Editing Salyut programme (section)

==== Salyut 3 (OPS-2, military) ====
{{excerpt|Salyut 3}}
Salyut 3 would make history, by conducting the first test-fire of a conventional weapon in space. During Salyut 3’s mission span, cosmonauts would fire the onboard 23mm cannon, which was reported to be a modified Nudelman aircraft cannon. To operate the cannon, the crew had to maneuver the whole space station in the direction of the target. Sources state that the firing was to deplete the ammunition on the craft. However, others sources say that the station conducted 3 tests of the gun through the whole mission span of Salyut 3.<ref>Anatoly Zak. "OPS-2 (Salyut-3)". RussianSpaceWeb.com.</ref>