V-R11

The V-R11 appears in the new Zombie map, Call of the Dead, that is included in the new map pack Escalation. It's cross hairs are abnormally tiny and it fires a single shot of green energy.

When Pack-a-Punched, the weapon is renamed to V-R11 Lazarus, its upgraded effects are still unknown at this time except when Pack-a-Punch. When upgraded, it fires red bursts like the upgraded ray gun, which has the same effect on zombies as the original weapon. Due to the fact that original gun fires green bursts of energy and red when Pack-a-Punched just like the ray gun, the two weapons may be related. When Pack-a-Punched, the magazine capacity goes to a maximum of 6 shots.

This weapon has been given the capability of turning zombies back into humans. The newly "de-zombified" character will be chased by zombies, effectively becoming cannon fodder, giving the player some breathing space, similar to a Monkey Bomb.

It also will turn George A. Romero into "Calm" mode when he is in "Berserk" mode and vice-versa.

Achievement

 * "Stuntman" - make a zombie explode

Trivia

 * This weapon is the first to not directly kill zombies, though the human character that takes its place cannot attack you, effectively eliminating the threat.
 * V-R11 is suspiciously close to "Vril". "Vril" is an energy that was theorized to turn zombies into humans, featured in Edward Bulwer-Lytton's science fiction novel The Coming Race.
 * It also has the ability to kill zombies through an explosion, along with it's de-zombification ability.
 * The 'Lazarus' part of the upgraded 'V-R11 Lazarus' comes from the Bible, pointing to a man who was resurrected by Christ (possibly a reference to the fact that the V-R11 reverts the zombies back to a living state).
 * Considering what the zombies look like when turned back into humans, it may have been possible Treyarch originally intended this weapon for "Five".
 * The dezombified person is always a man that resembles a secret service agent. How the gun could change the zombie's clothes is unknown.
 * When upgraded, the V-R11 can make whoever has been shot by it, superhuman for 15 seconds having Insta-kill.