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Franchi SPAS-12
Note: The SPAS-12 is very often shown as a pump action shotgun firing buckshot. It's a combination action shotgun, capable of pump or semi-auto with the pressing of a button. Usually, the gun is only used in pump mode in the real world when underpowered shells are used. Only full loads are capable of operating the semi-auto gas system. Also, in Semi Auto mode, it has a problem cycling even Hollywood "hot" blanks with a Blank Firing Adapter. Since 2000, production has ceased.
The SPAS-12 shotgun has appeared in the following films, television series, video games, and anime used by the following actors:
Specifications
(1979 - 2000)
- Type: Shotgun
- Caliber(s): 12 gauge
- Weight: 9.7 lbs (4.4 kg)
- Length: 41 in (104.1 cm)
- Barrel length(s): 22 in (54.6 cm)
- Capacity: 8-round internal tube magazine
- Fire Modes: Pump-Action OR Semi-Auto
Film
| Title | Actor | Character | Note | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Terminator | Arnold Schwarzenegger | The Terminator | 1984 | |
| Brazil | Ministry of Information Troops | 1985 | ||
| The Emerald Forest | Powers Boothe | Bill Markham | 1985 | |
| Cop's Honor (Parole de Flic) | Stéphane Ferrara | Abel Salem | 1985 | |
| The Hitcher | Rutger Hauer | John Ryder | 1986 | |
| The Wraith | Modified with LEDs on the heatshield | 1986 | ||
| Legacy of Rage | Brandon Lee | Brandon Ma | 1986 | |
| RoboCop | Detroit SWAT officer | 1987 | ||
| Beverly Hills Cop II | John Ashton | Sgt. Taggart | 1987 | |
| A Better Tomorrow II | Chow Yun-Fat | Ken Lee | 1987 | |
| Let Sleeping Cops Lie | French police officers | 1988 | ||
| Hardware | Dylan McDermott | Moses | 1990 | |
| If Looks Could Kill | SWAT officers | 1991 | ||
| Jurassic Park | Bob Peck | Robert Muldoon | 1993 | |
| Jurassic Park | Sam Neill | Dr. Alan Grant | 1993 | |
| RoboCop 3 | CCH Pounder | Bertha | 1993 | |
| Virtuosity | Denzel Washington | Lt. Parker Barnes | 1995 | |
| Bad Boys | An Assassin | 1995 | ||
| Jumanji | on display | 1995 | ||
| The Lost World: Jurassic Park | Hunter | 1997 | ||
| The Matrix | Keanu Reeves | Neo | 1999 | |
| The Matrix | Carrie-Anne Moss | Trinity | 1999 | |
| In China They Eat Dogs | Slavko Libovic | Ratco | 1999 | |
| Snatch | Robby Gee | Vincent | 2000 | |
| Battle Royale(Film) | Shogo Kawada | 2000 | ||
| Ghosts of Mars | Pam Grier | Commander Helena Braddock | 2001 | |
| Ghosts of Mars | Ice Cube | James 'Desolation' Williams | 2001 | |
| Lara Croft: Tomb Raider | seen in Lara's gun cabinet | 2001 | ||
| 3000 Miles to Graceland | Kevin Costner | Murphy | 2001 | |
| 2009: Lost Memories | JBI SWAT | 2002 | ||
| Underworld | Michael Sheen | Lucian | 2003 | |
| I, Robot | Chi McBride | Lt. John Bergin | 2004 | |
| Doom | Seen in an armory | 2005 | ||
| Babylon A.D. | A soldier | 2008 | ||
| A Dangerous Man | Chinese thug | 2009 | ||
| Crank: High Voltage | Orlando gang member | 2009 |
Television
- Fred Dryer as Hunter keeps a Franchi SPAS-12 in his trunk.
- A militant extremist in Star Trek: Voyager (episode "Future's End")
- A terrorist in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
- Bugs (episode "Stealth")
- Jim Zubiena as Ludovici Armstrong in Miami Vice (1984)
- It was used in two episodes of Miami Vice (episodes: "The Maze" and "Calderone´s Return Part 1")
- Jeremy Clarkson uses a SPAS 12 on one of the Top Gear DVDs to go automotive clay pigeon shooting.
- Juliette Lewis as Jesse in My Name is Earl (S1E21) (2005)
- Bank robber in Blue Bloods (2010-????)
Video Games
- The World Is Not Enough (as the "Frinesi Special 12", incorrectly shown being capable of full auto fire)
- 007: Nightfire (as the "Frinesi Automatic 12", incorrectly shown being capable of of full auto fire)
- 007: Agent Under Fire (as the "Frinesi Special 12")
- Army Of Two (as the "FSPS-12" has many available "upgrades" only the stocks are real SPAS-12 parts.)
- Black (short version)
- S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl (as the "SPSA14")
- Code of Honor 3: Desperate Measures (not usable)
- Bloody Good Time (incorrectly holding only 6 rounds instead of 8)
- Half-Life series (incorrectly depicted as able to "double fire," as if the tube magazine is a second barrel)
- Kane and Lynch: Dead Men (as the "SP12 Shotgun")
- Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days (as the "Gras-12")
- Hitman: Blood Money (as the "SP12 Shotgun")
- Hitman 2: Silent Assassin (as "SP12")
- Conflict: Desert Storm II: Back to Baghdad (incorrectly shown as being capable of full auto fire)
- Grand Theft Auto: Vice City (as the "S.P.A.S 12")
- Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas (as the "Combat Shotgun")
- Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories (as the "Combat Shotgun")
- Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories (As the "Combat Shotgun)
- Grand Theft Auto IV (Seen in the hands of a police officer during a loading screen, but not in the game itself)
- F.E.A.R (As the "VK-12 combat shotgun", shown to hold 12 rounds at a time)
- Rainbow Six: Rogue Spear (full-auto)
- Rainbow Six: Vegas (PSP)
- Splinter Cell (used by hostile NPCs)
- Splinter Cell: Double Agent (used by hostile NPCs)
- Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty (held by clearing teams in Caution and Alert modes)
- 24: The Game (as the "Gray MK5 ")
- Alien vs. Predator (Atari Jaguar, 1995)
- Far Cry 2 (shown with a 12-round magazine)
- Timesplitters (as the "Assault Shotgun")
- Modern Warfare 2 (pump-action only; capable of equipping suppressor, foregrip, and/or various sights)
- Left 4 Dead 2 (as the "Combat Shotgun", holds 10 rounds, w/ the tactical flashlight and optional laser sight)
- Call of Duty: Black Ops (as the "SPAS", can fire Dragon's Breath incendiary rounds)
- Tactical Ops: Assault on Terror (as the "SPS12")
- Jurassic Park: Trespasser (1998)
- World in Conflict (Cutscenes only)
Anime
- Maki in Burn Up! (with stock and butt hook)
- Red Shield personnel in Blood+
- Roberta in Black Lagoon (mocked up as a parasol)
- BC in Vandread
- Paolo in Noir
- Jean Jacquemonde in Spriggan
- Manami in Asobi ni Ikuyo: Bombshells from the Sky (short barrelled version)
Animation
See Also
- Franchi - A list of all firearms manufactured by Franchi.