The SVD rifle, although good by the standards of the early 1960s, is woefully obsolete for today’s battlefield. The Russian Army needed a new sniper weapon, and a new weapon had the potential to ...

While broadly classed as a sniper’s weapon, it was meant to increase ... A shorter folding SVD was issued to Soviet forces in Afghanistan in the 1980s. In the early 1990s a faster loading ...

The SVD Dragunov isn’t just a rifle it’s a statement of Soviet military philosophy. Designed in the 1960s, it wasn’t meant to compete with Western sniper rifles in terms of pinpoint accuracy ...

the obsolescent SVD “Dragunov” sniper rifle is still in the hands of many invading Russian snipers. During pre-invasion sniper training, nearly all of Moscow’s snipers had the older SVD rifles.

Despite the introduction of newer sniper systems, the Dragunov SVD remains a trusted and iconic weapon in the arsenal of Russian Special Forces. (What actually led to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.) ...

(These are World War II’s deadliest snipers ... name on this list is the Dragunov SVD, which has been in use since the 1960s. This Russian-made sniper rifle has a maximum effective range ...

The Russian military provided positive feedback on the weapon’s use in combat operations ... with magazines of the Dragunov sniper rifle (SVD), which it is intended to replace.

Additionally, the clips feature soldiers training with the SVD sniper rifle ... pellet spread and extends the gun's range. Both Ukrainian and Russian troops have been known to rely on shotguns ...