SVD Dragunov Report by Rocky

Ghost Recon Specification

Sniper Rifle Dragunov was the first Russian rifle exclusively designed from scratch as a sniper rifle, was created to replace the SVT-40 (Samozariyadnaya Vintovka Tokareva) sniper rifle. The original Dragunov SVD was designed by Yevgeniy Feodorovich Dragunov, a colleague of Mikhail Timofeyevich Kalashnikov, designer of the AK-47 Kalashnikov series of rifles. Tthe design and development phase of this rifle took place at the Izhvesk Mashinostroitelny Zavod (IZHMESH). The Dragunov was formally adopted by the Red Army in 1963.

CALIBER: Russian 7.62x54mm Rimmed
HEAVY SYSTEMS OF OPERATION: gas, semi-automatic
MAGAZINE: 10 round detachable box magazine
WEIGHT: 4.31kg empty with telescope
LENGTH: 122.5 cm
BARREL: 62 cm
MAX RATE OF FIRE: 30 RPM
AIMED RATE OF FIRE: 3-5 RPM
SCOPE: PSO-1 with IR detection capability
SCOPE DATA: 24mm objective lens, 4x 6 degree field of view
COMPATIBLE PASSIVE NIGHT SCOPES: NSP-3: 2.7x, 7 degree field of view range of approx. 300 yds PGN-1: 3.4x, 5.7 degree field of view range of 400-500 yds. The SVD (Snayperskaya Vintovka Dragunova)-Dragunov Sniping Rifle was the first rifle designed from scratch as a sniper rifle, and was introduced in the 1950's. It has very limited similarities to the Kalashnikov series of rifles.