Meet the Soviet Union's working space cannon.
. Mounted on a space station, the actual details of the endeavor have remained secret for over forty years until now.Did the Soviets really install a working cannon on a space station?, the cannon was installed and tested on the Almaz space station in the 1970s.
For a space-based weapon, that is more than enough of a punch to make a huge difference. But, firing such a weapon in space has many more variables and potential problems than on Earth. For example, while such a cannon could be used in a similar fashion to on Earth, i.e., using an optical sight from the cockpit, this did not guarantee a hit.
According to various sources, the cannon fired from one to three blasts, reportedly firing around 20 shells in all. All shells reportedly burned up in the Earth's atmosphere. While the actual results of the test are still classified, it does appear that the later Soviet armed space stations were to be outfitted with missiles rather than projectile weapons. We'll let you conclude why this might have been the case.
Back in 2016, however, some very grainy footage of what is supposed to be the space cannon was aired on , a military show produced by the Zvezda TV channel associated with the Russian Ministry of Defense.The episode in question included footage from the inside of the limited-access corporate museum at KB Tochmash. This footage provided a 360-degree view around the cannon for all to see. According to available records and information, the gun was a variant of the Soviet Rickter R-23.
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