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[[Image:USAS12.jpg|thumb|right|500px|USAS-12 w/ 10-round magazine - 12-gauge]]
[[Image:USAS12.jpg|thumb|right|500px|Daewoo USAS-12 with 10-round magazine - 12 gauge. This is the original version of the USAS-12, recognizable by the conventional front sight (note that the front sight design is shared with Daewoo’s [[Daewoo K3|K3]] machine gun).]]
[[Image:Usas-12.jpg|thumb|right|500px|USAS-12 w/ 20-round drum - 12-gauge]]
[[Image:Usas-12.jpg|thumb|right|500px|Daewoo USAS-12 CQ with 20-round drum - 12 gauge. Notice that unlike the original USAS-12 (seen above), the CQ version lacks the front sight, and also has a re-designed carry handle. This version is typically seen in productions filmed in British Columbia, Canada (e.g. ''[[Stargate: SG1]]'', ''[[Jumanji]]'').]]


The Daewoo USAS-12 is based on Maxwell Atchisson's 1972 design of the [[AA-12]] assault shotgun.
The '''Daewoo USAS-12''' (Universal Sporting Automatic Shotgun) is based on Maxwell Atchisson's 1972 design of the [[AA-12]] assault shotgun.
In 1989, Gilbert Equipment Co.(USA) wanted to produce an Atchisson of its own. Since Gilbert had no manufacturing capabilities, it looked elsewhere for possible manufacturers. The only maker that agreed to produce the weapon was a South Korean company called Daewoo Precision Industries, part of the Daewoo conglomerate. They adapted the design to their manufacturing techniques, and mass production commenced in the early 1990s and continues to this day.  
In 1989, Gilbert Equipment Co. (USA) wanted to produce an Atchisson of its own. Since Gilbert had no manufacturing capabilities, it looked elsewhere for possible manufacturers. The only maker that agreed to produce the weapon was a South Korean company called Daewoo Precision Industries, part of the Daewoo conglomerate. They adapted the design to their manufacturing techniques, and mass production commenced in the early 1990s and continues to this day.  


The USAS-12 in semi automatic form was available through regular chains of commerce until 1993, when then President Bill Clinton, at the behest of a gun control group (Handgun Control, Inc.), directed then Secretary of the Treasury Lloyd Bentsen to declare three specific self loading shotguns to be destructive devices under an obscure portion of the Federal Code, which allowed the Head of the Treasury Dept. to declare any weapon over .50 Caliber to be declared a destructive device by decree.  The three banned shotguns were (a) the SWD/Cobray Streetsweeper, the (b) the Armsel Striker-12 shotgun and the (c) Semi automatic USAS-12.  The gun control group also requested that the pump action Mossberg 500 also be banned (due to the "frightening design" of the Mossberg 500 bullpup) but Bentsen refused.  It is ironic that the '''full auto''' USAS-12 shotguns were still available to Title II approved owners and dealers with no additional paperwork required, but the '''Semi automatic''' version required a 'Destructive Device' permit from the ATF to possess and transfer.  Once a shotgun like the USAS-12 was 'legally a Destructive Device' the ATF restricted import of complete guns and replacement parts based on regulations from the Gun Control Act of 1968.   
The USAS-12 in semi automatic form was available through regular chains of commerce until 1993, when then President Bill Clinton, at the behest of a gun control group (Handgun Control, Inc.), directed then Secretary of the Treasury Lloyd Bentsen to declare three specific self loading shotguns to be destructive devices under an obscure portion of the Federal Code, which allowed the Head of the Treasury Dept. to declare any weapon over .50 Caliber to be declared a destructive device by decree.  The three banned shotguns were (a) the SWD/Cobray Streetsweeper, the (b) the Armsel Striker-12 shotgun and the (c) Semi automatic USAS-12.  The gun control group also requested that the pump action Mossberg 500 also be banned (due to the "frightening design" of the Mossberg 500 bullpup) but Bentsen refused.  It is ironic that the '''full auto''' USAS-12 shotguns were still available to Title II approved owners and dealers with no additional paperwork required, but the '''Semi automatic''' version required a 'Destructive Device' permit from the ATF to possess and transfer.  Once a shotgun like the USAS-12 was 'legally a Destructive Device' the ATF restricted import of complete guns and replacement parts based on regulations from the Gun Control Act of 1968.   


==Specifications==
==Specifications==
(1990s - Present)


'''Type:''' Shotgun
* '''Type:''' Shotgun


'''Caliber:''' 12 gauge
* '''Caliber:''' 12 gauge


'''Capacity:''' 10-round or 12-round box magazine, 20-round or 35-round drum magazine
* '''Weight:''' 12.1 lbs (5.5 kg)


'''Fire Modes:''' Safe/Semi/FullAuto (Select Fire LE) Safe/Semi (Civilian Version Until the Clinton Administration, then changed to a Restricted Device LE/Military Only)
* '''Length:''' 37.8 in (96 cm)


==Films==
* '''Barrel length:''' 18.1 in (46 cm)


* Used by Forrest Taft ([[Steven Seagal]]) in ''[[On Deadly Ground]]''
* '''Capacity:''' 10-round box or 20-round drum


* A U.S. Marshall in ''[[Eraser]]''
* '''Fire Modes:''' Semi-Auto/Full-Auto


* Van Pelt's modern day replacement weapon in ''[[Jumanji]]'' (masquerading as a monstrous hunting rifle, fitted with Scope and Suppressor)
-----


* Used by Jeff Douglas ([[Robert Patrick]]) in ''[[Zero Tolerance]]''
=== Film ===


* Osiris Amanpour ([[Tom Savini]]) in ''[[Machete]]''
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|-bgcolor=#D0E7FF
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="280"|'''Title'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="170"|'''Actor'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="200"|'''Character'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="250"|'''Note'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="50"|'''Date'''
|-
| ''[[Police Story 3: Supercop]]'' ||  || ||  || 1992
|-
| ''[[On Deadly Ground]]'' || [[Steven Seagal]] || Forrest Taft ||  || 1994
|-
| rowspan=2|''[[Zero Tolerance (1994)|Zero Tolerance]]'' || [[Robert Patrick]] || Jeff Douglas || rowspan=2| || rowspan=2|1994
|-
| || A mobster
|-
| ''[[Dead Weekend (1995)|Dead Weekend]]'' || [[Stephen Baldwin]] || Weed || with drum magazine || 1995
|-
| ''[[Dead Weekend (1995)|Dead Weekend]]'' || [[Afifi Alaouie]] || Amelia B || with drum magazine || 1995
|-
| ''[[Eraser]]'' ||  || US Marshal ||  || 1996
|-
| ''[[Jumanji]]'' || [[Jonathan Hyde]] || Van Pelt || masquerading as a monstrous hunting rifle, fitted with scope and suppressor || 1995
|-
| ''[[Christmas Rush]]'' || [[Aleks Paunovic]] || Petrovich || CQ model || 2002
|-
| ''[[Machete]]'' || [[Tom Savini]] || Osiris Amanpour ||  || 2010
|-
| ''[[Maximum Conviction]]'' || [[Steven Seagal]] || Cross ||  || 2012
|-
|}


==Television==
=== Television ===


* USAF and SGC Personnel in ''[[Stargate: SG1]]''
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|-bgcolor=#D0E7FF
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="280"|'''Title/Episode'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="170"|'''Actor'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="200"|'''Character'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="250"|'''Note'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="50"|'''Date'''
|-
| rowspan=2 | ''[[Sentinel, The (TV series)|The Sentinel]]'' ||  || US Army Rangers || "The Switchman" (S01E01) || rowspan=2 | 1996
|-
| || Armored car robber || "Love and Guns" (S01E08)
|-
| ''[[Viper (TV Series)]]'' ||  ||  || "Turf Wars" (S01E13) || 1997
|-
| ''[[Millennium]]'' ||  ||  || "Exegesis" (S03E02) || 1998
|-
| rowspan=5 | ''[[Stargate: SG1]]'' || || Various characters  || "Small Victories" (S04E01)|| 1997-2007
|-
| [[Eric Breker]] || Colonel Albert Reynolds  || || 1998-2007
|-
| [[Richard Dean Anderson]]|| Colonel Jack O'Neill || "Small Victories" (S04E01)|| 2000
|-
| [[Christopher Judge]]|| Robot Teal'c || "Double Jeopardy" (S04E21)|| 2001
|-
| [[Christopher Judge]]|| Teal'c || "Menace" (S05E19)|| 2002
|-
| ''[[Jeremiah]]'' ||[[Malcolm-Jamal Warner]]|| Kurdy || || 2002-2003
|-
| ''[[Stargate: Atlantis]]'' || || Various characters ||  || 2004-2009
|-
| ''[[Numb3rs]]'' ||  || Operation Condor assassin || "Assassin" (S02E05) || 2005
|-
| rowspan=2 | ''[[Burn Notice]]'' || [[Jeffrey Donovan]] || Michael Westen || "Breaking Point" (S5E14) || rowspan=2 | 2011
|-
| [[Andre Holland]] || Dion Carver || "Breaking Point" (S5E14)
|-
|}


* Atlantis personnel in ''[[Stargate: Atlantis]]''
===Video Games===
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|-bgcolor=#D0E7FF
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!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="150"|'''Referred as'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="250"|'''Mods'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="250"|'''Note'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="50"|''' Release Date'''
|-
| ''[[Soldier of Fortune II: Double Helix]]'' || || || || 2002
|-
| ''[[Global Operations]]'' || || 19 round drum || || 2002
|-
| ''[[Söldner: Secret Wars]]'' || || || || 2004
|-
|''[[Punisher, The (VG)|Punisher]]''|| || || ||2005
|-
|''[[Eternal Damnation]]''||"USAS12"|| ||Only available in multiplayer||2006
|-
| ''[[Saints Row 2]]'' || "AS14 Hammer" || folding stock || || 2008
|-
| ''[[Far Cry 2]]'' || || with a 12-round drum || || 2008
|-
| ''[[Battlefield: Bad Company]]'' || || || || 2008
|-
| ''[[7.62 High Calibre]]'' || || || || 2008
|-
| ''[[Counter-Strike Online]]'' || || without iron sights, premium version comes with camouflage (USAS-12 Camouflage) and anti-zombie variant || || 2008
|-
| ''[[Battlefield: Bad Company 2]]'' || "USAS-12 Automatic" || || || 2010
|-
| ''[[Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light]]'' || "Automatic Shotgun" || || || 2010
|-
| ''[[Sniper: Ghost Warrior]]'' || || || || 2010
|-
| ''[[Modern Warfare 3]]'' || || || || 2011
|-
| ''[[Battlefield 3]]'' || || || || 2011
|-
| ''[[Armed Forces Corps]]'' || || || || 2011
|-
| ''[[Warface]]'' || "ROKO 360" ||w/drum magazine || || 2013
|-
| ''[[007: Legends]]'' || "M-557" || || || 2012
|-
| ''[[Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City]]'' || "Juggernaut" || || [[G36]]-type stock and [[G3]]-type magwell || 2012
|-
| ''[[World of Guns: Gun Disassembly]]'' || Daewoo USAS-12 || || || 2014
|-
| ''[[Ghost In The Shell: Stand Alone Complex First Assault]]''  || "USS 12" || w/ various attachments || Shares carrying handle with the M4A1 || 2015
|-
| ''[[Hot Dogs, Horseshoes & Hand Grenades]]'' || "USAS-12" || || || 2016
|-
|''[[Cruelty Squad]]''||"Precise Industry AS15"|| || ||2021
|}
<br clear=all>


* Used by Wings Hauser as Lt. Col. Matthew Alan "Trane" Coltrane  in ''[[Lightning Force]]''
=See Also=
 
*[[S&T Daewoo]] - A list of all firearms manufactured by S&T Daewoo.
 
== Video Games ==
 
* ''[[The Punisher (VG)]]''
 
* ''[[Red Steel]]''
 
* ''[[Saints Row 2]]''
 
* ''[[Battlefield: Bad Company]]''
 
* ''[[Battlefield: Bad Company 2]]''
 
* ''[[Far Cry 2]]'' (with a 12-round drum)
 
* ''[[Counter-Strike Online]]'' (without iron sights, and there's a new mod called Camouflage USAS12)
 
* ''[[Soldier of Fortune II: Double Helix]]''
 
* ''[[Syphon Filter: Dark Mirror]]''
 
* ''[[Global Operations]]''
 
* ''[[Rainbow Six: Vegas 2]]'' (Unusable)
 
* ''[[Rainbow Six 3]]''
 
* ''[[Army of Two: The 40th day]][[Army_of_Two:_The_40th_Day]]''


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[[Category:Gun]]
[[Category:Shotgun]]
[[Category:Shotgun]]

Latest revision as of 20:58, 2 April 2023

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Daewoo USAS-12 with 10-round magazine - 12 gauge. This is the original version of the USAS-12, recognizable by the conventional front sight (note that the front sight design is shared with Daewoo’s K3 machine gun).
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Daewoo USAS-12 CQ with 20-round drum - 12 gauge. Notice that unlike the original USAS-12 (seen above), the CQ version lacks the front sight, and also has a re-designed carry handle. This version is typically seen in productions filmed in British Columbia, Canada (e.g. Stargate: SG1, Jumanji).

The Daewoo USAS-12 (Universal Sporting Automatic Shotgun) is based on Maxwell Atchisson's 1972 design of the AA-12 assault shotgun. In 1989, Gilbert Equipment Co. (USA) wanted to produce an Atchisson of its own. Since Gilbert had no manufacturing capabilities, it looked elsewhere for possible manufacturers. The only maker that agreed to produce the weapon was a South Korean company called Daewoo Precision Industries, part of the Daewoo conglomerate. They adapted the design to their manufacturing techniques, and mass production commenced in the early 1990s and continues to this day.

The USAS-12 in semi automatic form was available through regular chains of commerce until 1993, when then President Bill Clinton, at the behest of a gun control group (Handgun Control, Inc.), directed then Secretary of the Treasury Lloyd Bentsen to declare three specific self loading shotguns to be destructive devices under an obscure portion of the Federal Code, which allowed the Head of the Treasury Dept. to declare any weapon over .50 Caliber to be declared a destructive device by decree. The three banned shotguns were (a) the SWD/Cobray Streetsweeper, the (b) the Armsel Striker-12 shotgun and the (c) Semi automatic USAS-12. The gun control group also requested that the pump action Mossberg 500 also be banned (due to the "frightening design" of the Mossberg 500 bullpup) but Bentsen refused. It is ironic that the full auto USAS-12 shotguns were still available to Title II approved owners and dealers with no additional paperwork required, but the Semi automatic version required a 'Destructive Device' permit from the ATF to possess and transfer. Once a shotgun like the USAS-12 was 'legally a Destructive Device' the ATF restricted import of complete guns and replacement parts based on regulations from the Gun Control Act of 1968.

Specifications

(1990s - Present)

  • Type: Shotgun
  • Caliber: 12 gauge
  • Weight: 12.1 lbs (5.5 kg)
  • Length: 37.8 in (96 cm)
  • Barrel length: 18.1 in (46 cm)
  • Capacity: 10-round box or 20-round drum
  • Fire Modes: Semi-Auto/Full-Auto

Film

Title Actor Character Note Date
Police Story 3: Supercop 1992
On Deadly Ground Steven Seagal Forrest Taft 1994
Zero Tolerance Robert Patrick Jeff Douglas 1994
A mobster
Dead Weekend Stephen Baldwin Weed with drum magazine 1995
Dead Weekend Afifi Alaouie Amelia B with drum magazine 1995
Eraser US Marshal 1996
Jumanji Jonathan Hyde Van Pelt masquerading as a monstrous hunting rifle, fitted with scope and suppressor 1995
Christmas Rush Aleks Paunovic Petrovich CQ model 2002
Machete Tom Savini Osiris Amanpour 2010
Maximum Conviction Steven Seagal Cross 2012

Television

Title/Episode Actor Character Note Date
The Sentinel US Army Rangers "The Switchman" (S01E01) 1996
Armored car robber "Love and Guns" (S01E08)
Viper (TV Series) "Turf Wars" (S01E13) 1997
Millennium "Exegesis" (S03E02) 1998
Stargate: SG1 Various characters "Small Victories" (S04E01) 1997-2007
Eric Breker Colonel Albert Reynolds 1998-2007
Richard Dean Anderson Colonel Jack O'Neill "Small Victories" (S04E01) 2000
Christopher Judge Robot Teal'c "Double Jeopardy" (S04E21) 2001
Christopher Judge Teal'c "Menace" (S05E19) 2002
Jeremiah Malcolm-Jamal Warner Kurdy 2002-2003
Stargate: Atlantis Various characters 2004-2009
Numb3rs Operation Condor assassin "Assassin" (S02E05) 2005
Burn Notice Jeffrey Donovan Michael Westen "Breaking Point" (S5E14) 2011
Andre Holland Dion Carver "Breaking Point" (S5E14)

Video Games

Game Title Referred as Mods Note Release Date
Soldier of Fortune II: Double Helix 2002
Global Operations 19 round drum 2002
Söldner: Secret Wars 2004
Punisher 2005
Eternal Damnation "USAS12" Only available in multiplayer 2006
Saints Row 2 "AS14 Hammer" folding stock 2008
Far Cry 2 with a 12-round drum 2008
Battlefield: Bad Company 2008
7.62 High Calibre 2008
Counter-Strike Online without iron sights, premium version comes with camouflage (USAS-12 Camouflage) and anti-zombie variant 2008
Battlefield: Bad Company 2 "USAS-12 Automatic" 2010
Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light "Automatic Shotgun" 2010
Sniper: Ghost Warrior 2010
Modern Warfare 3 2011
Battlefield 3 2011
Armed Forces Corps 2011
Warface "ROKO 360" w/drum magazine 2013
007: Legends "M-557" 2012
Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City "Juggernaut" G36-type stock and G3-type magwell 2012
World of Guns: Gun Disassembly Daewoo USAS-12 2014
Ghost In The Shell: Stand Alone Complex First Assault "USS 12" w/ various attachments Shares carrying handle with the M4A1 2015
Hot Dogs, Horseshoes & Hand Grenades "USAS-12" 2016
Cruelty Squad "Precise Industry AS15" 2021


See Also

  • S&T Daewoo - A list of all firearms manufactured by S&T Daewoo.
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