USAS-12

The Daewoo USAS-12 (Universal Sporting Automatic Shotgun) is based on Maxwell Atchisson's 1972 design of the AA-12 assault shotgun.
In 1989, Gilbert Equipment Co. (USA) wanted to produce an Atchisson of its own. Since Gilbert had no manufacturing capabilities, it looked elsewhere for possible manufacturers. The only maker that agreed to produce the weapon was a South Korean company called Daewoo Precision Industries, part of the Daewoo conglomerate. They adapted the design to their manufacturing techniques, and mass production commenced in the early 1990s and continues to this day. 
The USAS-12 in semi automatic form was available through regular chains of commerce until 1993, when then President Bill Clinton, at the behest of a gun control group (Handgun Control, Inc.), directed then Secretary of the Treasury Lloyd Bentsen to declare three specific self loading shotguns to be destructive devices under an obscure portion of the Federal Code, which allowed the Head of the Treasury Dept. to declare any weapon over .50 Caliber to be declared a destructive device by decree. The three banned shotguns were (a) the SWD/Cobray Streetsweeper, the (b) the Armsel Striker-12 shotgun and the (c) Semi automatic USAS-12. The gun control group also requested that the pump action Mossberg 500 also be banned (due to the "frightening design" of the Mossberg 500 bullpup) but Bentsen refused. It is ironic that the full auto USAS-12 shotguns were still available to Title II approved owners and dealers with no additional paperwork required, but the Semi automatic version required a 'Destructive Device' permit from the ATF to possess and transfer. Once a shotgun like the USAS-12 was 'legally a Destructive Device' the ATF restricted import of complete guns and replacement parts based on regulations from the Gun Control Act of 1968. 
==Specifications==
(1990s - Present)
* Type: Shotgun 
* Caliber: 12 gauge
* Weight: 12.1 lbs (5.5 kg)
* Length: 37.8 in (96 cm)
* Barrel length: 18.1 in (46 cm)
* Capacity: 10-round box or 20-round drum
* Fire Modes: Semi-Auto/Full-Auto 
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=== Film ===
Title 	Actor 	Character 	Note 	Date
Police Story 3: Supercop	 	 	 	1992
On Deadly Ground 	Steven Seagal 	Forrest Taft 	 	1994
Zero Tolerance 	Robert Patrick 	Jeff Douglas 	 	1994
Zero Tolerance 	 	A mobster 	 	1994
Dead Weekend 	Stephen Baldwin	Weed 	with drum magazine 	1995
Dead Weekend 	Afifi Alaouie 	Amelia B 	with drum magazine 	1995
Eraser 	 	US Marshal 	 	1996
Jumanji 	Jonathan Hyde 	Van Pelt 	masquerading as a monstrous hunting rifle, fitted with scope and suppressor	1995
Christmas Rush 	Aleks Paunovic 	Petrovich 	CQ model 	2002
Machete 	Tom Savini 	Osiris Amanpour	 	2010
Maximum Conviction 	Steven Seagal 	Cross 	 	2012
=== Television ===
Title/Episode 	Actor 	Character 	Note 	Date
The Sentinel 	 	US Army Rangers 	"The Switchman" (S01E01) 	1996
The Sentinel 	 	Armored car robber 	"Love and Guns" (S01E08) 	1996
Viper (TV Series) 	 	 	"Turf Wars" (S01E13) 	1997
Millennium 	 	 	"Exegesis" (S03E02) 	1998
Stargate: SG1 	 	Various characters 	"Small Victories" (S04E01)	1997-2007
Stargate: SG1 	Eric Breker 		Colonel Albert Reynolds 	 	1998-2007
Stargate: SG1 	Richard Dean Anderson	Colonel Jack O'Neill 	"Small Victories" (S04E01)	2000
Stargate: SG1 	Christopher Judge 	Robot Teal'c 	"Double Jeopardy" (S04E21)	2001
Stargate: SG1 	Christopher Judge 	Teal'c 	"Menace" (S05E19) 	2002
Jeremiah 	Malcolm-Jamal Warner 	Kurdy 	 	2002-2003
Stargate: Atlantis	 	Various characters 	 	2004-2009
Numb3rs 	 	Operation Condor assassin	"Assassin" (S02E05) 	2005
Burn Notice 	Jeffrey Donovan 	Michael Westen 	"Breaking Point" (S5E14) 	2011
Burn Notice 	Andre Holland 	Dion Carver 	"Breaking Point" (S5E14) 	2011
===Video Games===
Game Title 	Referred as 	Mods 	Note 	Release Date
Soldier of Fortune II: Double Helix 	 	 	 	2002
Global Operations 	 	19 round drum 	 	2002
Söldner: Secret Wars 	 	 	 	2004
Punisher 	 	 	 	2005
Eternal Damnation 	"USAS12" 	 	Only available in multiplayer 	2006
Saints Row 2 	"AS14 Hammer" 	folding stock 	 	2008
Far Cry 2 	 	with a 12-round drum 	 	2008
Battlefield: Bad Company 	 	 	 	2008
7.62 High Calibre 	 	 	 	2008
Counter-Strike Online 	 	without iron sights, premium version comes with camouflage (USAS-12 Camouflage) and anti-zombie variant	 	2008
Battlefield: Bad Company 2 	"USAS-12 Automatic" 	 	 	2010
Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light 	"Automatic Shotgun" 	 	 	2010
Sniper: Ghost Warrior 	 	 	 	2010
Modern Warfare 3 	 	 	 	2011
Battlefield 3 	 	 	 	2011
Armed Forces Corps 	 	 	 	2011
Warface 	"ROKO 360" 	w/drum magazine 	 	2013
007: Legends 	"M-557" 	 	 	2012
Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City 	"Juggernaut" 	 	G36-type stock and G3-type magwell 	2012
World of Guns: Gun Disassembly 	Daewoo USAS-12 	 	 	2014
Ghost In The Shell: Stand Alone Complex First Assault	"USS 12" 	w/ various attachments 	Shares carrying handle with the M4A1	2015
Hot Dogs, Horseshoes & Hand Grenades 	"USAS-12" 	 	 	2016
Cruelty Squad 	"Precise Industry AS15"	 	 	2021
S.T.A.L.K.E.R. GAMMA 	 	 	 	2022
Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 	"ASG-89" 	 	Fires in semi-auto only 	2024
=See Also=
*S&T Daewoo - A list of all firearms manufactured by S&T Daewoo.
Category:Gun
Category:Shotgun