Because space is haunted. And buckshot's superior spread helps ensure a hit while spinning around in zero-g. Solid slugs would go straight through the soyuz walls, duh.
It's the sequel we've always wanted to Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter.
As long as it's about Buzz Aldrin and they're Nazi ghosts.
allegedly was intended as a defensive weapon against in-space attacks by the US space program.
??? If it was for in-space attacks, wouldn't it be more logical to mount a gun outside of ship ๐?
It was intended as a survival aid for emergency landings. It's not a shotgun, but a three barrel pistol (but it can shoot both normal rounds and shells). Another interesting detail - it's buttstock is a folding machete.
TP-87 was invented by request of A. Leonov after emergency landing of 'Voshod-2' where cosmonauts Leonov and Belyaev had to survive 3 days in wild taiga forest for a rescue team to retrieve them.
Love that story. Reminds me of Factorio, or Satisfactory or something.
Satisfactorio ?
Would this actually work effectively in space?
Yes, I guess? But firing a gun inside a spacecraft would be a bad idea... and also firing it while spacewalking would be a bad idea unless you were very sure that you were very well braced & tethered.
Or the gun is just an emergency propulsion system in case you lose your tether....
Crazy enough plan to be Russian.
You could load it with very small, light, or soft pellets, they don't need to be very damaging to make a hole in a suit which would be near certainly fatal.
Well, considering that many early spacecraft and space stations were running oxygen rich atmospheres, it would probably mean the end of anyone involved in a rather spectacular fireball.
I'd kind of hope everyone would know better than that after the disastrous Apollo I fire.
Long-time space journalist Jim Oberg called it โa deluxe all-in-one weapon with three barrels and a folding stock that doubles as a shovel and contains a swing-out machete.โ
You'd think it was invented by the Swiss.
They say it was because their landing in the wilds of Siberia may require defense against wildlife. This is not true. The truth is that they have seen what resides in space, and would not venture into it's laid unarmed.
So... They watched Aliens?
It could also be a handy final solution if you got trapped in space with no chance of rescue or return.
Possibly also for suicide if you get into a situation where you would slowly suffer to death?
I'd rather take hypoxia atleast then it not technically suicide.
A gunshot wound to the head is also not suicide.
If however both the gunshot wound and hypoxia are self inflicted then it is suicide, regardless if you pull the trigger or open a valve.
I can't seem to read the article, so forgive me if they answer this question, but how would a gun work in space? Most firearms I'm familiar with use oxidation reactions to propel ammunition. Were the shells filled with self-oxidizing propellant, or did they just use a completely different system?
Fun fact! All gunpowder is self oxidizing
I guess today is a learning day for all of us! I knew gunpowder contained nitrates, but I didn't realize that was its purpose, or that it allowed it to work in a vacuum.
basically all explosives are fuel combined with it's own oxidizer
Pretty much anything explosive need to be self oxidizing. If air can't get in to continue to feed the burning of the material (which never can during an explosion) than the oxygen needs to come from another source.
They were called spacial operations.
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