Obscure History: The 3 Barreled Machete Soviet/Russian Cosmonaut Gun Posted on 11 January 2019 by The Tactical Hermit Check out the 3-barrelled machete gun carried into orbit by Russian cosmonauts until 2006 Crazy stuff. At first I thought they were preparing Ivan to meet some hostile alien creature but then logic took over and I remembered where their return capsules landed: SIBERIA! Stay Alert, Armed and Dangerous!