TKB-059 (ТКБ-059) was a

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three-barrel

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, capable of fully automatic fire, chambered for the 7.62×39mm round and manufactured by

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in 1966. It was based on the Device 3B (Прибор 3Б), an earlier experimental assault rifle that also had three barrels. Both weapons were developed by the

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designer Gennadiy Aleksandrovich Korobov. Both the TKB-059 and the Device 3B used a specialized 7.62×39mm magazine with three columns, akin to three individual box magazines placed and attached side by side. There were two sizes of magazine: one with a total capacity of 45 rounds (15 rounds per column), and one with a capacity of 60 rounds (20 rounds per column). Each barrel was independently fed from its corresponding column. The TKB-059 could be fired ambidextrously as the spent cartridge casings ejected downwards behind the magazines. The TKB-059 prototype can now be seen at the Tula arms museum.Тульский Государственный Музей Оружия
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In popular culture

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'' is based on the TKB-059, but having a different design. The weapon is featured in ''

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'' as the Rodion 3B Rifle. Within the popular mod "''The New Order: Last Days of Europe''", for the game

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, the TKB-059 exists as ''"PROJECT: TREZUBETS"'' for the nation Komi.

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