Rossmore 238 Combat Shotgun

Rossmore 238 Combat Shotgun
Specifications
Manufacturer	United States Armed Forces
Type	Shotgun
Model	238
Weapon Stats
Primary Fire	Single shot
Secondary Fire	Double-barrel shot
Ammunition	Shotgun shell
Rate of Fire	Medium
Accuracy	Low
Range	Short
Clip Size	(Campaign) 8 shells (Co-op) 6 shells
Maximum Ammunition	(Campaign) 16 shells, 2 magazines (Co-op)30 shells, 5 magazines

The Rossmore 238 Combat Shotgun is a shotgun that appears in Resistance 2.

Description

The Rossmore 238 is first introduced in San Francisco. A successor of the Rossmore 236, it retains its previous firing function, but the difference between it and its predecessor is that it fires one barrel after another. The recoil is much less than the Rossmore 236, despite having a pistol grip instead of a stock. This is quite evident from the primary fire mode, as firing quite quickly doesn't cause the reticulated to shift dramatically.

The major change to the Rossmore is its secondary fire. While the Rossmore 236 fires both barrels at the same time, the 238 fire one after the other. This increases the chance of killing an opponent, because if the first barrel misses, the second can still hit; whereas before, it was all or nothing. The long delay between shots is still present though, despite the new box magazine.

Strategy

• Campaign
• Co-Op
• Competitive

Campaign

• The Rossmore is first found in SRPA 3, near the corpse of a Black Ops soldier, when recovering the inhibitors.
• The Rossmore is a superb weapon when dealing with enemies at close quarters.
• A common weapon, the Rossmore is effective against most Chimera such as Chameleons, Grims, Leapers.
• When the cheat "Super Hybrid Weapons" is activated, some Hybrids will be armed with this. This can ironically, actually make the game easier, because if the player stay out of the Rossmore's range the Hybrids will not be able to kill the player.

Co-Op

• The Rossmore is exclusively used by the Medic and Soldier classes. It is the first weapon unlocked by the Soldier and the second unlocked by the Medic.
• The advantage for the shotgun is the only best weapon of choice for taking out those unarmed Chimeran, mostly Chameleons, Grims, Leapers and even Queen Leapers, even in close-quarters. But the disadvantage of the shotgun is not designed against Hybrids, Ravagers, Steelheads, Titans or any well-armed Chimera.
• In Co-op campaign, the Rossmore has 5 magazines with 6 shells per magazine, compared with 2 magazines with 8 shells per magazine in single player campaign.

Competitive

• The Rossmore has high damage and usually requires two shells to kill someone. It is most effective in the map Cocodrie, as it is mostly close-quarters combat.
• Using the secondary fire is not recommended, because it will take longer to pump the shotgun (meaning if the enemy was not killed the player will probably be killed) and reduces the accuracy of the second shot.

Intel

“	Designed and engineered by allied forces in Britain, the Rossmore 238 Combat Shotgun is adept at close-quarter warfare. This pump-action assault weapon fires 12 gauge slugs at extremely high velocities, perforating anyone - or anything - within range. Press for single shot, or for a deadlier double-barrel fire.	”

Gallery

Rossmore 238 prop from Garry's Mod "Resistance 2: Weapons Props".

Malikov armed with a Rossmore 238.

Trivia

• The Rossmore 238 bears some cosmetic similarity to the Ithaca 37 shotgun.
• Looks closer to a Mossberg 590M with a wooden forend and AR 15 grip adapter with a wood AR grip.
• The magazine would only hold about three 12 gauge rounds. An eight round mag would be much longer.
• This weapon, along with the Fragmentation Grenade, V7 Splicer, and the MP-47 Pulse Cannon can sometimes gib Chimera.
• On some levels, such as Twin Falls, Idaho, it will appear that a Rossmore 236 Combat Shotgun is on the ground, however, when picked up, it will have changed back to the Rossmore 238 Combat Shotgun.
• In Resistance 2 sometimes when a player melees a Grim while wielding the Rossmore the Grim will explode into a bloody mess as if it were shot by the shotgun at close range.
• The Rossmore is Aaron Hawthorne's signature weapon. When Hawthorne is killed by Daedalus the player cannot take his shotgun or its ammo.
• Exactly how this magazine-fed, reverse pump action (pump forward) double-barrelled shotgun operates in unknown.
• If the player shoots close enough to a Grim´s face, a bug can happen where its head will be deformed.