Firearms questions

TKB-059 was a Soviet three-barrel bullpup assault rifle, capable of fully automatic fire, manufactured by Tula Arms Plant in 1966. It was based on the Pribor 3B, an earlier experimental assault rifle with three barrels. Both weapons used a tripled 7.62×39mm magazine with a capacity of 90 rounds, with each barrel independently fed from the magazine. TKB-059 can now be seen at the Tula arms museum.

Kalashnikov's Automatic Rifle; also known as the Kalashnikov and AK, is a gas-operated, 7.62×39mm assault rifle, developed in the Soviet Union by Mikhail Kalashnikov. It is the originating firearm of the "AK") family. Design work on the AK-47 began in 1945.

In this cartridge, visible in the picture, there are many small shots bullets, thanks to which the shotgun has a wide firing range. During the First World War, the American army introduced shotguns in trenches, which outraged the Germans.

AK - Avtomat Kalashnikov. An automatic rifle created by Mikhail Kalashnikov, originally implemented and designated AK-47, the rifle design was closely based on the Nazi Strumgewhr-44 (STG-44) (English: Assault Rifle, 1944).

Black gunpowder was invented in 9th-century China and spread throughout most parts of Eurasia by the end of the 13th century. Originally developed by alchemists for medicinal purposes, gunpowder was first used for warfare about 1000 CE.

The MP 40 (Maschinenpistole 40) was a submachine gun chambered for the 9×19mm Parabellum cartridge. It was developed in Nazi Germany and used extensively by the Axis powers during the Second World War.

The Uzi is a family of Israeli open-bolt, blowback-operated submachine guns. Smaller variants are considered to be machine pistols. The Uzi was one of the first weapons to use a telescoping bolt design which allows the magazine to be housed in the pistol grip for a shorter weapon.

The M16 rifle is a United States military adaptation of the Armalite AR-15 rifle. It entered U.S. military service in 1964 and the following year was deployed for jungle warfare operations during the Vietnam War.

The Heckler & Koch MP5 is a 9mm submachine gun of German design, developed in the 1960s. There are over 100 variants of the MP5, including some semi-automatic versions.

The Thompson submachine gun is an American submachine gun, invented by John T. Thompson in 1918, that became infamous during the Prohibition era. It was a common sight in the media of the time, being used by both law enforcement officers and criminals.