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TP-82
Sign in to saveThe TP-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.
Key facts
- Weapon.name
- TP-82
- Weapon.image
- TP-82.jpg
- Weapon.image_size
- 300
- Weapon.caption
- TP-82 in Military Historical Museum of Artillery, Engineers and Signal Corps, Saint Petersburg
- Weapon.origin
- Soviet Union
- Weapon.type
- Combination gun
- Weapon.is_ranged
- yes
- Weapon.service
- 1986–2006
- Weapon.used_by
- Cosmonauts
- Weapon.designer
- Igor Aleksandrovich Skrylev
- Weapon.weight
- (with the buttstock attached)
- Weapon.cartridge
- 12.5×70mm shotgun (over) and 5.45×39mm rifle (under)
- Weapon.barrels
- 3 (2 shotgun barrels and 1 rifle barrel)
- Weapon.feed
- Break-open
- Weapon.sights
- Iron sights
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Wikidata facts
- Image
- TP-82.jpg
- Height
- 150
- Width
- 42
- Length
- 360
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- service entry
- 1986-01-01
- service retirement
- 2006-01-01
- Commons category
- TP-82 pistol
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The TP-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.
== Features == The TP-82 can be used for hunting, to defend against predators, and for creating visible and/or audible distress signals. The detachable buttstock also functions as a machete and is equipped with a canvas sheath.