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Dragunov Sniper Rifle - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
 | | The Dragunov Sniper Rifle (Russian: Снайперская винтовка Драгунова, Snayperskaya Vintovka Dragunova, abbreviated SVD, GRAU index 6V1), is a semiautomatic rifle designed by Evgeniy Fedorovich Dragunov in the Soviet Union between 1958 and 1963. |
 | | In 1963, the Dragunov Sniper Rifle was accepted into the arsenal of the Soviet Army. |
 | | In the 1980s, Evgeniy Fedorovich Dragunov developed the SVDS, a version of the SVD with a folding metal stock, shortened (590mm) but heavier barrel, and a shortened flash suppressor, intended for paratroopers and motorized infantry. |
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