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China produced a copy of the SVD through reverse-engineered samples captured during the Sino-Vietnamese War as the Type 79 and 85. [6] Iran also produced a clone, the Nakhjir 3, which was a direct copy of the Chinese Type 79. In Russian service, the SVD is to be replaced with the Chukavin SVCh sniper/designated marksman rifle.
The SVD was the Soviet Union's answer to requests for an updated sniper weapon. The rifle retained the use of the same 7.62×54mmR ammunition, but is a semi-automatic gas-operated rifle with a detachable 10-round box-style magazine.
Reportedly bought and used by Russia during the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine. This has been indirectly confirmed on 23 September 2022, when Ukrainian anti-air defenses shot down a Mohajer-6 in the Black Sea near the coast of Odesa. [294] (Can be armed with four Ghaem-1, 5 and 9, Sadid-345 or Unknown Sadid PGMs or four Almas-1/2 AGTMs or ...
Rosoboronexport is a legal successor of the state arms exporters which existed in the ex-USSR and present-day Russia.A state intermediary agency in the military-technical area was first created on 8 May 1953, when the General Engineering Department within the Ministry of Internal and Foreign Trade of the USSR was founded in accordance with the decision of the Soviet Government.
Google Maps captures the inside of the theatre, gutted by strikes, the roof having caved in. Maternity Hospital Just days before the theatre bombing, Russian forces launched a fierce attack on a ...
Chechen forces with AK-74 style rifles AK-12 assault rifle, replacing the AK-74M as the primary service rifle of the Russian Ground Forces Unidentified riflemen wearing Ratnik equipment and armed with AK-74 rifles at Simferopol Airport in February 2014. The AK-74 carried by the rifleman on the right does not have a magazine inserted.
[11] [12] The AS Val can mount the PSO-1 telescopic sight of the SVD rifle, or the 1PN52-1 night sight. Iron sights are also provided to both rifles. Iron sights are also provided to both rifles. [ 4 ] [ 18 ] According to Janes , the VSS telescopic sight has a length of 375 mm (14.8 in) and weights 580 g (20 oz), while the night sight has a ...