Scout's firing knife NRS-2
In the 1970s the Soviet Ministry of Defense and the State Security Committee initiated the development of a special knife fitted with a firearm. Thus the task consisted in turning a scout knife into a combined-effect weapon. This increased the number of silent and flashless arms in scout units. NRS 2 Knife A knife version with a firearm, chambered for the 7.62 mm SP-3 special cartridge, was developed by a designer team under the supervision of R. D. Khlynin in Tula. Externally, the 6P25 NRS special scout knife, fielded with the Soviet Armed Forces, resembles the conventional 6P25U NR knife. The knife is used as cold steel to kill the enemy. It is also a working too! — its blade with sesquialter sharpening and a saw on the back edge can cut ropes, cords, demolition cords, saw solid wooden or steel rods, be used as a screwdriver, etc. The insulated scabbard is fitted with a device for cutting wire...