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TP-82
TP-82 in Saint Petersburg Artillery museum
Type	Combination gun
Place of origin	Soviet Union
Service history
In service	1986–2006
Specifications
Mass	2.4 kg (with stock)
Cartridge	5.45×39mm (below) and 12.5×70 shotgun shells (above)
Barrels	3
Effective firing range	200 meters
Feed system	Break-open
Sights	Iron

The TP-82 pistol (Template:Lang-ru) was a triple-barreled Soviet firearm that was 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. The upper two smoothbore barrels used 12.5×70 mm ammunition (32 gauge), and the lower rifled barrel used 5.45×39mm ammunition. The pistol could be used for hunting, to defend against predators and for visible and audible distress signals. The detachable buttstock was also a machete that came 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.

See also

• Combination gun
• M6 Aircrew Survival Weapon
• M30 Luftwaffe drilling
• List of multiple barrel firearms
• List of Russian weaponry

References

• Bonnie Malkin and agencies (October 11 2007). "Russians blast off without space pistol". Daily Telegraph. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)

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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