Sawed-Off

The Sawed-Off is a Call of Duty: World at War weapon attachment for the Double-Barreled Shotgun. It increases power, but decreases accuracy and range. It is more or less similar to having the perk "Stopping Power" in use.

In-game
With this attachment, the Double-Barreled Shotgun becomes more likely to deliver a one-shot kill (at close range.). However, the Double-Barreled Shotgun has a strong power and low enough range to begin with, and therefore isn't the best attachment to use (unless you constantly gain a good range of your opponent or have a perfect accuracy.)

In the Nazi Zombies campaign and the Soviet campaign, a grip is added, providing the lethality of the Sawed-Off attachment and the accuracy bonus of the Grip. Because the weapon's range is reduced however, kills must be made uncomfortably close to your enemy. Ultimately the weapon is extremely deadly, and the attachment has its uses in some situations. It can be used effectively with the Overkill perk if using a weapon that is ineffective at close range. This attachment can be somewhat overlooked though, as the range and accuracy are dangerously decreased from this attachment.

Trivia

 * Using sawed off can be useful when camping small areas. (Ex: the watchtower on Makin.)


 * Ironically, it is less of an "attachment," which would imply that something has been added, but more of a detachment - removal of part of the barrel.


 * Sawed-Off Double Barreled Shotgun w/Grip is located just before entering the Asylum in the mission Ring of Steel and is obtainable from the mystery box in Nazi Zombies.The Sawed-Off Double Barreled Shotgun w/Grip is not particularly useful in Nazi Zombies, however, due to its low effective range.


 * Sawing off a shotguns barrel increases the spread of the pellets and lowers the muzzle velocity.