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The OTs-03 SVU (Russian: Снайперская винтовка укороченная, Snájperskaja Vintóvka Ukoróčennaja, Sniper Rifle Shortened) is a bullpup designated marksman rifle. The SVU was developed to meet the needs of the security forces of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs , such as OMON .
Pair of Dragunovs imported to the U.S. as Tigers. The top rifle has a cheek pad, two 10-round magazines, and a flash suppressor. The bottom rifle was marketed as a hunting "carbine". It has no cheek pad, two 5-round magazines, and no flash suppressor. SSV-58 – The prototype submitted to trials by Dragunov. The design lacked the fixed flash ...
Dragunov SVD: Kalashnikov Concern: 7.62×54mmR Soviet Union: 1963 Dragunov SVU: KBP Instrument Design Bureau: 7.62×54mmR Russia 1994 FEG Model 58: Fegyver És Gépgyár: 7.62×39mm Hungary: FS2000: FN Herstal: 5.56×45mm NATO Belgium: 1995 FN FAL: FN Herstal: 7.62×51mm NATO Belgium: 1953 FN FNAR: FN Herstal: 7.62×51mm NATO Belgium: 2008 FN ...
Dragunov SVD: Izhmash: 7.62×54mmR: Short-stroke piston (semi-auto) Soviet Union: 1958 Dragunov SVU: KBP Instrument Design Bureau: 7.62×54mmR: Short-stroke piston (semi-auto, select-fire OTs-03A variant) Russia: 1994 DSR-1: DSR-precision GmbH .308 Winchester.300 Winchester Magnum.338 Lapua Magnum: Bolt-action Germany: 2000 GOL Sniper Magnum ...
Yevgeny Fyodorovich Dragunov (Russian: Евге́ний Фёдорович Драгуно́в; February 20, 1920 – August 4, 1991) was a Soviet weapons designer, best known for his role in helping invent the semi-automatic rifle bearing his name, the Dragunov sniper rifle.
The 7.62×54mmR MR1 version is fed from SVD magazines, has a 530 mm (20.9 in) barrel and is offered with a folding stock similar to the one seen on SVCh rifles. The .308 Winchester MR1 version is offered with two barrel length options, 530 mm (20.9 in) and 410 mm (16.1 in), and features fixed or folding adjustable skeletonized stocks.
As of December 2013 the 7.62×54mmR is mainly used in designated marksman and sniper rifles like the Dragunov sniper rifle, SV-98 and machine guns like the PKM. It is also one of the few (along with the .22 Hornet , .30-30 Winchester , and .303 British) bottlenecked, rimmed centerfire rifle cartridges still in common use today.
All cartridges are aligned nose forward in the Bizon magazine and cannot be loaded incorrectly. [3] [4] Early magazines were fabricated from aluminium tubing and had a capacity of 67 rounds. [3] The production magazine capacity of 64 rounds was selected as 64 is a multiple of 16, and 9×18mm Makarov rounds are packaged in boxes of 16. [3]