Belfort 12

"The Ukranian mercs most of times carry a sidearm called Belfort 12. It's very respected as an all-around useful sidearm. Russians commend it for being very similar to the quintessential Mokarev, with a slightly larger magazine and slightly better handling, and the North Americans commend it for being a non-Russian alternative to a solid all-around pistol."

- Joel's Journal, Entry #4 "On Firearms"

Background
Ukraine started production of the Belfort 12 as a replacement for soviet handguns. Experienced gunsmiths find that the Belfort 12 is simply a reproduction of old Cold War handguns with semi-modern replacements to improve their functionality. Their name was given due to the main scientist behind it's creation; Gryas Belfort.

The result was a large, but functional handgun that compared itself to standard medium-sized pistols. The design was a success in Ukraine, and many law enforcement agencies use it as their standard handguns. Mercenaries in Navezgane from eastern european countries sometimes carry them. After the zombie apocalypse, this model became widespread accepted by survivors due to their overall solid characteristics. Compared to other 9mm pistols, the Belfort 12 runs at a higher price in the black market in Navezgane, solely due to demand being higher than the offer. Ukraine was one of the most affected countries in the zombie apocalypse, so factories are only now starting to become populated again by government officials.

Overview
Too large to be a compact, the Belfort 12 has better firepower than regular 9mm pistol, but it's also slightly louder and more clunky to be reloaded. By standard, a Belfort 12 is reasonably durable, and semi-cheap to manufacture, requiring only aluminum and one carbon steel part.

This pistol exchanges headshot damage to bodyshot damage; it is reasonably powerful when hitting a zombie at the body area, and still deals more damage at headshots, but it deals less headshot damage than normally a 9mm pistol would, meaning a survivor with bad aiming will still deal some damage. It's above average magazine size, with 12 rounds, with an average DPS.

Crafting
Requiring aluminum and carbon steel, the Belfort 12 is slightly easy to craft. It is made by combining the following parts:
 * Carbon Steel Slide
 * Aluminum Barrel
 * Aluminum Frame
 * Belfort 12 Miscellaneous Parts

Trivia

 * The Belfort 12 is inspired on the real Fort-12R.