Spas-12

Spas-12
Type	Primary Combat Shotgun
Price	55,000$ 2,300R$ (Gamepass, Offsale)
Rank	21
Statistics
Damage	22x8 (~352 DPS) 176 (Point Blank)
Accuracy	80
Range	90
Rate of Fire	~0.5s 120 RPM
Ammunition	6/12
Reload Time	0.7s (First Reload) 0.5s (Subsequent Reload)
Firing Mode(s)	Pump-Action
Customization
Ammunition Types	Fire (150$) Ice (200$)
Skins	Default Roosevelt Tacticool Sight Marker Royal Thunder Trainee Deus Ex Beehive Vengeance Miami Pursuit Blue Toy Red Toy Lime Soulblade Tropical Sunshine Supernova Toxcloud Halloween (Event) Batwing (Event) Pink Neon (Restricted) Daybreak (Restricted) Electric (Restricted)
Audio
Firing
Reloading
Other
Manufacturer	R-Brain Hardwork
Designer	GregTame
Added In	v0.8.3

"Another returning weapon from the previous outbreak, but this time it's more powerful and ready to kill people and the Infected, isn't just that wonderful?!"

―ProjectJumpman

Summary

The SPAS-12 (Special Purpose Automatic Shotgun 12 gauge), known in Italy as the Franchi SPAS-12, is an end-game shotgun. This is by far the most accurate shotgun in the game and is pretty much its largest upside. It has a tight spread and is deadly at a close-to-medium range. Both are helpful traits in the game.

Background Story

Prior to the apocalypse, the SPAS-12 was an extremely prevalent shotgun used by dozens of special forces and police teams. It packs quite a punch, and with the help of a full choke, the spread was perfected to be able to engage in longer ranged combat than previous shotguns that came without a choke. This, with the fact that it has many attachments that increase its flexibility, makes the SPAS-12 a formidable weapon.

Somewhere along the way, this aspect of the gun was lost during production. Some say R-Brain Hardwork simplified the design way too much — folding the stock in, removal of all the safety mechanisms, and the controversial move to decrease the firing velocity. This caused it to lose both punch and accuracy. A statement issued says that these were changes made to make sure everyone can handle such a heavy weapon.

Some people have trouble believing this.

Tips

• This is a fast firing, pump-action shotgun. Treat it as such.
  • This is a great tool for crowd control.
  • Like other shotguns, using third-person is the way to go.
• This weapon has the potential to instantly kill any mob on a headshot that isn't a Brute. Use this to your advantage.
  • Regardless, it's still great for taking out Brutes.
  • This weapon doesn't benefit from crouching or ADS'ing since the spread is tight enough.
• Try shooting the zombies in the centre of your screen, since shooting them at the side will probably lead to most of the pellets not hitting your target.
• The stored ammo on this gun are shells, not mags.
  • As such, you can fire 18 times before needing to restock.
    • Armors that give ammo with give three times as much as normal. For example the Tactical I will supply 3 extra shells.

Pros

• High Damage
• High DPS
• High Total Damage
• Quick Reload

Cons

• Expensive
• No Attachments

Trivia

Updates

• v0.8.4
  • Range changed from 210 to 160.
  • Rank changed from 25 to 18.
• v0.9.1
  • Range decreased from 160 to 90.
• v0.9.7
  • Damage changed from 31x8 to 22x8.
• v1.0.2
  • Rank changed from 18 to 20.
• v1.1.3
  • Rank changed from 20 to 21.
• v1.2.0
  • Accuracy changed from 60 to 80.

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• This is a returning weapon from R2D 2014, as well as the third shotgun in R2DA.
• In Debug, the Spas-12 was offered for 75,000$.
  • This was changed to 55,000$ when it was actually added.
• This is the first weapon to have two restricted skins applied to it.
• The Rank required to unlock this weapon dropped from 25 to 18 in v0.8.4; this was the first occasion where a Prestige Rank would be required for a gun.
• This has the lowest damage for a single bullet with 22.
  • However, as 8 pellets are fired at the same time, take this with a grain of salt.
  • The FAMAS used to also share this record, but no longer does due to receiving multiple buffs.
• During v0.9.3, this was one of the weapons that were affected by a glitch that applied drop-off damage very early.
• Oddly enough, the folding stock has been folded in and it cannot be used.
• SPAS stands for "Sporting Purpose Automatic Shotgun", but the first word was originally "Special".
  • Also, one in real life has a capacity of 8 shells compared to the capacity of 6 you see in-game.
  • The 12 has no official meaning, but it probably means 12-gauge as it fires that round.
• This weapon is also in Left 4 Dead 2, a part of R2DA's inspiration, and is nicknamed the Combat Shotgun.
  • The iteration in that game, however, is semi-automatic while our Spas-12 is simply pump-action.
• The firing sound comes from the shotgun featured in the Halo franchise, however, its pitch is different.
• This is one of the best weapons in Team Deathmatch and Free For All due to how much damage it outputs in each pump.
• The Spas-12 was nerfed 3 times due to how overpowered it was, with high range and 31 damage (248 if all pellets hit).