Comments on: Weapons Madness – Round One – Grenade Launcher vs. Harpoon Gun (speargun)

By: Chardson

Chardson — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 03:04:13 +0000

Grenades wouldn’t be as effective as you’d think against zombies. The actual explosion is not what kills things, contrary to what TV would have you believe. They rely on shrapnel to induce massive flesh wounds, generally shredding multiple vital organs. The only problem is that massive flesh wounds don’t kill zombies. The chances of a piece of shrapnel hitting the brain are much lower than I consider acceptable. Still, the harpoon gun isn’t much better. Limited range with a slow reload isn’t exactly ideal here, especially with ammunition that is so difficult to carry. If these two are all I had available, it would come down to whichever one looked like it would make a better club. I would take a good ol’ shotgun over either. Ammunition is much more plentiful, it’ll be much more effective, and you can even use it for hunting.

By: Dan

Dan — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 21:34:38 +0000

Grenade launcher, it has major stopping power and if I had one I’d be smart enough to stock the ammo for it. the grenades aren’t very heavy and the launcher itself usually comes with a shoulder strap. Also as it is mentioned the grenade launcher would be a far better melee weapon and could easily break a zombies skull. Choosing this as a weapon wouldn’t be a very good choise.

By: Simon Weathers

Simon Weathers — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 14:45:47 +0000

Both are a rear ammo, however harpoons are reusable… but grenades go BOOM! soooo, I choose grenade launcher. Don’t much care for wading through zombies to retrieve my harpoon before I can use it again.