TP-82
| TP-82 | |
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 TP-82 in Saint Petersburg Artillery museum |
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| Type | Combination gun |
| Place of origin |  Soviet Union |
| Service history | |
| In service | 1986–2006 |
| Specifications | |
| Weight | 2.4 kg (with stock) |
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| Cartridge | 5.45×39mm (below) and 12.5×70 shotgun shells (above) |
| Barrels | 3 |
| Effective range | 200 meters |
| Feed system | Semiautomatic and break-open, respectively |
| Sights | Iron |
The TP-82 pistol (Russian: ТП-82) is a triple-barreled Soviet firearm that was carried by cosmonauts on space missions.
It is intended as a survival aid to be used after landings and before recovery in the Siberian wilderness. The upper two smoothbore barrels use 12.5×70 mm ammunition, or approximately 40 gauge, and the lower rifled barrel uses 5.45×39mm ammunition. The pistol can be used for hunting, to defend against predators and for visible and audible distress signals. The detachable buttstock is also a machete that comes with a canvas sheath.
TP-82s were carried regularly on Soviet and Russian space missions from 1986 to 2006. They were part of the Soyuz Portable Emergency-Survival Kit (Носимый аварийный запас, Nosimyi Avariynyi Zapas, NAZ). In 2007, the media reported that the remaining ammunition for the TP-82 had become unusable and that a regular semi-automatic pistol would be used on future missions.
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- Bonnie Malkin and agencies (October 11 2007). "Russians blast off without space pistol". Daily Telegraph. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/10/09/wpistol109.xml.
[edit] External links
- Technical data and image on hunt4a.ru
- Soyuz survival gear on suzymchale.com
- Russia has the corner on guns in space - MSNBC, updated 2:09 p.m. PT, Tues., Feb. 12, 2008
- TP-82 : Russian space pistol / shotgun / carbine / flare gun no longer being carried into space (with photos) - The Firearm Blog
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