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Is there a shotgun in Zero Company?
No close-range burst weapon type has been named. Only four types exist, and none of them is described as a shotgun.
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- Confirmed
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- 15 August 2026
The short answer
No close-range burst weapon type has been named. Only four types exist, and none of them is described as a shotgun.
In full
What that means when you are planning
Pistol and Repeater both cover close range, and neither is characterised that way by any source.
This is an absence of evidence rather than EA ruling one out, and the distinction is deliberate on this site. Nobody has said there is no shotgun; they have named four weapon types and none of them is one. If a fifth type turns up in the retail build, this answer changes — a denial would not.
Open questions
Points the shipped game has not yet answered for us, or that need a controlled comparison to state as fact — recorded rather than guessed at.
- Whether the four named types are the complete set in the retail build.
Next
Related questions
- How many weapon types does Zero Company have?
- Four: Longarm, Repeater, Rifle and Pistol. There is no fifth.
- Is there a sniper rifle in Zero Company?
- The long-range weapon type is called the Longarm. Nothing in the game is named "sniper".
Where this is covered properly
Sources
- Lead Zero Company To Victory on August 27
Electronic Arts · Tier 1 — Official · accessed 6 August 2026
Supports: Operator introductions; 3 Action Points per turn; Advantage caps at 10; the eight Specializations; Bonds in the Personnel Facility; Hawks' species options