Mokarev

"Comrades, don't forget to check your sidearms. You never know how large the zombie hordes are."

- Colonel Lyov, 1st Russian Division, before first expedition on Navezgane

Background
Upon the arrival of Russian troops in Navezgane, Arizona and the USA bunkers, the need for arming and resupplying mercenaries joining the expeditions in the region forced a huge import of World War I and II military surplus armaments. One of the most common firearms from Russia was the century-old Mokarev.

Based on a very simple design of few moving parts, economically cheap materials and chambering one of the most common calibers in the world, it was no surprise that Russia still manufactured them. As a rule of thumb, all Russian armaments are required to be rechambered in 9x19mm Parabellum, to prevent ammunition shortage between missions.

Such a successful model not only found acceptance in Russian mercs, but also in eastern europe ones, like the Bulgarians, and even some German mercs. Plenty of other sidearms issued to mercenaries from other regions, like the Heisenberg PP, are based on this firearm, and even other spec ops firearms, like the 6P9.

Overview
Mokarevs are semi-compact handguns with good firepower in the 9mm caliber range. The Russian background for this firearm is exactly what you would expect for many Russian armaments; sturdy, reliable and deadly.

The main positive points of the Mokarev are it's ease of manufacture, the above-average durability, it's below average noise when being fired and a great headshot modifier. However, survivors aiming for bodyshots may find this pistol severely underperforming, as it has a slightly slower rate of fire, mediocre magazine size and low body damage.

Compared to other 9mm semi-auto pistols, the Mokarev has it's headshot damage as it's main asset, but at the same time, it's delay is reasonably high, making the Mokarev a high damage 9mm pistol, but at the same time with low DPS, so it is bad at taking you out of tight situations.

Crafting
The Mokarev requires iron and steel on it's manufacture. It is made by combining the following parts:
 * Steel Slide
 * Steel Barrel
 * Iron Frame
 * Mokarev Miscellaneous Parts

Trivia

 * The Mokarev is inspired on the ubiqutous Russian Makarov pistol.
 * Though the real Makarov uses 9x18mm Makarov rounds, the Deathwish version is rechambered to fire 9x19mm Parabellum.