Dragunov sniper rifle [SEP] service entry
Dragunov sniper rifle
The Dragunov sniper rifle (formal , "Snáyperskaya Vintóvka sistém'y Dragunóva obraz'tsá 1963 goda" (SVD-63), officially "Sniper Rifle, System of Dragunov, Model of the Year 1963") is a semi-automatic sniper/designated marksman rifle chambered in 7.62×54mmR and developed in the Soviet Union.
The Dragunov was designed as a squad support weapon since, according to Soviet and Soviet-derived military doctrines, the long-range engagement ability was lost to ordinary troops when submachine guns and assault rifles (
- JS 7.62
- SVT-38 and SVT-40
- PSL sniper rifle
- M91
- Berkut-2M1
- IZH-18MH
- SV-98 (Snaiperskaya Vintovka Model 1998)
- Alejandro Sniper Rifle
- Dragunov SVU (1991 redesign of the Dragunov sniper rifle)
- Vepr sporting rifle
- MTs-13, 300m sporting rifle
- AVL, Service rifle lightweight, based on Los
- AV, Mosin based standard service rifle
- TsVR, Rekord, Rekord-1, Rekord CISM, KO-13—service rifle
- TsVT, Typhoon