life: Alyx.

Overview

The shotgun appears to be a modified Heavy Shotgun turned into a compact weapon. Alyx first acquires it from the corpse of a zombified Combine Worker. It is operated in a unique fashion, instead of sliding shells into the magazine tube from underneath and racking a pump slide like most shotguns, it incorporates a break action and charging handle to load and charge the weapon. Due to its compact size, it can be easily wielded and fired from one hand. It deals heavy damage and is semi automatic. It features a foldable wire stock however this cannot be used by the player. The logo for "RATEL" is printed on one side of the gun's slider. The design of the shotgun seems to be based on a SPAS-12, although it's fired one-handed and has an underfolding stock. It holds up to 6 shells in its internal magazine, and it can be upgraded to shoot two shells at once, gaining a more SPAS-12 like heat shield, but it needs to be broken open for loading. It can be fitted with a grenade launcher allowing a Grenade to be attached to the front. It's the most powerful weapon available to the player in Half-Life: Alyx, effectively acting as the close-range equivalent of the Magnum from the previous games.

Upgrades

The Shotgun has 4 upgrades:

Laser Sight-cost 10 Resin
Double Shot-cost 25 Resin
Auto Loader-cost 30 Resin
Grenade Launcher-cost 40 Resin

Behind the scenes

Its hologram during upgrading has a SPAS-12 like heat shield by default. The shotgun only gains a similar looking shield once upgraded to double shot. This is likely a beta leftover.

Related achievements

Zombie with a Shotgun

Collect the shotgun.

Gallery

List of appearances

Half-Life: Alyx (First appearance)

Weapons
Aperture Science	Animal King • Bomb • Defective Turret • Frankenturret • Hover Turret (cut) • Oracle Turret • Rocket Sentry • Sentry Turret • Turret Opera
Black Mesa	Barnacle Grapple • Crossbow • Ceiling Turret • Colt Python • Crowbar • Desert Eagle • Displacer Cannon • Glock 17 • Gluon Gun • Laser Tripmine • Mark IV Thermonuclear Device • Mk 2 Grenade • MP5 • Pipe Wrench • RPG • Satchel Charge • Spore Launcher • SPAS-12 • Tau Cannon
Black Ops	Flash Grenade (cut) • Glock 17 • Laser Tripmine • M2 Browning Machine Gun • M249 Squad Automatic Weapon • M40A1 Sniper Rifle • Mk 2 Grenade • Mortar • MP5 • Sentry Gun
Combine	AK-47 (cut) • Autogun • Ceiling Turret • Desert Launcher (cut) • Emplacement Gun • FIM-92 Stinger (cut) • Flare Gun • GR9 (cut) • Grenade • Ground Turret • Guard Gun (cut) • Headcrab Shell • Heavy Shotgun • HK-707 (cut) • Hopper Mine • Hopwire Grenade (cut) • Hunter-Chopper Bomb • Immolator (cut) • Incendiary Rifle (cut) • Jaytest (cut) • Laser Tripmine • Launcher (cut) • Manhack • MK3A2 Grenade • MP5K (cut) • MP7 • MP7 (cut) • Overwatch Sniper Rifle • Overwatch Standard Issue Pulse Rifle • Pulse Minigun • Pulse SMG • Pulse weapons • Rollermine • Sentry Gun • Shotgun • Sniper Rifle (cut) • SPAS-12 • Stun Baton • Suppression Device • USP Match • XM29 OICW (cut)
HECU	Combat Knife • Desert Eagle • Dam Turret • Double Turret • Dynamite • Glock 17 • Land Mine • Laser Tripmine • M198 Howitzer • M2 Browning Machine Gun • M202A1 FLASH • M249 Squad Automatic Weapon • M40A1 Sniper Rifle • Minigun (cut) • Mk 2 Grenade • MP5 • RPG • Satchel Charge • Sentry Gun • SPAS-12
Resistance	Alyx's Gun • Brickbat (cut) • Colt Python • Crossbow • Crowbar • Flare Gun (cut) • Ice Axe (cut) • Magnusson Device • Molotov Cocktail (cut) • Pheropods • Physgun (cut) • RPG • Ravenholm traps • Socket Wrench (cut) • Tau Cannon • Zero Point Energy Field Manipulator
Race X	Shock Roach • Spore Launcher
Xen	Black Hole Gun (cut) • Ceiling Turret • Grenade • Hivehand • Sentry Cannon • Snark • Snark Mine
Other	Annabelle • AK-47 (cut) • AR3 • Harpoon (cut) • Magnet Gun (cut) • Penguin • Pulse Shield (cut) • Roller Wand (cut) • S.L.A.M • Sticky Launcher (cut) • Vortex Hopwire (cut) • Zero Point Generator (cut) • Weapons and items in Deathmatch Classic • Weapons cut from Half-Life 2

The Combine
Leaders / key figures	314 URB-LOC 0017 Advisor • Barn Advisor • Combine Advisors • The Consul (cut) • Vance (cut) • Wallace Breen
Minor members	Animal (cut) • Barney Calhoun • Mambridge (cut) • Peters (cut) • Unnamed Scientist
Humanoid units	Alien Assassin (cut) • Alien Soldier (cut) • Assassin (cut) • Charger • Civil Protection • Conscripts (cut) • Cremator (cut) • Elite (cut) • Grunt • Ordinal • Sniper • Soldier • Stalker • Suppressor • Zombie Assassin (cut)
Synth units	Synth • Advisor Pod • Attack Synth (cut) • Crab Synth • Dropship • Guard (cut) • Gunship • Hunter • Mobile Mine (cut) • Mortar Synth • Sacktick (cut) • Shield Scanner • Strider • Super Soldier (cut) • Synth Elite Soldier (cut) • Tbot1 (cut) • Unidentified cut Synth (cut) • Wasteland Scanner (cut)
Mechanical units	City Scanner • Manhack • Combot (cut)
Weapons	AK-47 (cut) • Autogun • Ceiling Turret • Desert Launcher (cut) • Emplacement Gun • FIM-92 Stinger (cut) • Flare Gun • GR9 (cut) • Guard Gun (cut) • Grenade • Ground Turret • Headcrab Shell • Heavy Shotgun • HK-707 (cut) • Hopper Mine • Hopwire Grenade (cut) • Hunter-Chopper Bomb • Immolator (cut) • Incendiary Rifle (cut) • Laser Tripmine • Launcher (cut) • MK3A2 Grenade • MP5K (cut) • MP7 (cut) • Overwatch Sniper Rifle • Overwatch Standard Issue Pulse Rifle • Pulse SMG • Pulse weapons • Rollermine • Sentry Gun • Shotgun • Sniper Rifle (cut) • SPAS-12 • Stun Baton • Suppression Device • USP Match • Wall Turret (cut) XM29 OICW (cut)
Vehicles	Advisor Platform • AirEx Truck (cut) • Armored Personnel Carrier • Hunter-Chopper • M2A3 Bradley (cut) • Merkava (cut) • Razor Train • School Bus (cut) • SWAT Truck (cut)
Technology	Advisor Container • Assassin tank (cut) • Barricade • Battery • Big Momma Pod (cut) • Binoculars (cut) • Breencast • Bunker • Camera (cut) • Cell • Charger • Citadel • Citadel Core • Confiscation Field • Dark Energy • Depot • Dispenser • Door lock • Door Tower (cut) • Dr. Breen's Private Reserve • Elevator • Emergency flare • Emitter • Energy Ball • Fabricator • Field Bridge • Force Field • Heavy Door • Heel Springs (cut) • Interface • Light • Medkit • Memory Replacement • Monitor • Overwatch Voice • Power Generator • Restrictor • Security Door • Smart Barrier • Supply Crate • Suppression Field • Teleportation • Television • The Terminal • Vehicles • Vorti-Cell (cut) • Watchtower
Locations	APC garage • Citadel • Citadel Core • City 8 • City 11 • City 12 • City 13 • City 14 • City 15 • City 16 • City 17 • City 24 • City 27 • City 17 Trainstation • Combine Overworld • Depot • Gate 5 • Nova Prospekt • Overwatch Nexus • Technical Trainstation • See cut locations
Other	Anticitizen • Citizen • Overwatch