Franchi SPAS-12

Franchi SPAS-12 with butt hook attached to stock - 12 gauge

Franchi SPAS-12 with stock folded and butt-hook removed - 12 gauge

Franchi SPAS-12 Short Barreled Version - 12 gauge

Franchi SPAS-12 combat shotgun with stock removed – 12 gauge

Franchi SPAS-12 with fixed stock - 12 gauge

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: 5, 6, or 8-round tube magazine +1 chambered

• Fire Modes: Pump-Action, Semi-Auto

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Film

Title	Actor	Character	Note	Date
The Terminator	Arnold Schwarzenegger	The Terminator		1984
Blastfighter	Michael Sopkiw	Jake "Tiger" Sharp	With sniper scope and night vision device	1984
Exterminator 2		A thug		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
Hold-Up		Montreal SWAT		1985
The Hitcher	Rutger Hauer	John Ryder		1986
The Hitcher	C. Thomas Howell	Jim Halsey		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. John Taggart		1987
A Better Tomorrow II	Chow Yun-Fat	Ken Lee		1987
Let Sleeping Cops Lie		French police officers		1988
Cohen and Tate	Adam Baldwin	Tate		1989
Hardware	Dylan McDermott	Moses		1990
La Femme Nikita		cop		1990
If Looks Could Kill		SWAT officers		1991
Highlander II: The Quickening		General Katana's men		1991
Jurassic Park	Bob Peck	Robert Muldoon		1993
	Sam Neill	Dr. Alan Grant
RoboCop 3	CCH Pounder	Bertha		1993
Dead Weekend		TWF soldier	with stock removed	1995
Virtuosity	Denzel Washington	Lt. Parker Barnes		1995
Bad Boys		An Assassin		1995
Jumanji			on display	1995
Mercenary	Olivier Gruner	Capt. Karl 'Hawk' May		1996
Mercenary		One of the Alan's mercenaries		1996
The Lost World: Jurassic Park		Hunter		1997
The Rage	Lorenzo Lamas	FBI Special Agent Nick Travis		1997
The Rage	Kristen Cloke	FBI Special Agent Kelly McCord		1997
The Rage		Sheriff's deputies		1997
The Matrix	Keanu Reeves	Neo		1999
	Carrie-Anne Moss	Trinity
In China They Eat Dogs	Slavko Labovic	Ratco		1999
Snatch	Robby Gee	Vincent		2000
Battle Royale(Film)		Shogo Kawada		2000
Ghosts of Mars	Pam Grier	Commander Helena Braddock		2001
	Ice Cube	James 'Desolation' Williams
Lara Croft: Tomb Raider			seen in Lara's gun cabinet	2001
3000 Miles to Graceland	Kevin Costner	Murphy		2001
Warriors (Guerreros)	Blerim Gjoci	Albanian leader		2002
2009: Lost Memories		JBI SWAT		2002
Christmas Rush	Dean Cain	Cornelius Morgan		2002
	Santino Buda	Simulus
	Chris Benson	Al Quigley
Redemption		Lam's thug		2002
Underworld	Michael Sheen	Lucian		2003
I, Robot	Chi McBride	Lt. John Bergin		2004
Doom			Seen in an armory	2005
The Departed		One of Costello's thugs	with fixed stock	2006
Babylon A.D.		A soldier		2008
A Dangerous Man		Chinese thug		2009
Crank: High Voltage		Orlando gang member		2009
New Kids Nitro	Wesley van Gaalen	Rikkert	stock folded and butt-hook removed	2011
	Huub Smit	Richard	stock folded and butt-hook removed
Interview with a Hitman	Stephen Marcus	Traffikant		2012
3 Days to Kill			is seen in Ethan Runner's safe	2014
Brick Mansions		Tremaine's men		2014

Television

Show Title	Actor	Character	Note/Episode	Air Date
Hunter - Season 1	Fred Dryer	Hunter		1984-1985
	Stepfanie Kramer	Dee Dee McCall
Hunter - Season 2	Fred Dryer	Hunter		1985-1986
Miami Vice - Season 1	Jim Zubiena	Ludovici Armstrong	Ep. "The Hit List"	1984-1985
		Jaime Escobar	Ep. "The Maze"
Miami Vice - Season 2		A pirate	Ep. "Trust Fund Pirates"	1985-1986
Miami Vice - Season 3	Reb Brown	Reb Gustafson	Ep. "Viking Bikers from Hell"	1986-1987
		Police officers and SRT members	Ep. "Cuba Libre", "Viking Bikers from Hell"
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine		A terrorist		1993-1999
Star Trek: Voyager	Clayton Murray	Porter	Ep. "Future's End" (S3E8)	1995-2001
Bugs			Ep. "Stealth"	1995-1999
Alarm für Cobra 11 - Die Autobahnpolizei		Various bad guys	Several episodes	1996-present
V.I.P.			Seen in Vallery's armory	1998-2002
Stargate SG-1 - Season 3	Richard Dean Anderson	O´Neill	"Nemesis" (S3E21)	1999 - 2000
	Christopher Judge	Teal'c	"Nemesis" (S3E21)
Julie Lescaut		French SWAT	"La tentation de Julie" (S11E04)	2001
Stargate SG-1 - Season 5	Richard Dean Anderson	O´Neill	"Menace" (S5E19)	2001- 2002
	Christopher Judge	Teal'c	"Menace" (S5E19)
	Don S. Davis	George Hammond	"Menace" (S5E19)
My Name is Earl	Juliette Lewis	Jesse	"The Bounty Hunter" (S1E21)	2005
Hokkaido Police. Russian Department (Politsiya Khokkaydo. Russkiy otdel)		S.A.T.		2007-2011
Blue Bloods		Bank robber	"Officer Down" (S1E04)	2010-Present
Bullet in the Face		Racken's henchman	with stock removed (S01E06)	2012

Video Games

Game Title	Referred as	Mods	Note	Release Date
The World Is Not Enough	"Frinesi Special 12"		incorrectly shown as full auto	2000
Conflict: Desert Storm	"Franchi SPAS-12 Combat Shotgun"			2002
007: Nightfire	"Frinesi Automatic 12"		incorrectly shown as full auto	2002
Army Of Two	"FSPS-12"			2008
Black			Short version	2006
Alliance of Valiant Arms				2007
S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl	"SPSA14"			2007
The Specialists
Area-51	"M-170 "Hammer" Combat Shotgun"			2005
7.62 High Calibre	"SPAS-12"			2008
Chernobyl Terrorist Attack				2011
Code of Honor 3: Desperate Measures			not usable	2009
Battlefield: Bad Company				2008
Battlefield: Bad Company 2	"SPAS-12 Combat"			2010
Battlefield 3				2011
Black Mesa			Incorrectly depicted as able to "double fire," as if the tube magazine is a second barrel.	2012
Bloody Good Time	"Shotgun"			2010
Splinter Cell: Conviction			Suppressed	2010
Half-Life			Incorrectly depicted as able to "double fire," as if the tube magazine is a second barrel.	1998
Half-Life 2			Incorrectly depicted as able to "double fire," as if the tube magazine is a second barrel.	2004
Kane and Lynch: Dead Men	"SP12 Shotgun"			2007
Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days	"Gras-12"			2010
Hitman: Blood Money	"SP12 Shotgun"			2006
Hitman 2: Silent Assassin	"SP12"			2002
Hitman: Contracts				2004
Stranglehold				2007
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City	"S.P.A.S 12"			2002
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas	"Combat Shotgun"			2004
Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories	"Combat Shotgun"			2005
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories	"Combat Shotgun"			2006
Grand Theft Auto IV			Seen in the hands of a police officer during a loading screen, but not in the game itself	2008
F.E.A.R	"VK-12 combat shotgun"		shown to hold 12 rounds at a time	2005
Rainbow Six: Rogue Spear			full-auto	1999
Rainbow Six: Vegas				2006
Rainbow Six: Vegas 2				2008
Resident Evil: Code Veronica				2000
Resident Evil Outbreak				2004
Resident Evil Survivor				2000
Splinter Cell			used by hostile NPCs	2002
Splinter Cell: Double Agent			used by hostile NPCs	2006
Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty			Caution and Alert modes	2001
24: The Game	"Gray MK5"			2006
Project IGI: I'm Going In				2000
Project IGI 2: Covert Strike				2003
Urban Terror				2007
Uncharted: Drake's Fortune				2007
Söldner: Secret Wars				2004
Freedom Fighters				2003
Far Cry 2			12-round magazine	2008
Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker				2010
Left 4 Dead 2	"Combat Shotgun"		holds 10 rounds, w/ the tactical flashlight and optional laser sight	2009
Call of Duty: Black Ops			can fire Dragon's Breath incendiary rounds	2010
GoldenEye 007 (2010)				2010
Counter-Strike Online	"SPAS-12"			2011
Tactical Ops: Assault on Terror	"SPS12"			2002
Jurassic Park: Trespasser				1998
World in Conflict			Cutscenes only	2007
Uncharted 3				2011
The 3rd Birthday				2010
Warface				2013
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2			pump-action only; capable of equipping suppressor, foregrip, and/or various sights	2009
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3				2011
Code of Honor				2007
Dead Island				2011
Rogue Warrior				2009
S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky				2008
Wheelman				2009
The Typing of the Dead: Overkill	Automatic Shotgun			2013
The Expendables 2: Videogame				2012
Call of Duty: Black Ops II				2012
Far Cry 3				2012
Uncharted: Golden Abyss				2011 / 2012
007: Legends				2012
Tomb Raider (2013)				2013
The Showdown Effect				2013
Ghost Recon: Phantoms				2014
Survarium	SPAS-12			2014
Far Cry 4				2014
Contract Wars				2014
Rainbow Six: Siege	SPAS-12	Red Dot Sight, Holographic Sight, Reflex Sight, Laser	Semi-automatic mode only	2016

Anime

Title	Character	Note	Date
Burn Up!	Maki	With stock and butt hook	1991
Spriggan	Jean Jacquemonde		1998
Vandread	BC		2000-2001
Noir	Paolo		2001
Ghost in the Shell Stand Alone Complex	Marco		2002-2003
Burn-Up Scramble	Maya Jingu		2004
Blood+	Red Shield personnel		2005
Boondocks, The			2005-2014
Black Lagoon	Roberta	Mocked up as a parasol	2006
Asobi ni Ikuyo: Bombshells from the Sky	Manami	Short barrelled version	2010

See Also

• Franchi - A list of all firearms manufactured by Franchi.