40mm Shotgun

The 40mm Shotgun is a weapon attachment found in Battlefield: Bad Company 2. It is simply a canister round that is fired from a 40mm grenade launcher. It is unlocked after getting in the region of 6000 points with the Assault class. It is loaded and fired exactly like a grenade, except that no compensation must be made for a ballistic trajectory. It inflicts very high damage against infantry, has a slow reload time, and a very short range.

it is advisable to use this only on burst weapons such as the M16 as they perform significantly worse in CQB, a free shotgun compensating for this

Bugs

 * The 40mm shotgun makes any type of scope on the AEK-971 to disappear whenever the player switches to it.

Trivia

 * While grenade launchers being used to fire buckshot has been in use since the Vietnam War, it is more common that the Masterkey shotgun is used to mount under an assault rifle. It is basically a R870 shortned down and with the stock removed.
 * The 40mm canister round featured in game is the M576 cartidge, which is now in limited use due to the extreme wear-and-tear it causes on the M203 system.