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Did You Know Soviet Cosmonauts Carried a Bear-Killing Shotgun into Space?
universetoday.com ^ | Nancy Atkinson

Posted on 02/06/2015 3:13:37 PM PST by BenLurkin

“Having a gun inside a thin-walled spacecraft filled with oxygen sounds crazy,” writes Simpson, “but the Soviets had their reasons. Much of Russia is desolate wilderness. A single mishap during descent could strand cosmonauts in the middle of nowhere.”

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To: BenLurkin

Always prepared is a good motto.

Space bears are unlikely but you never know.


21 posted on 02/06/2015 4:07:56 PM PST by cripplecreek ("For by wise guidance you can wage your war")
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To: BenLurkin
[Lovingly] I call her Vera.


22 posted on 02/06/2015 4:12:12 PM PST by cripplecreek ("For by wise guidance you can wage your war")
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To: cripplecreek

But they are very common if you land deep in Siberia a few hundred miles off course. Canadian fighter jets have a compact 30-06 in the survival pack for polar bears.


23 posted on 02/06/2015 4:12:54 PM PST by DesertRhino (I was standing with a rifle, waiting for soviet paratroopers, but communists just ran for office.)
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To: BenLurkin

I hear they kept it loaded with the safety off just in case.


24 posted on 02/06/2015 4:15:23 PM PST by Uncle Miltie (Bush / Clinton 2016! Clinton / Bush 2020! Uniparty Rules!)
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To: Billthedrill

Shotgun pistol vass for Zampolits cosmonaut only,in case other cosmonauts want to defect

Or in case God show up.


25 posted on 02/06/2015 4:16:36 PM PST by Covenantor ("Men are ruled...by liars who refuse them news, and by fools who cannot govern." Chesterton)
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To: DesertRhino

Jeepers. Is a 30-06 assuredly good enough for a polar bear?


26 posted on 02/06/2015 4:16:49 PM PST by Uncle Miltie (Bush / Clinton 2016! Clinton / Bush 2020! Uniparty Rules!)
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To: Covenantor

Joe Biden sez to just shoot through the hatch.


27 posted on 02/06/2015 4:18:22 PM PST by Billthedrill
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To: BenLurkin
Much of Russia is desolate wilderness

Sort of like the west wing of the 1/2 white house.

28 posted on 02/06/2015 4:21:28 PM PST by Don Corleone ("Oil the gun..eat the cannoli. Take it to the Mattress.")
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To: BenLurkin

I always read that the gun was to be used as a defense against wolves. I haven’t read anything about this but truly believe that they had a bad experience with wolves at least once on a landing and the gun wasn’t just provided as a what if. Remember they will never disclose the real numbers on how many cosmonauts they lost.


29 posted on 02/06/2015 4:22:26 PM PST by Hillarys Gate Cult (Liberals make unrealistic demands on reality and reality doesn't oblige them.)
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To: BenLurkin

I think I would prefer a shot barrel Saiga 12 with a big maga,fine filled with slugs rather than that single shot. But, that one pictured might be a good under the coat backup in South and West side Chicago with some 00.


30 posted on 02/06/2015 4:27:07 PM PST by Sasparilla (If you want peace, prepare for war.)
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To: Liaison

One of the Salyut stations had a external 57mm automatic cannon.

Apparently they even test fired it. Once. The retrorockets mounted on the station didn’t *quite* compensate for the recoil.


31 posted on 02/06/2015 4:28:54 PM PST by tanknetter
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To: BenLurkin

Auto correct can make one look like a moron, can’t it


32 posted on 02/06/2015 4:30:08 PM PST by Sasparilla (If you want peace, prepare for war.)
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To: BenLurkin

That’s a double barrel, isn’t it?


33 posted on 02/06/2015 4:32:12 PM PST by Sasparilla (If you want peace, prepare for war.)
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To: BenLurkin
Did You Know American Astronauts Carried an Over-Under with grenade launcher Shotgun into Space?

missuniversetoday.com ^ | Nancy gotAtkinson. Posted on ‎2‎/‎6‎/‎2015‎ ‎6‎:‎13‎:‎37‎ ‎PM by BenkindaLurkin

“Having a shotgun and grenade launcher inside a thin-walled spacecraft filled with oxygen sounds crazy,” writes Simpson, “but the American Astronauts had their reasons. Much of USA is desolate wilderness. A single mishap during descent could strand American astronauts in the middle of Chicago.”

there fixed it.

34 posted on 02/06/2015 4:36:00 PM PST by bunkerhill7 (re (`("The Second Amendment has no limits on firepower"-NY State Senator Kathleen A. Marchione.")))
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To: BenLurkin

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F5qqfsQGYus


35 posted on 02/06/2015 4:40:00 PM PST by left that other site (You shall know the Truth, and The Truth Shall Set You Free.)
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To: BenLurkin

Better than running into the Roxolani invasion fleet unarmed, I guess.


36 posted on 02/06/2015 4:52:05 PM PST by Riley (The Fourth Estate is the Fifth Column.)
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To: DesertRhino
"Canadian fighter jets have a compact 30-06 in the survival pack for polar bears."

"Survival kit contents check. In them you'll find:
- One forty-five caliber automatic
- Two boxes of ammunition
- Four days' concentrated emergency rations
- One drug issue containing antibiotics, morphine, vitamin pills, pep pills, sleeping pills, tranquilizer pills
- One miniature combination Russian phrase book and Bible
- One hundred dollars in rubles
- One hundred dollars in gold
- Nine packs of chewing gum
- One issue of prophylactics
- Three lipsticks
- Three pair of nylon stockings.

Shoot, a fella' could have a pretty good weekend in Vegas with all that stuff."

- "Dr.Strangelove"

37 posted on 02/06/2015 4:53:15 PM PST by PLMerite (Shut the Beyotch Down! Burn, baby, burn!)
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To: DesertRhino

There was one Soyuz capsule that landed way off the Mark, by hundreds of miles. The cosmonauts had to fend off wolves until the recovery team arrived.


38 posted on 02/06/2015 5:18:23 PM PST by Fred Hayek (The Democratic Party is now the operational arm of the CPUSA)
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To: tanknetter

Actually it was a 23mm machine cannon much like what they had on their fighters. The Salyut craft were the equivalent of our cancelled Manned Orbiting Laboratory, which was supposed to be a manned reconnaissance platform (even had a Keyhole designation KH-10). So it clearly had a military mission.


39 posted on 02/06/2015 5:24:00 PM PST by Fred Hayek (The Democratic Party is now the operational arm of the CPUSA)
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To: Hillarys Gate Cult
I always read that the gun was to be used as a defense against wolves.

Thus the plot for "The Gray". Worst movie ever made. A study in making bad/stupid decisions. It was just a freezing version of "Adventures in Babysitting" with every line in the movie containing the "f" word. I gave up. Couldn't make it to the end.

40 posted on 02/06/2015 5:35:52 PM PST by super7man (Oh why did I post that, now I'll never be able to run for Congress.)
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