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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