A-24 Devastator
The piercing automatic shotgun of Serious Sam 3: BFE and Serious Sam 4.
The A-24 Devastator, an automatic shotgun formerly known as the AS-24, is a weapon in the Serious Sam series that fires explosive rounds able to pierce several targets at once. It was introduced in Serious Sam 3: BFE and returns in Serious Sam's Bogus Detour, Serious Sam VR: The Last Hope and Serious Sam 4.
Quick Facts
- Type
- Automatic shotgun
- Also known as
- AS-24
- First appearance
- Serious Sam 3: BFE
- Also in
- Serious Sam's Bogus Detour
- Serious Sam VR: The Last Hope
- Serious Sam 4
Facts from the source article.
Background
Its nickname comes from what it does to a crowded battlefield when fired continuously. In the games' lore it is a heavily modified version of Maxwell Atchisson's 1972 design, a compact, fast weapon whose rounds leave the barrel fast enough to punch through smaller targets. It does not need to be pumped, carries 20 or 25 rounds in a drum magazine depending on the game, and its rounds travel much faster than rockets and grenades; with a scope it can be used like a sniper rifle. The Devastator is a possible nod to the Devastator of Duke Nukem 3D, since both weapons fire very fast projectiles at a high rate of fire. It is absent from Serious Sam: Siberian Mayhem, where the TCC-2 'Perun' Crossbow takes its place.
Source
Text adapted from A-24 Devastator on the Serious Sam Wiki (Fandom, CC BY-SA 3.0). Page history: contributors. Codexery summarised the page, and this entry is shared under the same licence.
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