The Dragunov sniper rifle (formal Russian: Снайперская Винтовка системы Драгунова образца 1963 года Snayperskaya Vintovka sistem’y Dragunova obraz’tsa 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 (which are optimized for close-range and medium-range rapid-fire combat) were adopted.
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length (km)
1.225
weight (kg)
4300.0
origin
Soviet Union
type
Sniper rifle, Designated marksman rifle
used in war
Kargil War, Operation Gothic Serpent, Somali Civil War, Yugoslav Wars, Cambodian–Thai border dispute, Vietnam War, Second Chechen War, War in Afghanistan (2001–present), Soviet war in Afghanistan, Unified Task Force, Iraq War, Libyan Civil War, Syrian Civil War, First Chechen War, Gulf War, Cambodian–Vietnamese War, Russo-Georgian war
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