Arsenal Kiev Vega Subminiature Cameras & KGB Cigarette Pack Concealments

In this video we cover the Kiev Vega (Киïв Вега) subminiature camera as well as the Vega 2. Both manufactured by the Soviet Union’s Arsenal (Арсенал) factory based in Ukraine. The Vega 2 was used by the Counterintelligence Service of the Ukrainian KGB to construct spy cameras in cigarette packets concealment devices. In the video we also present two such examples from 1975. 00:00 - Introduction 00:13 - History 00:34 - Kiev Vega 03:46 - Kiev Vega 2 04:29 - Comparison 05:49 - KGB history 07:25 - KGB-modified cameras 09:50 - Conclusion 11:01 - Closing Kiev Vega 2 scanned manual: References: - Book: The Secret History of KGB Spy Cameras: 1945-1995, by Harold Keith Melton, Vladimir Alekseenko, Michael M. Hasco, Detlev Vreiseleben (2018) - CameraPedia: Kiev Vega: - CameraPedia: Kiev Vega 2: - Camera Wiki: Arsenal: - Camera Wiki: Minolta-16: - Wikipedia: Arsenal Factory: - Wikipedia: Committee for State Security (Ukraine): (Ukraine) - USSR Photo: Kiev Vega 2 (export): - USSR Photo: Cigarette Pack “Spy“ Camera: Pack “Spy“ Camera