TP-82

TP-82
TypeCombination gun
Place of originSoviet Union
Service history
In service1986–2006
Used byCosmonauts
Production history
DesignerIgor Aleksandrovich Skrylev
Specifications
Mass2.4 kg (5.3 lb) (with the buttstock attached)

Cartridge12.5×70mm shotgun (over) and 5.45×39mm rifle (under)
Barrels3 (2 shotgun barrels and 1 rifle barrel)
Effective firing range200 m (220 yd)
Feed systemBreak-open
SightsIron sights

The TP-82 (Russian: ТП-82) is an out-of-service triple-barreled Soviet combination gun carried by cosmonauts on space missions. It was intended as a survival aid to be used after landings and before recovery in the Siberian wilderness.


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