Engineering:TKB-059

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TKB-059
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прибор 3Б
TypeBullpup assault rifle
Place of originSoviet Union
Service history
In servicePrototype only
Used bySoviet Union prototype only
Warsnone
Production history
DesignerGerman A. Korobov
Designed1962–1966
ManufacturerTula Arms Plant
Produced1966 (TKB-059)
VariantsPribor-3B
TKB-059
Specifications
Length690 mm
Barrel length430 mm

Cartridge7.62×39mm
Calibre7.62mm
Barrels3
ActionGas-operated
Rate of fire1400–1800 rounds/min[1]
Feed system45-round detachable box three-row magazine
SightsIron sights

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 Pribor 3B (Прибор 3Б), an earlier experimental assault rifle with three barrels.[2] Both weapons were developed by the small arms designer G. A. Korobov.

Both weapons used a tripled 7.62×39mm magazine with a capacity of 45 rounds, with each barrel independently fed from the magazine. The TKB-059 can be fired ambidextrously as the cartridge ejection is downwards behind the magazine area.[citation needed]

TKB-059 can now be seen at the Tula arms museum.[3]

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