Pribor-3B assault rifle

[Cutaway]

Man-portable nordenfelt gun of the Soviet era that apparently provided 'near minigun' performance by combining the ROF but to be suitable for a soldier to handle. It uses the 7.62x39mm round but the ammo supply was limited as the weapon is magazine fed.

The Pribor-3B assault rifle still worked but was also quite hard to control due to the recoil force, Cartridge ejection is downwards BEHIND the magazine area as the weapon uses a gas/recoil operaton similar to that used in the AN94 Abakan assault rifle currently used by Russian special forces. Another variant of the Pribor-3B was made from AKM smilar parts to ease production. The Pribor-3B would be more practical as a tripod mounted machine gun if its possible to make a belt feed device for it.

The sources below claim this weapon is also designated as the TKB-059:

* http://www.legion.sp.ru/guide/army/gu/_av.shtml

* http://www.militaryparitet.com/nomen/russi...trelogneoru/65/

[Chris Boonzaier]

Seems to have been a bit of a waste? How often do you need a man held mini gun?

[octave]

I would be intrested in the three mag system and its workings.

[Chris Boonzaier]

It looks like they are welded together .

I assume it feeds with 3 separate magazines into 3 chambers. Almost like 3 rifles tied together?

Must be pretty heavy.

[octave]

Was it ever put into use or was it discarded as not practial?