SPAS-12
| Franchi SPAS-12 | |
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| general information | |
| Military designation: | SPAS-12 |
| Developer / Manufacturer: | Luigi Franchi SpA |
| Production time: | 1979 to 2000 |
| Furnishing | |
| Overall length: | 930 mm |
| Weight: (unloaded) | 4.2 kg |
| Barrel length : | 460 mm |
| Technical specifications | |
| Caliber : | 12/70 |
| Possible magazine fillings : | 5 cartridges |
| Ammunition supply : | Tubular magazine |
| Charging principle: | Forearm repeater and gas pressure loader |
| Lists on the subject | |
The SPAS-12 from the Italian company Luigi Franchi SpA is a forearm bolt action shotgun that was developed in the late 1970s for use by the military and police . The acronym SPAS stands for Special Purpose Automatic Shotgun (translatable as automatic shotgun for special uses ).
description
The special feature of the gun was a semi-automatic shooting mode in 1979 , in which the rifle did not have to be reloaded by hand after each shot. It became particularly popular with the military because it offered a higher rate of fire than conventional forend repeater shotguns . However, there is still the option of manual reloading, in which, after each shot, the shooter pulls the lower stock towards him in a kind of lifting movement and brings it back into the starting position. It has a tubular magazine attached under the barrel , which can hold up to eight cartridges of the shotgun caliber 12/70, for example 00-shot or shotgun bullets . The disadvantages include that the SPAS-12 is relatively heavy and large. In addition, the recoil is not insignificant. The SPAS-12 has (depending on the model) a foldable shoulder rest or a rigid shaft . There is also a version with a hook at the end of the shaft, which makes it possible to fire the weapon with one hand.
The production of the SPAS-12 was stopped in 2000. The SPAS-15 is the successor in which the ammunition is loaded from a detachable magazine.
Web links
literature
- Russell C. Tilstra: Small Arms for Urban Combat , 2011, McFarland, ISBN 978-0786465231
Individual evidence
- ↑ spas12project: What's the SPAS 12 Hook For? Retrieved February 7, 2019 .