Russian Tula Arsenal Catalog Combat Weapons-Weapons ans Weapons Makers 1946-2000

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
FOREWORD
​9
SECTION 1. AUTOMATICS.
TULA CONTRIBUTION TO THE CREATION OF THE DOMESTIC AUTOMATIC
11
Chapter
1
_
_
Chapter
2
First contest
​23
2.1.
Tula automaton designs
​24
2.1.1.
Automatic design Korovin
24
2.1.2.
Automatic design Tokarev
26
2.1.3.
Automatic design Bulkin
28
2.1.4.
About the “Prilutsky submachine gun” and incorrect current attribution of this weapon
​30
2.2.
Results of the first competition.
August 1944
​37
Chapter
3
3.1.
Tula structures.
Automatic Korovin model 1946
40
3.2.
Tula structures.
Automatic Bulkin TKB-415
​43
3.3.
Tula structures.
Automatic Korobov TKB-408
​45
3.4.
Assault rifles of Rukavishnikov, Kalashnikov and Dementiev
48
3.5.
Test results of machine guns (first stage, June-August 1947)
​49
3.5.1.
Brief conclusions of the commission on the Bulkin assault rifle
49
3.5.2.
Brief conclusions of the commission on the Korobov machine gun
50
3.5.3.
Other contestants
​50
3.6.
The decision of the commission based on the results of testing the machines of the second competition (first stage)
51
3.7.
Second competition (second stage).
Final tests of Kalashnikov,
Dementiev and Bulkin
assault
3.8.
Afterword to the results of the first competition for the creation of a domestic machine gun
54
Chapter
4
4.1.
Prerequisites for finding new ways to improve the efficiency of machines
​63
4.2.
Works of Tula designers on the creation of a promising machine gun (1948–1958)
​64
4.2.1.
Automatic Korobov TKB-454-43 with gas braking of the shutter
​65
4.2.1.1.
Automatic carbine "
Volkssturmgewehr
1-5"
​65
4.2.1.2.
Assault rifle «
Grossfuss
sturmgewehr
»
​67
4.2.2.
Automatic design Voskresensky TKB-454-6 1949
71
4.2.3.
Automatic design Korobov TKB-454-5 with semi-free shutter
​74
4.2.4.
Start of work on the creation of a light automaton
​76
4.2.5.
Korobov TKB-517 submachine gun with semi-free locking and its participation in the competition of
1956-1958
Chapter
5
5.1.
Exploration of new schemes of automata based on more advanced principles of automation
​83
5.2.
New solutions to fundamentally improve the combat of machine
guns94
5.2.1.
Automatic design Korobov TKB-072
​94
5.2.2.
Automatic design Sokolov TKB-070
​98
5.2.3.
Automatic design Afanasyev TKB-011
​100
5.3.
Competitive testing of assault rifles for the new
low-impulse
cartridge
105
Chapter 6. The third stage in the development of the Russian machine gun.
Creation of an automatic machine of increased efficiency (1974-1992)
107
6.1.
Conclusions from the results of the competition for the development of assault rifles for the new
low-impulse
cartridge
107
6.2.
Two-speed
automatic machine of increased efficiency TKB-0111 designed by Korobov
(R&D "Abakan")
108
6.3.
High-efficiency assault rifle TKB-0136 designed by Afanasiev (R&D "Abakan")
110
6.4.
Automata designed by Stechkin and his participation in the R&D "Abakan"
111
6.4.1.
Automatic TKB-0116 chambered for caliber 5.45 mm
​113
6.4.2.
Automatic machine of increased efficiency TKB-0146 (R&D "Abakan")
115
6.5.
Tests of automatic machines of increased efficiency in the memoirs of G. A. Korobov
​118
6.6.
The end of the third stage of development of the domestic machine
123
Chapter
7
7.1.
The first TsKIB SOO 127
assault rifles
7.1.1.
Works by V. N.
Telesh
​127
7.1.2.
12.7
mm powerful assault rifle system ShAK-12.7
​131
7.1.3.
5.45
mm automatic
two-medium
(ADS)
​133
SECTION 2. SUB-GUNS
139
Chapter 1. Submachine guns as another product of the First World
War
Chapter
2
2.1.
Submachine gun Tokarev model 1927
​147
2.2.
1928
Tokarev submachine gun with detachable stock
2.3.
Tokarev submachine guns:
cabour
number 1 and
cabour
number 2
​150
2.4.
1931 Tokarev submachine gun
152
2.5.
Submachine gun Prilutsky 1931
​153
2.6.
Pistol-carbine Korovin.
First Sample
​154
2.7.
Submachine gun Korovin.
Second sample
1930–1933155
2.8.
Submachine gun Korovin 1930-1933
157
2.9.
Korovin assault rifle chambered for .351
Win
​158
2.10.
Korovin submachine guns with gas automatics
164
2.10.1.
Submachine gun Korovin 1934 with gas automatics with a long stroke
of the gas piston 1936
164
2.10.2.
Submachine gun Korovin TsKBSV-7 1935 with a short-stroke gas piston
167
Chapter 3. Submachine guns of the mid-1930s
by
other authors
3.1.
Submachine gun of the B. N. K. INZ-2 system (Kovrov)
​171
3.2.
Submachine gun Kolesnikov
172
3.3.
Submachine gun Degtyarev
172
Chapter
4
4.1.
Maina pistol carbine
173
Chapter
5
5.1.
A new stage in the development of domestic submachine guns
178
5.2.
1940 competition for the development of a submachine gun
181
5.3.
Submachine gun Korovin 1941 ("Siege")
182
5.4.
Submachine gun Korovin competition 1942-1943
186
5.5.
Submachine gun
Shpitalny
1942
188
5.6.
Tests of submachine guns of the 1942–1943 competition
191
Chapter
6
6.1.
Submachine gun TKB-486 designed by Stechkin of the year chambered for 9 × 18 PM
​195
6.2.
Submachine guns TKB-0102 and TKB-0104 (ROC "Bouquet")
​200
6.3.
Submachine guns of the late XX - early XXI century
206
6.4.
Tula submachine guns
209
6.4.1.
TsKIB SOO 209
submachine guns
6.4.1.1.
Submachine gun OTs-22
​209
6.4.1.2.
Submachine gun OTs-22M
​214
6.4.1.3.
Submachine guns OTs-39, OTs-39P, TKB-0247
​214
6.4.1.4.
Work on submachine guns within the framework of the R&D "
Baksanets
"
217
6.4.1.5.
Submachine gun OTs-53
​220
SECTION 3. AUTOMATIC RIFLES AND CARBINES
​225
Chapter 1. On the question of the history of the creation of automatic
rifles
Chapter 2. Rifles designed by F. V.
Tokarev
2.1.
7.62
mm experimental automatic rifles designed by Tokarev 1908-1913
233
2.2.
6.5
mm Tokarev rifle 1921
237
Chapter 3. Soviet automatic rifles of the competition of
1926
3.1.
7.62
mm automatic rifle Tokarev 1926
242
3.2.
7.62
mm automatic rifle Degtyarev 1926
244
3.3.
7.62
mm automatic rifle Konovalov 1925
247
Chapter
4
4.1.
Automatic rifle Simonov ABC-36
​251
4.2.
Self-loading rifles Tokarev SVT
255
4.3.
Self-loading rifles 1920-1930 of other designers
​261
4.3.1.
Self-loading rifle designed by Roshchin 1924-1930 with semi-free locking
261
4.3.2.
Self-loading rifle Roshchin 1930 with gas-operated type
262
4.3.3.
Self-loading rifle designed by Mamontov 1936
264
4.3.4.
Self-loading rifle designed by
Goryainov
1936
269
4.4.
Two wartime rifles
​273
4.4.1.
Self-loading rifle TKB-386 designed by Korobov 1945
273
4.4.2.
Self-loading carbine TKB-392 designed by Bulkin in 1945 under the intermediate cartridge
of the sample in 1943
​276
Chapter 5. Domestic self-loading sniper rifles
280
5.1.
Some information from the history
of sniping
​280
5.2.
Self-loading sniper rifle TKB-014 designed by Zubarev 1963
282
5.3.
Sniper rifles from the 1970s-
1980s chambered for the new
285
5.3.1.
Experienced sniper rifles TKB-0144 and TKB-0145 (NIR "Finval")
286
5.3.2.
TKB-0144 sniper rifle caliber 10/4.5 mm
​287
5.3.3.
TKB-0145 sniper rifle designed by Blinking chambered for 6
mm VSS
288
5.3.4.
TKB-0145M sniper rifle designed by Adov
291
5.3.5.
Experienced sniper self-loading rifles TKB-0145 chambered for a new cartridge of 6 mm caliber
(NIR "Karabiner")
292
5.3.5.1.
Sniper rifle TKB-0145A
​292
5.3.5.2.
Continuation of work on the topic "Karabiner"
​295
5.3.5.2.1.
Sniper rifle TKB-0145K
​296
5.3.6.
Work on the 6
mm sniper system in
1989–1992298
5.3.6.1.
Sniper rifle TKB-0145S
​298
5.4.
The collapse of the theme of the new rifle cartridge
​300
5.5.
Two "rework" sniper rifles
of the 1990s
301
5.5.1.
OTs-03 sniper rifle designed by Bondarev
301
5.5.2.
Sniper rifle МЦ116М
​307
SECTION 4. MACHINE GUNS
​311
Chapter 1. The appearance of machine guns in Russia.
From mitrailleuse to "Maxim"
312
Chapter
2
Chapter
3
3.1.
Heavy machine gun P-5
​329
3.2.
Aviation machine gun ShKAS
332
3.3.
ShVAK plus ShVAK
340
3.4.
More about pre-war machine guns with a high rate of fire
342
3.4.1.
Mechanical twin machine guns ShKAS
342
3.4.2.
Aviation machine gun SIBEMAS
346
3.4.3.
TsKBSV-19 aircraft machine gun designed by Silina
347
3.4.4.
Rapid-firing aircraft machine gun TKB-18 designed by Silin-Berezin
354
3.4.5.
Rapid-fire aircraft machine gun TKB-233 (CH-2) model 1940 designed by
Savin-Norov
358
Chapter
4
4.1.
Aviation machine gun of 12.7 mm caliber designed by Berezin
366
4.2.
Large-caliber aviation machine guns designed
by Salishchev
-Galkin
369
4.2.1.
Aviation machine gun TKB-138
​370
4.2.2.
Universal 14.5
mm machine gun TKB-297 designed
by Salishchev
-Galkin
374
4.3.
12.7
mm TKB-269 aircraft machine gun and 14.5
mm TKB-298 universal machine gun
designed
by Silin
378
Chapter
5
5.1.
Machine gun TKB-067 of the 1939 competition designed by Silin
383
5.2.
Machine guns designed by Korovin
386
5.2.1.
Light machine gun TsKB SV-6 (landing)
387
5.2.2.
Light machine gun TKB-135 (landing)
390
5.2.3.
Machine gun Korovin-
Shpitalny
with
injection
barrel cooling according to the Bauman method
393
Chapter
6
6.1.
Machine guns
​396
6.1.1.
Machine gun TKB-318 designed by Silina
397
6.1.2.
TKB-315 easel machine gun designed by Akulinin
401
6.1.3.
Machine gun TKB-319 designed
by Rakov
-Bulkin
403
6.1.4.
Easel machine gun designed by Korovin 1942
409
6.1.5.
Tests of easel machine guns of the 1942–1943 competition
409
6.2.
Light machine guns chambered for rifle cartridge
​411
6.2.1.
Tula light machine guns of the 1942–1943 competition
413
6.2.1.1.
Light machine gun TKB-264 designed by Silin 1941-1942
414
6.2.1.2.
Light machine gun TKB-335 designed by Bulkin 1943
​418
6.2.1.3.
Light machine gun TKB-336 design Akulinin 1943
​422
6.3.
Light machine guns chambered for pistol cartridge
423
6.3.1.
TKB-340 light machine gun chambered for a pistol cartridge designed by Galkin-
Gomozov
1943
425
6.3.2.
Light machine gun chambered for a pistol cartridge designed by
Shpitalny
1943
427
6.4.
Light machine guns under 7.62
mm intermediate cartridge of the 1943 model of the year
429
6.4.1.
Light machine gun TKB-404 designed by Zubarev 1946
​430
6.4.2.
Light machine gun TKB-475 designed by Bulkin 1948
433
Chapter
7
7.1.
Single machine guns
​439
7.1.1.
A single machine gun TKB-464 designed by Silina
440
7.1.2.
Research by G. I. Nikitin on the search for new solutions in the design of machine guns
442
7.1.3.
A single
company
-battalion machine gun TKB-459 designed by Nikitin-Romanov
444
7.1.4.
Continuation of the work of Silin and Nikitin on the development of a single machine gun
448
7.1.5.
A single light machine gun TKB-464L designed by Silina
449
7.1.6.
Lightweight single machine guns TKB-459 No. 1 and TKB-521 designed by Nikitin
449
7.1.7.
The choice of the design of a single machine gun
​456
7.1.8.
Further work on a single machine gun TKB-521
459
7.1.9.
Work on the TKB-521 machine gun after preliminary military tests
461
7.1.10.
The last stage in the development of the domestic single machine gun
462
7.1.11.
After extensive military trials
472
7.2.
Domestic single machine gun.
Competition again
475
7.2.1.
A single machine gun TKB-015 designed by Nikitin
476
7.2.2.
Tests of light single machine guns
​479
7.2.3.
Single machine gun Nikitin TKB-015A
​481
7.2.4.
More about the "plastic "
experience in domestic small arms
7.2.5.
Experienced single machine guns designed by Stechkin
488
7.2.5.1.
Experienced single machine gun TKB-522 1955
488
7.2.5.2.
Experienced single machine gun TKB-0120 1974
492
Chapter
8
8.1.
The last machine gun of G. I. Nikitin
495
8.2.
Machine guns with a high rate of fire
501
8.2.1.
Aviation machine gun TKB-481 (A-12.7) designed by Afanasiev
501
8.2.2.
Multi-barreled machine guns with a high rate of fire
​505
8.2.2.1.
7.62
mm heavy-fire machine gun TKB-041 designed by Yartsev
510
8.2.2.2.
Aviation machine guns TKB-063 and TKB-083 and their modifications
​516
8.2.2.2.1.
Machine gun TKB-063
​516
8.2.2.2.2.
Machine guns 9A624 D and 9A624KD
​525
8.2.2.2.3.
Machine gun TKB-083
​527
8.3.
7.62
mm machine gun TKB-0163 (code "Casemate")
528
Chapter
9
_
_
_
9.1.
Introduction to the history of the creation of new
rifle
and machine gun cartridges
​530
9.2.
Single machine guns chambered for the new
534
9.2.1.
Machine gun TKB-0135A
​534
9.2.2.
Machine gun TKB-0135M
​535
9.2.3.
TKB-0150 machine gun chambered for the new 6 mm caliber cartridge (VSS with a bulk density charge)
​537
9.2.4.
Machine guns TKB-0170
​539
9.2.4.1.
Machine gun TKB-170 chambered for 6
mm cartridge VSS
539
9.2.4.2.
TKB-0170A machine gun chambered for standard
543
9.2.4.3.
TKB-0170B machine gun chambered for 6
mm cartridge VS-3
​543
9.2.5.
Experimental design work "New 6
mm
rifle
-machine gun complex"
​545
9.2.5.1.
Single machine gun TKB-
0170-6545
SECTION 5. MEANS OF CLOSE COMBAT
547
Chapter
1
1.1.
A Brief Look into the Past
​548
1.2.
The first developments of anti-tank grenade launchers in the USSR
557
1.3.
TsKIB SOO
559
1.3.1.
73
mm mounted anti-tank grenade launcher TKB-599 (SPG-9, code "Spear")
559
1.3.2.
"Thunder" and "Lightning"
563
1.3.2.1.
Gun TKB-04 ("Thunder") for infantry fighting vehicle
563
1.3.2.2.
Big Thunder Gun
571
1.3.2.3.
Gun TKB-07 ("Lightning")
574
1.3.3.
Anti-tank grenade launcher TKB-02 (RPG-7D)
​578
1.3.4.
Hand-held anti-tank grenade launcher TKB-034 (RPG-16 "Udar")
580
1.3.5.
Hand-held anti-tank grenade launcher TKB-0175 (RPG-29 "Vampire")
583
Chapter
2
_
2.1.
Disposable hand-held anti-tank grenade launcher TKB-076 (RPG-18 "Fly")
588
2.2.
"Netto" and others
​592
2.2.1.
TKB-0125 hand-held anti-tank grenade launcher (RPG-22 Netto)
​592
2.2.2.
RPG-26 hand-held anti-tank grenade launcher ("
Aglen
")
​594
2.2.3.
Hand-held anti-tank grenade launcher TKB-0174 ("Meadowsweet")
597
2.2.4.
Rocket assault grenades RShG-1 ("Tavolga-1") and RShG-2 ("Aglen-2")
​598
2.2.5.
Anti-tank grenade launcher TKB-0228 ("Cranberry")
599
2.2.6.
Small-sized jet flamethrower TKB-0246 ("Borodach")
​600
2.2.7.
Anti-tank grenade launcher TKB-0258 ("Hook")
600
Chapter
3
3.1.
Mounted grenade launcher TKB-099 (MRG-1 "Spark")
602
3.2.
Mounted grenade launcher DP-65 ("Necklace")
​607
3.3.
Hand grenade launcher TKB-0119 (DP-61 "Duel")
607
3.4.
Hand grenade launcher TKB-0171 (DP-64 "
Nepryadva
")
612
Chapter
4
4.1.
Background.
Works of TsKIB SOO on the development of rifle grenade launchers
​622
4.1.1.
Anti-personnel grenade launcher TKB-048 ("Iskra") for the Kalashnikov assault rifle
​622
4.1.2.
Brief commentary on the previous subsection
​630
4.1.3.
Underbarrel grenade launcher TKB-0121 ("Bonfire") for Kalashnikov assault rifle
632
4.1.4.
Underbarrel grenade launcher "Shoe"
641
4.1.5.
Hand-held anti-personnel grenade launcher RG-6 ("Gnome")
642
4.2.
Mounted anti-personnel grenade launchers
​646
4.2.1.
Mounted automatic grenade launchers TsKIB SOO
​647
4.2.1.1.
TKB-071
​648
4.2.1.2.
TKB-073 easel automatic grenade launcher designed by Sokolov
652
4.2.1.3 Heavy-duty automatic grenade launcher TKB-074 designed by Silina
655
4.2.1.4.
TKB-075 easel automatic grenade launcher designed by Alekseev
652
4.2.1.5 The first domestic mounted automatic grenade launcher put into service
659
4.2.1.6.
Works by V. N.
Telesh
on easel automatic grenade launchers
661
4.2.1.6.1.
Mounted automatic grenade launcher TKB-0134 No. 2
​661
4.2.1.6.2.
Mounted automatic grenade launcher TKB-0134 No. 4 ("Kozlik")
​664
4.2.1.6.3.
Lightweight easel automatic grenade launcher TKB-0187 ("
Altait
")
667
4.2.1.6.4.
Balkan
Thriller
672
_
4.3.
Multi-barreled anti-personnel grenade launchers
​676
4.3.1.
Grenade launcher TKB-0133
​676
Section 6 Special Purpose Installations for Launching Unguided
Rockets
​681
6.1.
Jungle weapon.
Portable launcher TKB-042 (9P132 Grad-P)
​682
6.2.
Portable launcher TKB-090 (Partizan)
​686
6.3.
Portable anti-aircraft launcher TKB-058 ("Sheaf")
​689
AFTERWORD
693
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