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The Scharfschützengewehr 82 (SSG 82) or Sharpshooter’s Rifle 82 is a rifle chambered in the 5.45×39 Soviet cartridge built in East Germany at the end of the Cold War. Very little is known about this weapon and very few examples have been imported into the west with famed importer Century International Arms having imported around 600 at the turn of the century. There has been much speculation as to why this rifle was built and which company built it.