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The TKB-506 (russian: ТКБ-506) was a small handgun designed to look like a cigar cutter, developed by
Igor Stechkin, allegedly on the orders of the
KGB
The KGB (russian: links=no, lit=Committee for State Security, Комитет государственной безопасности (КГБ), a=ru-KGB.ogg, p=kəmʲɪˈtʲet ɡəsʊˈdarstvʲɪn(ː)əj bʲɪzɐˈpasnəsʲtʲɪ, Komitet gosud ...
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The dimensions of TKB-506 are 11 x 9.2 x 2 cm. Weighing 0.44 kg empty, it could fire three 7.62 mm rounds, each held in a separate barrel only 2.5 cm long and each having a separate
striker. Device number 10 can now be seen at the
Tula arms museum.
[Оружие И.Я. Стечкина, Официальный сайт Тульского государственного музея оружия, retrieved 2013-4-7](_blank)
/ref>[http://nnm.ru/blogs/krapich/tulskiy_gosudarstvennyy_muzey_oruzhiya/]
TKB-506A had an identical armament, and similar weight of around 0.47 kg with ammo, but was even smaller (7.4 cm height) by doing away with the cut-through hole used for the trigger in TKB-506.
See also
* List of Russian weaponry
The following is a list of modern Russian small arms and light weapons which were in service in 2016:
Handguns
Revolvers
Pistols
Special purpose
Submachine guns
Special purpose
Shotguns
Rifles
Bolt-action
Semi-a ...
* Nazi belt buckle pistol
* NRS-2
* S4M
References
External links
Photographs
Cold War firearms of the Soviet Union
KGB
Multiple-barrel firearms
Pistols
Tula Arms Plant products
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