IZh-56

The IZh-56 «Belka» (ИЖ-56 «Белка») is a Soviet double-barreled combination gun.

History
IZh-56 was designed in 1956 and it was based on IZhK model.

Since 1961, a new varnish with improved characteristics has been used to protect the wooden parts of the gun.

In December 1964, the price of one standard IZh-56-3 was 45 roubles.

Design
IZh-56 is an over and under shotgun, with one barrel above the other.

It has a birch or beech stock and fore-end.

All IZh-56s have iron sights and they can be equipped with scope base for PVS-1 (ПВС-1) optical sight. The weight of PVS-1 scope without the scope base is 150 grams.

IZh-56-3 can be equipped with PO-2 (ПО-2) optical sight.

Variants

 * IZh-56-1 «Belka» (ИЖ-56-1 «Белка») - first model, since 1956 until 1958 31 903 guns were made.
 * IZh-56-2 «Belka» (ИЖ-56-2 «Белка») - second model
 * IZh-56-3 «Belka» (ИЖ-56-3 «Белка») - third model, since 1958 until 1964 77 043 guns were made

Users

 * USSR
 * 🇺🇸 USA - the import was allowed