Cosmonauts Used to Carry Insane Machete Guns In Space
For decades, every Soyuz rocket crew packed a sidearm in their emergency kits—even after joining the International Space Station partnership. This “survival gun,” the TOZ 82, had three barrels and a swing-out machete. But nowadays, the guns stay at home. Of course, the “official” purpose of the gun—which could fire rifle bullets, shotgun shells and…