Gat-9

"Standard 9mm pistol"

The Gat-9, usually shortened to "gat" is a 9mm handheld pistol which has a high fire rate, decent size mag but overall low damage. It fits in the secondary slot, making it one of the four secondary slot weapons currently available in the game. This weapon is the most common secondary of the Defenders and is also the most rounded of all the secondary weapons. It features clean iron sights and a quick, if slightly clumsy, reload.

Strategy
This secondary is very well rounded gun on its own, and is capable of taking out multiple attackers in a single mag. Because of its low overall recoil, the best chance you have using this gun is repeated headshots to overcome it's low base damage. That also means it's still very capable of long range shots, and in some cases may make a better long range alternative over some primary weapons. While the defenders do get a healthy supply of Gats, reserving them to round out the shortcomings of certain weapons is ideal.

Trivia

 * The gun resembles the glock-9 in overall design, and seems to have been inspired by it, in name and form. However, the Gat-9 has a very unique slide mechanism which does not resemble any real world glocks.
 * The term gat is a slang term associated with firearms, but very commonly a small handgun can be referred to as a "gat" which the gun likely gets its name from.

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