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The SVD (СВД; Russian: снайперская винтовка Драгунова, romanized: snayperskaya vintovka Dragunova, lit. 'Dragunov sniper rifle'), GRAU index 6V1, [2] is a semi-automatic designated marksman rifle/sniper rifle [3] chambered in the 7.62×54mmR cartridge, developed in the Soviet Union.
The OTs-03A (SVU-A) (Russian: Снайперская винтовка укороченная, автоматическая, Snayperskaya Vintovka Ukorochennaya—Avtomaticheskaya, Short Sniper Rifle—Automatic) is a selective-fire version of the SVU, capable of semi-automatic or fully automatic fire.
SVD (rifle) (Russian: Snayperskaya Vintovka Dragunova), a Soviet marksman rifle. Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title SVD .
A VSSM with a 20-round magazine. The AS Val uses a modified Kalashnikov action - a gas-operated rotating bolt combined with an integral suppressor and chambered for the 9×39mm SP-6 cartridge firing a heavy 250 grain bullet at subsonic speed. [9]
After 1941, Dragunov was a senior armorer working for the Soviet Union and also captured enemy weapons during wartime. After 1945, he returned to Izhevsk and joined the Arms Design Bureau, working as a project engineer on sporting and civilian target rifles through the 1950s.
Vasily Zaytsev, possibly the best-known Soviet sniper, celebrated for his role during Second World War.. Snipers of the Soviet Union played an important role mainly on the Eastern Front of World War II, apart from other preceding and subsequent conflicts.
The KSVK is a bullpup-configured, bolt-action, magazine-fed rifle.It is equipped with a muzzle device which acts as a muzzle brake.. The KSVK is equipped with standard Russian side-mounted scope rail (dovetail), and can be fitted with variety of day and night scopes.
The AN-94 (Russian: 5,45-мм автомат Никонова обр. 1987 г. / АН-94 «Абака́н», GRAU designation 6P33) is a Russian assault rifle.The initials stand for Avtomat Nikonova model of 1994, after its chief designer Gennadiy Nikonov, who previously worked on the Nikonov machine gun.