TP-82 | |
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Type | Combination gun |
Place of origin | Soviet Union |
Service history | |
In service | 1986–2006 |
Used by | Cosmonauts |
Production history | |
Designer | Igor Aleksandrovich Skrylev |
Specifications | |
Mass | 2.4 kg (5.3 lb) (with the buttstock attached) |
Cartridge | 12.5×70mm shotgun (over) and 5.45×39mm rifle (under) |
Barrels | 3 (2 shotgun barrels and 1 rifle barrel) |
Effective firing range | 200 m (220 yd) |
Feed system | Break-open |
Sights | Iron 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.