Talk:If there were a Zombie Apocalypse, what weapon would you use?/@comment-3028058-20121028200148

Ok 99.99% of the combinations people have listed would either be too much to carry, impossible to acquire or don't exist outside of fiction...

The reality is that you would use whatever you could get your hands on. Here's my REALISTIC weaponset/utility set

1. Katana (I actually know how to properly use one and own my own sword set)

2. Swiss Army Knife

3. 2 sided utility hammer (good for impact damage as well as back spike good for getting into the brain without it getting stuck like a tomahawk blade would)

4. Glock semi automatic pistol (uses most common ammunition, very reliable, plenty of stopping power, doesn't kick too much)

5. Gas Mask (for protection, both from air-born viruses and from nuclear radiation (government will likely use nuclear force to stop zombies in later stages)

6. Crossbow - small, silent, can make your own arrows, can reuse arrows

7. Heavy jeans and thickest jacket I can find (zombie bite resistance), every inch of my body would be covered with thick clothing.

Eventually some of these may break, like the swiss army knife and the hammer, so I would always try to find something that would be good to use as a replacement. Keep in mind that you don't necessarily have to kill the zombie if you can immobilize it by taking its legs out, so blunt swinging objects would work well, you don't really need a sword or a tomahawk to fight zombies effectively. Hammers would probably work the best.