SVD Dragunov
Also known as Dragunov, SVD, Dragunov Sniper Rifle 1963, SVD-63, Dragunov's sniper rifle
7.62 mm semi-automatic sniper rifle
Key facts
- Type
- Designated marksman rifle Sniper rifle
- Place of origin
- Soviet Union
- In service
- 1963–present
- Used by
- See Users
- Wars
- See Conflicts
- Designer
- Yevgeny Dragunov
- Designed
- 1958–1963
- Manufacturer
- Kalashnikov Concern Norinco
- Produced
- 1963–present
- Variants
- See Variants
- Mass
- 4.30 kg (9.48 lb) (with scope and unloaded magazine) 4.68 kg (10.3 lb) (SVDS) 4.40 kg (9.7 lb) (SVU) 5.30 kg (11.7 lb) (SVDM) 5.02 kg (11.1 lb) (SWD-M)
- Length
- 1,225 mm (48.2 in) (SVD) 1,135 mm (44.7 in) stock extended / 875 mm (34.4 in) stock folded (SVDS) 900 mm (35.4 in) (SVU) 1,155 mm (45.5 in) stock extended / 875 mm (34.4 in) stock folded (SVDM) 1,135 mm (44.7 in) (SWD-M)
Article
The SVD (СВД; Russian: снайперская винтовка Драгунова, romanized: snayperskaya vintovka Dragunova, lit. 'Dragunov sniper rifle'), GRAU index 6V1, is a semi-automatic designated marksman rifle/sniper rifle chambered in the 7.62×54mmR cartridge, developed in the Soviet Union.
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7.62×54mmR semi-automatic riflesCold War firearms of the Soviet UnionCommons link from WikidataDesignated marksman riflesInfantry weapons of the Cold WarIzhevsk machine-building plant productsRifles of the Cold WarSemi-automatic rifles of the Soviet UnionShort stroke piston firearmsSniper rifles of RussiaSniper rifles of the Soviet Union