The Franchi SPAS-12 in reality.
The SPAS-12 (Special Purpose Automatic Shotgun-12 before 1990 and Sporting Purpose Automatic Shotgun-12 thereafter) is a select-fire semi-automatic/pump-action 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 its high production cost and its complexity, as well as importation bans, the SPAS-12 ceased production in 2000. Despite this, it is still an iconic shotgun for its rugged appearance.
Battlefield 2: Modern Combat
The SPAS-12 is a weapon featured in Battlefield 2: Modern Combat.
Singleplayer
The SPAS-12 is issued to NATO engineer 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.
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.
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Battlefield: Bad Company
— In game description
The SPAS-12 is a weapon featured in Battlefield: Bad Company.
Singleplayer
The SPAS-12 can be found off of dead Legionnaire Mercenaries (around when the player attacks the docks in Acta Non Verba) or as a collectible in Crossing Over.
Multiplayer
The SPAS-12 is issued to the Demolition kit as an unlockable. It has better handling at the expense of the lowest accuracy of all the shotguns due to its shorter barrel. This means that it has the largest cross hairs of all shotguns. It has an 8 shell capacity and each must be manually loaded. Being a pump-action shotgun, it can easily kill in a single shot, but it's reduced accuracy gives it a very low range.
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Battlefield: Bad Company 2
— In-game description
The SPAS-12 Combat is a weapon featured in Battlefield: Bad Company 2.
Singleplayer
The SPAS-12 can be found on certain levels as a collectible or used by enemies. It can be found with either buckshot 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.
Multiplayer
The SPAS-12 is an All-Kit weapon unlocked at level 18. It is the third shotgun unlocked. It features high power, low accuracy and short range like all pump-action 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. The weapon is highly effective on small, tight and infantry-oriented maps.
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Battlefield Play4Free
SPAS-12
The SPAS-12 is an All-Kit weapon featured in Battlefield Play4Free. It features usable iron sights 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 aesthetic and the player is still able to shoot during the animation. It also features high power, short range.
The SPAS actually does exactly the same damage as the 870 Combat with the same rate of fire resulting in a personal preference of choosing between these guns.
Veteran's SPAS-12
The Veteran's SPAS-12 features a higher damage over the standard SPAS-12, increasing the one shot kill chances, as well as a larger magazine of 10 rounds. These benefits come at a higher cost of 560 
for unlimited use. The gun's 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 and has a larger magazine of 12 rounds to further increase its usefulness. The cost of this gun is 790 for unlimited use or 3000 
per day. The weapon has a very clean appearance, like all of the elite weapons, and sports a tan paint scheme on the pistol grip and handguard.
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Battlefield 3
— Battlelog Description
The SPAS-12 is a pump action shotgun featured in the Battlefield 3: Close Quarters expansion and is unlocked upon the completion of the These Hurt Too assignment. It is the second pump action shotgun available in Battlefield 3 and is similar to the 870MCS in its operation (it is pump action) but it pumps slightly faster, and has slightly less pellet spread, in exchange for one less pellet per shot.
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Battlefield 4
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The SPAS-12 is featured in Battlefield 4.
Singleplayer
The SPAS-12 is found as a collectible in the mission South China Sea, aboard the USS Valkyrie. It is found in a V-22 Osprey in the hangar. It is equipped with a Laser/Light Combo and Full Choke. It sports an Atomic Desert finish.
Multiplayer
The SPAS-12 is an unlockable shotgun. It performs similarly to the 870MCS, but has a slightly high capacity and slightly lower damage.
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Battlefield Hardline
Trivia
Battlefield 2: Modern Combat
- The SPAS-12 in Modern Combat is the only incarnation of the weapon in the Battlefield series to have a butthook attached to the stock.
Battlefield: Bad Company Series
- In the Bad Company series the SPAS-12 has a noticeably shorter barrel than in other Battlefield installments and the stock is always folded.
- In Battlefield: Bad Company, the SPAS-12 can be shot without pumping by holding the aim button then shooting and quickly holding the aim button again. This has no effect on the rate of fire.
- In Battlefield: Bad Company 2, the kit select screen of the US Engineer shows him holding a SPAS-12 with the stock extended, as in Battlefield 3.
Battlefield 3
- The USAS-12 Proficiency Dog Tag shows a SPAS-12 instead of the USAS. This mistake has not been corrected by the release of the Close Quarters Expansion Pack.
- The USAS-12 Proficiency Dog Tag shows the SPAS-12 with its stock folded, like in Battlefield: Bad Company 2.
- The SPAS-12 has the tightest pellet cone of all shotguns at a 2.5 meter radius.
- The SPAS-12 is one of only two pump-action shotguns in the game, the other being the 870MCS.
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