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{{Infobox weapon
| name               = TKB-059
| image              = TulaStateArmsMuseum2013-08.jpg
| image_size         = 300
| caption            = прибор 3Б
| origin             = [[Soviet Union]]  <!-- WP:INFOBOXFLAG -->
| type               = [[Bullpup]] [[assault rifle]]
<!-- Type selection -->| is_ranged          = YES
<!-- Service history -->| service            = Prototype only
| used_by            = [[Soviet Union]] prototype only
| wars               = none
<!-- Production history -->| designer           = [[Gennadij A. Korobov]]
| design_date        = 1962–1966
| manufacturer       = [[Tula Arms Plant]]
| unit_cost          = 
| production_date    = 1966 (TKB-059)
| number             = 
| variants           = Device&nbsp;3B<br />TKB-059
<!-- General specifications -->| weight             = 3.85kg <ref name="Maxim">{{cite web|url=https://modernfirearms.net/en/assault-rifles/device-3b-tkb-059/|title=Korobov Device 3B and TKB-059|work=modernfirearms.net|date=9 May 2018 |access-date=1 February 2023}}</ref>
| length             = 690 mm
| part_length        = 430 mm
| width              = 
| height             = 
| diameter           = <!-- Ranged weapon specifications -->
| cartridge          = [[7.62×39mm]]
| cartridge_weight   = 
| caliber            = 7.62mm
| barrels            = 3
| action             = [[Gas-operated reloading|Gas-operated]]
| rate               = 1400–1800 rounds/min<ref>{{cite web|url=http://gunmagazine.com.ua/index.php?id=338|title=Оружейный журнал - ОГНЕННЫЙ ШКВАЛ|work=GunMagazine.com.ua|access-date=4 February 2017|archive-date=27 December 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161227042832/http://gunmagazine.com.ua/index.php?id=338|url-status=dead}}</ref>
| velocity           = 
| range              = 
| max_range          = 
| feed               = 45-round detachable box three-row magazine
| sights             = [[Iron sights]]
}}

'''TKB-059''' (ТКБ-059) was a [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] three-barrel [[bullpup]] [[assault rifle]], capable of fully automatic fire, chambered for the [[7.62×39mm]] round and manufactured by [[Tula Arms Plant]] in 1966. It was based on the '''Device&nbsp;3B''' (Прибор 3Б), an earlier experimental assault rifle that also had three barrels.<ref name="table">{{cite web|url=http://www.militaryparitet.com/nomen/russia/strel/ogneoru/data/ic_nomenrussiastrelogneoru/65/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071013072329/http://www.militaryparitet.com/nomen/russia/strel/ogneoru/data/ic_nomenrussiastrelogneoru/65/|url-status=usurped|archive-date=13 October 2007|title=_11. АВТОМАТЫ - Военный паритет|work=MilitaryParitet.com|access-date=4 February 2017}}</ref> Both weapons were developed by the [[small arms]] designer Gennadiy Aleksandrovich Korobov.

Both the TKB-059 and the Device&nbsp;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.<ref name="Maxim">{{cite web|url=https://modernfirearms.net/en/assault-rifles/device-3b-tkb-059/|title=Korobov Device 3B and TKB-059|work=modernfirearms.net|date=9 May 2018 |access-date=1 February 2023}}</ref> The TKB-059 could be fired ambidextrously as the spent cartridge casings ejected downwards behind the magazines.{{Citation needed|date=July 2013}}

The TKB-059 prototype can now be seen at the [[Tula, Russia|Tula]] arms museum.<ref>[http://nnm.me/blogs/krapich/tulskiy_gosudarstvennyy_muzey_oruzhiya/ Тульский Государственный Музей Оружия]; item 83 in that list</ref>

==See also==
* [[80.002]]
* [[AO-46 (firearm)|AO-46]]
* [[AO-63 assault rifle|AO-63]]
* [[TKB-408]]
* [[TKB-517]]
* [[TKB-0146]]
* [[List of bullpup firearms]]
* [[List of assault rifles]]

==References==
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==External links==
* [https://i3.guns.ru/forums/icons/attachments/__4/49346.jpg Photo of Pribor 3B]

{{Bullpup firearms}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2017}}

[[Category:7.62×39mm assault rifles]]
[[Category:Bullpup rifles]]
[[Category:Multiple-barrel firearms]]
[[Category:Trial and research firearms of the Soviet Union]]
[[Category:Assault rifles of the Soviet Union]]
[[Category:Tula Arms Plant products]]


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