what is SVD Sniper Rifle
A competition for the creation of a self-loading sniper rifle for the Soviet Army was announced by the GRAU in 1958. A team led by E. Dragunov won the competition, and in 1963, the SA adopted the SVD (Dragunov Sniper Rifle). SVD uses the entire range of domestic 7.62×54 mm cartridges, including a “sniper” cartridge with a steel core explicitly developed for the rifle.
Specifications:
- Performance characteristics
- SVD
- Type of mechanism
- The semi-automatic gas outlet
- The calibre of the gun is mm
- 7.62x54R
- The length of the tube is mm
- 1225
- Measurement of barrel length in millimetres
- 620
- In the absence of sight and cartridges, the weight is kg
- 4.31
- Capacity and cartridges of magazines
- 10
The SVD is distinctive for its “skeletal” design, stamped receiver, and fuse location. It is not a “traditional” sniper rifle; its primary purpose is to provide shooting support (to suppress a firing point, etc.) and to increase the effective firing range of a motorized rifle squad to 600 meters. The SVD is equipped with a bayonet knife, unlike the vast majority of sniper rifles.
A “folding” version of the SVD is needed for motorized infantry and landing forces during the Afghan campaign, and Dragunov developed a variant of the SVDS that has a shortened barrel, a durable metal butt that folds on the right side, and a shorter flame arrester.
ASDs
Technically, the SVD is a gas-operated semi-automatic with a short piston stroke (to reduce the mass of moving parts in automation). The bolt is turned to lock the barrel. USM is not regulated. Each rifle variant is equipped with non-removable open sights, including a front view in the front company and an adjustable rear sight on the fore-end before the receiver cover. Optical sight brackets are attached to the left receiver. An NSPUM or NSPU-3 non-illuminated night sight can be attached to the SVD and the primary visual picture.
SVD Sniper Rifle adopted into service
Since it was adopted into service, the SVD has been widely used in almost all combat operations conducted by the Soviet and Russian armed forces, proving to be a highly reliable and easy-to-handle model of small arms. There are also concepts of “high accuracy support weapons” in the armies of some NATO countries. In the armies of Germany and some other nations, the G3A3/SG self-loading rifle is considered an “equivalent” to the SVD. SR-25 self-loading rifles chambered for 7.62 mm NATO are commonly used in the US Marine Corps as DMR-designated Marksman rifles; either they are simply M16A2 rifles with optical sights or self-loading rifles.
