- For its successors, see Ray Gun Mark 2 and GKZ-45 Mk3.
- "I don't know who Ray is, but his gun is rip!"
- ―Tank Dempsey
- "This shit from the 90s or something?"
- ―Frank Woods.
The Ray Gun is a Wonder Weapon featured in the majority of Zombies maps with the exception of all five maps of Call of Duty: Black Ops DS, Grief mode on Green Run and Turned mode. It is also an Easter Egg found on the Call of Duty: World At War Campaign mission, Little Resistance.
Overview[]

A player holding a ray gun

The Ray Gun In Black Ops
The Ray Gun's appearance is of a generic '50s science-fiction film ray gun.The Ray Gun is a favorable weapon due to its one-hit kill strength (up to round 20-25 depending on game). It is sometimes disliked because of its splash damage therefore many players tend to buy PhD Flopper. Although it is less effective at long ranges (as the 'ray' moves slowly compared to other guns), it is pinpoint accurate. On both the Dead Ops Arcade maps, the Ray Gun does no splash damage to the player whatsoever.

Side View.
Campaign[]
On Little Resistance, the Ray Gun is an obtainable weapon found near the beginning of the level.
Steps to Obtain[]
- Proceed onto the beach after the first Airstrike sequence.
- Head to the right side of the beach to find a small pit with water. Step into it and wait.
- Head to the middle of the beach and step into a bigger sized pit with water and wait.
- Head to the left side of the beach and step into a big puddle. The screen will shake and a message will be heard and four Shisa statues will appear from the ground, holding Ray Guns in their mouths.
- Walk up to one of them and trade any weapon you would like (including Airstrike
Olympia Wall-Buy Secret[]
There are two secrets which will grant the player the Ray Gun off the Olympia Wall-Buy.
Local[]
When playing locally, the player can obtain the Ray Gun from the Olympia by simply purchasing and buying ammo for it several times until it is obtained. This does not work online, as there is a Persistent Upgrade.
Persistent Upgrade[]
When playing online, the player can obtain the Ray Gun from the Olympia by purchasing the Olympia to get the Ray Gun.
To obtain it, the player must ensure their rank is Skulls or lower and have less than three tally marks (meaning they played less than three CoD days straight). Then start the game and immediately buy the Olympia and keep buying ammo until the Persistent Upgrade has been achieved.
To lose it, the player must purchase ammo after round 10-15.
Porters X2 Ray Gun[]
Call of Duty: World at War[]
The Pack-a-Punched version of the Ray Gun is called "Porter's X2 Ray Gun" and is chrome with engravings, the "ray" is also turned red instead of the usual green. It gains a larger magazine of 40 rounds and deals 2000 damage instead of 1000. It also has the strange liquid (believed to be Element 115) at the front of the top of the gun that the Wunderwaffe DG-2 has.

Reloading the Porter's X2 Ray Gun.

Side view of the Porter's X2 Ray Gun.
Ray Gun | Porter's X2 Ray Gun | |
---|---|---|
Damage | 1000 (direct)
300 - 1500 (splash) |
1000 (direct)
300 - 2000 (splash) |
Fire mode | Automatic | Automatic |
Rate of fire | 181 RPM | 181 RPM |
Magazine size | 20 | 40 |
Max ammo | 20/160 | 40/200 |
Reload | 3 sec. | 3 sec. |
Mobility | Very high | Very high |
Extras | Higher splash damage, more ammo, camo added. |
Call of Duty: Black Ops[]
When Pack-a-Punched in Call of Duty: Black Ops it is still the "Porter's X2 Ray Gun" and retains 40 shots and the same animation and stats. However, the splash damage has been reduced, therefore, making this gun slightly weaker than its non-upgraded variant.

The Pack-a-Punched Ray Gun from Black Ops.
Ray Gun | Porter's X2 Ray Gun | |
---|---|---|
Damage | 1000 (direct)
300 - 1500 (splash) |
1000 (direct)
300 - 1000 (splash) |
Fire mode | Automatic | Automatic |
Rate of fire | 181 RPM | 181 RPM |
Magazine size | 20 | 40 |
Max ammo | 20/160 | 40/200 |
Reload | 3 sec. | 3 sec. |
Mobility | Very high | Very high |
Extras | Lower splash damage, camo added, more ammo. |

Call of Duty: Black Ops II[]
This version is taken from the previous game, except it receives the normal pistol running animation as well as a better appearance. It shares the exact same stats as the previous.

Call of Duty: Black Ops III[]
This version takes the same stats as the non-upgrade Black Ops III variant, on Dead Ops Arcade 2: Cyber's Avenging, the upgrade can go multiple times, making the damage higher by multiplying the number of times upgraded.

Call of Duty: Black Ops IIII
This Ray Gun is a one hit until Round 12-15 and is usually traded for the Hellion Salvo or the Wonder Weapon. The Splash Damage is low taking around 5 to 7 hits to down the player. Players can use PhD Slider to negate splash damage. The Ray Gun is not a very useful weapon in the game due to Hellion Salvo or the Wonder Weapon. Pack-a-Punch and it holds 40 in the gun and 200 in reserve like all the previous games.

Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War
The Ray Gun returns in Black Ops Cold War with a big buff compared to previous games. When you Pack a Punch it once to get 2000 damage, the second time it is 4000 and the third time it gets 8000 damage. The Ray Gun is favored by most players has it's high damage kills zombies up past the health limit and it's low splash damage making it one of the most useful weapons in the game. With the addition of P.H.D Slider, the Ray Gun's splash damage is negated, making the Ray Gun better then ever!
Gallery[]

Primis Richtofen using the Ray Gun.
Trivia[]
- On the PC version of the game, if the player changes the amount of gravity using the command console, you can jump and shoot the Ray Gun at the ground, and it will push you up into the air.
- The Ray Gun will push players backwards when shot, but less than what the Mustang and Sally gives.
- The Pack-a-Punched name refers to the producer of this weapon, Max Porter.
- On Little Resistance, it takes two shots to destroy a tank, much like a Bazooka or Panzershrek.
- Firebase Z is the only map to not have the Ray Gun available.
- This excludes Chaos story maps.