Looking for the history behind my SPAS 15
Hello guy,
Im looking to get the background history behind my SPAS 15 as it's my first time looking for intels about a piece like thise i would like to get bit of help.
I try to get more intel on which country/police dep/millitary units got it before it come into my hands. It's a piece of history
Here what i found until now.
Intels i saw on the weapon:
Classic SPAS-15 with "FRANCHI SPAS 15-MIL" as displayed on the picture (wich is illustration)
Finito Stamp on it
PSF stamp on it
Proof date code: BL mean 1998
Intels i saw online:
SPAS 15 usage in 1998 is the following groups or country (it may have missing names)
In Italie:
Army:
9° Reggimento d'Assalto Paracadutisti "Col Moschin"
Reggimento Lagunari "Serenissima"
CT:
1º Reggimento Carabinieri Paracadutisti "Tuscania"
NOCS (Nucleo Operativo Centrale di Sicurezza)
International users in 1998:
Ejército de Chile (NO intels)
Exército Português (NO intels)
Slovenska vojska due to reorganisation of the country and obligation to deal with EU (Brioni accords)
Addendum:
BOPE got theirs first SPAS 15 around 1990
Polícia Federal (Brazil) got it around 2002