TKB-059
Sign in to saveTKB-059 (ТКБ-059) was a Soviet three-barrel bullpup assault rifle, capable of fully automatic fire, chambered for the 7.62×39mm round and manufactured by Tula Arms Plant in 1966. It was based on the Device 3B (Прибор 3Б), an earlier experimental assault rifle that also had three barrels. Both weapons were developed by the small arms designer Gennadiy Aleksandrovich Korobov.
Key facts
- Weapon.name
- TKB-059
- Weapon.image
- TulaStateArmsMuseum2013-08.jpg
- Weapon.image_size
- 300
- Weapon.caption
- прибор 3Б
- Weapon.origin
- Soviet Union
- Weapon.type
- Bullpup assault rifle
- Weapon.is_ranged
- YES
- Weapon.service
- Prototype only
- Weapon.used_by
- Soviet Union prototype only
- Weapon.wars
- none
- Weapon.designer
- Gennadij A. Korobov
- Weapon.design_date
- 1962–1966
- Weapon.manufacturer
- Tula Arms Plant
- Weapon.production_date
- 1966 (TKB-059)
- Weapon.variants
- Device 3BTKB-059
- Weapon.weight
- 3.85kg
- Weapon.length
- 690 mm
- Weapon.part_length
- 430 mm
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Wikidata facts
- Mass
- 4.3
- Image
- TulaStateArmsMuseum2013-08.jpg
- Length
- 690
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- TKB-059
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TKB-059 (ТКБ-059) was a Soviet three-barrel bullpup assault rifle, capable of fully automatic fire, chambered for the 7.62×39mm round and manufactured by Tula Arms Plant in 1966. It was based on the Device 3B (Прибор 3Б), an earlier experimental assault rifle that also had three barrels. Both weapons were developed by the small arms designer Gennadiy Aleksandrovich Korobov.
Both the TKB-059 and the Device 3B used a specialized 7.62×39mm magazine with three columns, akin to three individual box magazines placed and attached side by side. There were two sizes of magazine: one with a total capacity of 45 rounds (15 rounds per column), and one with a capacity of 60 rounds (20 rounds per column). Each barrel was independently fed from its corresponding column. The TKB-059 could be fired ambidextrously as the spent cartridge casings ejected downwards behind the magazines.