SPAS-12

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SPAS-12
Current Extended Stock Alpha
Overview
Weapon Type	Primary Weapon
Weapon Class	Shotgun
Rank Prerequisites	Rank 120
Damage	20 → 18
Range	48 max → 125 min
Accuracy
Hip Accuracy
Sight Accuracy
Magazine Size	7, 8 with round in chamber
Ammo Reserve	50
Fire Modes	Semi
Rate of Fire	180 RPM
Advanced WEAPON BALLISTICS TTK (Time to Kill) 0.66 s s Head & Body Multiplier Hitbox per bullet/pellet Range Max (48 studs) Min (125 studs) (x1.1) Head 22 19.8 (x1) Torso 20 18 (x1.00) Limbs 20 18 Red color signifies a fatal hit. Suppressed Stats Suppressor/Bullet Attachment Suppressed Damage Suppressed Range Suppressor → max → min R2 Suppressor → max → min ARS Suppressor → max → min PBS-1 Suppressor → max → min PBS-4 Suppressor → max → min Flechette (8 pellets) 18 -> 18 52.8 max -> 125 min Birdshot (16 pellets) 18 -> 18 52.8 max -> 125 min Slugs (1 pellet) 60 -> 45 48 max -> 125 min Muzzle Velocity 2000 studs/s Penetration Depth 0.5 studs Suppression 2.5 HIP ACCURACY 20 Min Camera Kick ({{{MinHIPCameraKick}}}) Max Camera Kick ({{{MaxHIPCameraKick}}}) Min Recoil Displacement ({{{MinHIPDisplacement}}}) Max Recoil Displacement ({{{MaxHIPDisplacement}}}) Min Recoil Rotation ({{{MinHIPRotation}}}) Max Recoil Rotation ({{{MaxHIPRotation}}}) Hipfire Spread Factor {{{HipfireSpreadFactor}}} Hipfire Recovery Speed {{{HipfireRecoverySpeed}}} Hipfire Spread Damping {{{HipfireSpreadDamping}}} SIGHT ACCURACY 25 Min Camera Kick ({{{MinAIMCameraKick}}}) Max Camera Kick ({{{MaxAIMCameraKick}}}) Min Recoil Displacement ({{{MinAIMDisplacement}}}) Weapon Shot Displacement ({{{MaxAIMDisplacement}}}) Min Recoil Rotation ({{{MinAIMRotation}}}) Max Recoil Rotation ({{{MaxAIMRotation}}}) Sight Magnification {{{SightMagnification}}}x ACCURACY 10 Hipfire Camera Recovery Speed {{{HipCamRecovery}}} Sight Camera Recovery Speed {{{SightCamRecovery}}} Weapon Recovery Speed {{{WeaponRecoverySpeed}}} Weapon Recoil Damping {{{WeaponRecoilDamping}}} Hip Choke {{{HipChoke}}} Aim Choke {{{AimChoke}}} WEAPON HANDLING Reload Time {{{ReloadTime}}} seconds Empty Reload Time {{{EmptyReloadTime}}} seconds Equip Speed {{{EquipSpeed}}} Aiming Speed {{{AimingSpeed}}} Crosshair Size {{{CrosshairSize}}} Crosshair Spread Rate {{{CrosshairSpreadRate}}} Crosshair Recover Rate {{{CrosshairRecoverRate}}} MISCELLANEOUS Weapon Walk Speed 14 stud/s Aiming Walk Speed {{{AimingWalkspeed}}} stud/s Ammo Type 12 Gauge Round in Chamber Template:Weapon/Chamber Shot Suppression Range None

The SPAS-12 is an Italian Shotgun. It is unlocked at Rank 120 or can be purchased with credits (CR).

History

The Franchi SPAS-12 (Special Purpose Automatic Shotgun-12) is an Italian combat shotgun manufactured by Luigi Franchi S.p.A from 1979 to 2000. It is capable of semi-automatic or pump-action operation with it being designed primarily as a semi auto but having the pump action firemode used to reliably fire low-pressure ammunition such as tear gas rounds.

The SPAS-12 was intended to be a rugged military combat shotgun, hence its name. In 1990, Franchi renamed the shotgun to Sporting Purpose Automatic Shotgun for continued sales to the United States as a limited-magazine-capacity, fixed-stock model until 1994 when the Federal Assault Weapons Ban was introduced. By the time the Federal Assault Weapons Ban had expired in 2004, Franchi had ended production of the SPAS-12 in 2000 to focus on the production of the SPAS-15.

In-Game

General Information

The SPAS-12 is a high rank semi-automatic shotgun. Damage is fairly low for a shotgun, with a maximum damage of 20 and minimum damage of 18 per pellet. However, it is still capable of dealing a one-shot-kill (1SK) up close. Range is above-average, with damage beginning to drop off at 43 studs and stopping at 125 studs - its minimum range value being quite good for a shotgun. Its rate-of-fire (RoF) is slightly above-average for its class, at 180 RPM - slower than other semi-automatic shotguns like the Saiga-12 or DBV12, but higher than any of the pump-action shotguns such as the KSG-12.

Unlike the Saiga or DBV-12, the SPAS-12 lacks a box magazine, instead having a typical tube magazine where shells are loaded individually. This does mean one can fire the weapon before finishing a complete reload but reloads take longer to perform. Its capacity is average, at seven rounds plus one round in the chamber.

Usage & Tactics

The SPAS-12 performs well in closed environments. Being out in the open with the SPAS-12 hinders the user's chances to successfully engage targets at longer ranges. The weapon is most effective when flanking the enemy at close range or attacking capture points at close range. As reloads take longer to perform, it is recommended to reload behind cover or switch to a secondary.

By default, it comes with the stock folded, which obstructs the user's vision immensely. As an alternative, the player may use the attachment Extended Stock to use the rear flip up sight instead. In addition, using any optic will unfold the stock. Like with most other shotguns, the SPAS-12 supports an alternative aim position above the default optic.

Given its good 1SK range, a suppressor should be avoided, as it will further increase the spread and decrease the damage. Using a Muzzle Brake can help the user with the strong vertical kick of the shotgun. Other recoil reducing attachments like the angled grip, stubby grip, or the green laser can help make follow up shots easier and rapid. The laser, vertical, and other hipfiring attachments will make CQC easier with hipfire, cutting out the extra second it takes to aim at the target, potentially winning the firefight.

The SPAS-12 has a very limited range but adding attachments such as Flechette rounds can increase the range. Other attachments that increase sight accuracy like the Muzzle Brake, Angled Grip, and any sight (other than the VCOG 6x Scope) can make the SPAS-12 somewhat sufficient at long range and can kill in relatively few shots out to 150 studs.

Conclusion

In conclusion, the SPAS-12 performs best in CQC situations. However, when compared to other semi-auto shotguns, it can reach out to much further, even to an extent where it can compete against pump-action shotguns and stevens DB equipped with flechette or birdshot. That is made even more impressive by the fact that all of this is with the normal buckshot only.

Damage Table for Ammunition Attachments

Hitbox for Birdshot	Range
	Max (42 studs)	Min (90 studs)
(x1.00) (x16 pellets) Head	27 (432)	20.7 (331.2)
(x1.00) (x16 pellets) Torso	27 (432)	20.7 (331.2)
(x1.00) (x16 pellets) Arms and Legs	27 (432)	20.7 (331.2)
Note: Yellow color signifies when ALL pellets hit the target.

Hitbox for Flechette	Range
	Max (42 studs)	Min (90 studs)
(x1.00) (x8 pellets) Head	27 (216)	23 (184)
(x1.00) (x8 pellets) Torso	27 (216)	23 (184)
(x1.00) (x8 pellets) Arms and Legs	27 (216)	23 (184)
Note: Yellow color signifies when ALL pellets hit the target.

Hitbox for Slugs	Range
	Max (35 studs)	Min (90 studs)
(x1.00) (x1 pellet) Head	90	57.5
(x1.00) (x1 pellet) Torso	90	57.5
(x1.00) (x1 pellet) Arms and Legs	90	57.5
Note: Red color signifies a fatal hit.

Pros & Cons

Pros:

• Good RoF for its class.
• Can use Extended Stock attachment by default to make its default iron sights less obstructive.
• Can reload cancel on partial refill, unlike magazine-fed semi-auto shotguns.
• Highest velocity of all shotguns at 2000 studs/s.
• Rapid damage output.
• Slugs ammunition enables a 1SK to the head at all ranges.

Cons:

• Obstructive Iron Sights.
• Inconsistent pellet spread.
• Long reload when empty.
• High unlock rank.
• Easy to oversample the RoF.

Trivia

• The SPAS-12 in-game has an 18-inch barrel with a muzzle device at the end already, likely being a choke device.
• The SPAS-12, with Slugs, is the fastest firing weapon that can 1SK to the head at any range.
  • Previously, with the implementation of the M107, the SPAS-12 would be beaten out by its 200 RPM, but it was then reduced to 55 RPM, leaving the SPAS-12 in first place.
• The SPAS-12 has the highest rank unlock for the shotgun class, at Rank 120.
  • It also had the fourth highest rank unlock of any weapon in-game, only outclassed by the M231, the Hecate II and the Steyr Scout.
• Unlike its real-life counterpart, the SPAS-12 in-game lacks a pump-action mode, however, the weapon is correctly pumped after an empty reload.
  • The pump-action mode would be used for firing ordinance that would normally not allow the weapon to cycle, such as less-than-lethal rounds, so not pumping the weapon unless it was empty is actually standard operating procedure with normal buckshot.
• In real life, the SPAS-12 has a charging handle located on the shell ejector, which could be use to load up the weapon like other semi-automatic shotguns.
• The SPAS-12 was originally in the alpha stage of Phantom Forces. It was removed when the game transitioned into its beta.
  • The weapon was developer-only, so a regular player would have never seen it unless a developer was in the server.
• The M41A Pulse Rifle from the Alien movie franchise features the SPAS-12's handguard and slide-action sleeve, which forms a part of the rifle's unerbarrel grenade launcher.
• The SPAS-12 famously appeared in the movie Jurassic Park, most notably in the scene where character Robert Muldoon says 'Clever girl...' shortly before being attacked and presumably killed by the velociraptors.