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* Many modern militaries issue assault rifles that can be modified by the addition of an underbarrel grenade launcher, shotgun, etc.

* Shotgun/rifle hybrids, while uncommon, are built and used.

** The [[http://world.guns.ru/shotgun/rus/tp-2-e.html TP-82 aka TOZ-82] - a gun developed specifically for survival kits. It featured 2 smoothbore 32 gauge barrels (shot and flare rounds) and a rifled 5.45x39mm barrel. [[Bifurcated Weapon|The buttstock was a detachable sheathed machete]]. It was issued to Soviet and Russian cosmonauts (and some Air Forces pilots) from 1982 to 2006 - at which point the available ammunition ran out of expiry date and rather than restarting production, the weapon was replaced with a regular semi-automatic pistol.

** The [http://world.guns.ru/shotgun/rus/tp-2-e.html TP-82 aka TOZ-82] - a gun developed specifically for survival kits. It featured 2 smoothbore 32 gauge barrels (shot and flare rounds) and a rifled 5.45x39mm barrel. [[Bifurcated Weapon|The buttstock was a detachable sheathed machete]]. It was issued to Soviet and Russian cosmonauts (and some Air Forces pilots) from 1982 to 2006 - at which point the available ammunition ran out of expiry date and rather than restarting production, the weapon was replaced with a regular semi-automatic pistol.

* The [[wikipedia:XM29 OICW|Objective Individual Combat Weapon]] project. 5.56mm assault rifle and 20mm grenade launcher sharing the same body, optics and targeting computer. It was deemed [[Awesome but Impractical]], mostly due to weight.

** The [[South Koreans With Marines|South Koreans]] have already created their own version, the K11, which entered service in 2010.