The TKB-506 (Russian: ТКБ-506) was a small handgun designed to look like a cigarette case, developed by Igor Stechkin, allegedly on the orders of the KGB.[1]
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.[2][3]
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.[4]
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References
- ^ "Игорь Яковлевич Стечкин". www.pseudology.org.
- ^ Оружие И.Я. Стечкина, Официальный сайт Тульского государственного музея оружия, retrieved 2013-4-7
- ^ "Тульский Государственный Музей Оружия (Tula State Museum of Weapons)". Archived from the original on 2012-03-25.
- ^ "Игорь Яковлевич Стечкин и его легендарное оружие". www.pravda-tv.ru (in Russian). 16 November 2012.
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