SPAS-12

The Sporting Purpose Automatic Shotgun-12 (SPAS-12) is a select-fire semiauto/pump shotgun that was produced by the Italian Arms developer Franchi. It's well known for its iconic folding stock, which folds upward and rests on top of the weapon itself. Due to the expensiveness and complexity of the SPAS-12, as well as importation bans, it ceased production in 2001. Despite this, it is still an iconic shotgun for its rugged appearance.

Battlefield 2: Modern Combat
In Battlefield 2: Modern Combats singleplayer, the SPAS-12' is issued to NATO demolition-class soldiers. It has high power, short range and an 8 shell capacity. It is semi-automatic and is a very good close-quarters weapon, and even for medium ranges where it can kill an enemy in 3 shots at around 80 feet away. It is the only semi-automatic shotgun in the game, making it more useful than shotguns of the other factions.

In multiplayer, the SPAS-12 is featured as the main weapon of the USMC's Engineer kit. It has a short range but very high power.

Battlefield: Bad Company
In singleplayer, the SPAS12 can be found off of dead mercenaries (around when the player attacks the docks in Acta Non Verba) or as a collectible in Crossing Over.

In multiplayer, it is issued to the Demolition kit as an unlockable. It has better handling at the expense of lower accuracy due to its shorter barrel. This means that it has the largest cross hairs of all shotguns. It has an 8 shell capacity (1 in the chamber; 7 in the tube) and each must be manually loaded. Being a pump-action shotgun, it can easily kill in a single shot, but it also has very low range.

Battlefield: Bad Company 2
In singleplayer, the SPAS-12 Combat can be found on certain levels as a collectible or used by enemies. It can be found with either shells or slugs. The plain version of this weapon can only be found in Heart of Darkness as a collectible, found before getting on the boat following the first firefight, where it is laying next to a shack next to the river. The version with the slugs can be found in Upriver. After Redford tells you to follow him to flank the MG, up the stairs to the right you will find it next to a wall.

In multiplayer, the SPAS-12 is unlocked at level 18. It is the third shotgun unlocked. It also features high power, low accuracy and short range like all pump-action shotguns. It can be used by any class, like the rest of the shotguns. Slugs change its damage to about that of a sniper rifle, but remove the range limits of the buckshot, and make it usable at medium-long range, but make it somewhat less effective up close, as there is a lower chance of hitting an opponent. This weapon is highly effective in Arica Harbor Conquest or Cold War, due to the small, tight and infantry-oriented combat seen on those maps.

SPAS-12
The SPAS-12 returns in Battlefield Play4Free. It remains a pump-action shotgun. However, it has usable ironsights and an 8-round tube magazine by default. It also takes several seconds to swap to, as the player's character will unfold the stock, although this is only aestethic and the player is still able to shoot during the animation. It features high power, short range and can be used by any class, like any other shotgun. Its one-shot kill range is very short, so it should be used in CQC maps like Sharqi.

The SPAS does actually the exact same damage as the 870 Combat with the same rate of fire, resulting in a personal preference chosing between these guns.

Veteran's SPAS-12
The Veteran's SPAS-12 features a higer damage over the standars SPAS-12,increasing the one shot chances, as well as a larger magazine of 10 rounds. These benefits come at a higer cost of 560 for unlimited use. The gun appearance is very rugged and shows heavy use.

Elite's SPAS-12
The Elite's SPAS-12 does even more damage per pellet than the Veteran's version

Trivia

 * In Battlefield: Bad Company the SPAS-12 can be shot without pumping by holding the L1/LB/F then shooting and quickly holding the L1/LB/F again.

Videos
thumb|300px|left|Gameplay with the SPAS-12 Combat in Battlefield: Bad Company 2 at [[Port Valdez in Conquest mode]] thumb|300px|right|Spas-12 Overview