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> Is there something I am missing here? They weren't standard AK74 rounds. They were a special soft point version (5.45x39 SN-P) that were only used in these
by technothrasher 7y ago
> Is there something I am missing here?
They weren't standard AK74 rounds. They were a special soft point version (5.45x39 SN-P) that were only used in these survival guns.
- logfromblammo 7y agoCouldn't someone just hand-load a different bullet into the same base cartridge? In the worst case scenario, swap out the barrel for one that can handle the standard rounds?
- sdenton4 7y ago...or just start handing out newer, lighter automatic pistols, and save yourself some flight weight and an occasional maintenance headache.
- technothrasher 7y agoThey were already using lighter weight Makarov pistols before the TP-82, and switched to the combo gun after some cosmonauts spent the night in the Siberian wilderness and thought a small semi-auto pistol wasn't enough. But, yeah, running out of qualified ammo likely just supplied the impetus to re-evaluate the necessity of the TP-82. More interesting is the laser pistol the USSR attempted to design for cosmonauts to carry. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soviet_laser_pistol https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soviet_laser_pistol
- logfromblammo 7y agoBut the laser gun was for blinding satellite cameras, not fending off Siberian bears.
- technothrasher 7y agoTrue, but still fun, and still pretty much useless for either job.