Kalashnikov Reveals a Replacement for Its Famed Sniper Rifle

War is Boring ^ | September 7, 2016 | Robert Beckhusen

[C19fan]

For more than 50 years, the Russian army has fielded a beastly semi-automatic sniper rifle called the Dragunov. Now the rifle’s developer has pulled back the curtain from its potential replacement, the SVK, at a major Moscow arms show. The SVK is a semi-automatic 7.62 x 54R-millimeter weapon designed to support infantry on the battlefield. Kalashnikov Concern — which absorbed Dragunov maker Izhevsk in 2013 — claims the SVK “was designed with input from active duty snipers of several Russian Special Forces units.”

[C19fan]

A replacement of the classic Dragunov.

[null and void]

Time will tell.

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[null and void]

Hmmm, they call it an SVK, but the sign says SVDM?

[phormer phrog phlyer]

Still using the 7.62x54R.

[Yo-Yo]

Sticking with the rimmed cartridge means a continued supply of cheap Mosin Nagant rifle ammunition.

[null and void]

Just out of curiosity, and a desire to stir up an endless debate, what round would you choose?

[Mr. K]

*WANT*~!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Texas Fossil]

What is the point in the 2 stage optics? Or is that just a shield to reduce leans glare giving away position?

[circlecity]

That is not a “sniper” round.

[Roman_War_Criminal]

Is the front one night vision?

[Paine in the Neck]

Yes. The forward unit is NV.

[null and void]

7.62×54mmR 7N1 variant:

The individual paper packets, hermetically sealed metal 'spam' cans, and wooden shipping crates were all distinctly marked Снайперская (Snaiperskaya, "for snipers").

[Texas Fossil]

I wondered what the sight was too.

Night vision makes sense. It just looks cobbled.

[NativeSon]

Makes this guy happy - even though I lost the Mosin Nagant when I hit an underwater sofa whilst kayaking.

[Crucial]

I bet that cost you a medal. That stays in the family storybook.

[Roman_War_Criminal]

Looks exactly like the one you can get at Eastwave.
It’s pricey, but my gosh beautiful.

I’ve got a PO 3.5x21p that has the best glass I’ve ever seen in a scope. You can drop it off of a 2 story building and it’ll still hold zero.

[Man from Oz]

Looks like my DPMS SASS

[DesertRhino]

You should let Simo in Finland, and Vasily Zaitsev in Russia, and thousands of our guys in Vietnam know it’s not a sniper round. They need a chuckle.

[Texas Fossil]

Thanks for the explanation.