SALW GUIDE Dragunov SVD

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Dragunov SVD
Category: Rifles & Carbines
Technical Specification
Operating system:
Cartridge:
Gas operated, short stroke, rotating bolt, semi-automatic
• 7.62 x 54mm R
Length:
1225 mm
Weight:
4310 g
Muzzle velocity:
830 m/s
Feeding:
Box magazine
Magazine capacity:
10 rounds
Rate of fire:
40 rounds/min
Effective range:
500 m
Estimated production count:
-not available-
Description -not available-
Remarks DragunovSVD uses short-stroke gas piston, and the gas chamber has a two-position
manual gas regulator. Barrels locked by rotating bolt with three lugs. The safety is somewhat
reminiscent in its appearance to that of Kalashnikov AK-Assault rifle, although internal design
of the trigger unit is different, and there’s no provisions for full automatic fire. Trigger unit is
assembled on a separate removable base that also incorporates a trigger guard.
It is used by all former Warsaw Pact countries, and it is in service with numerous armed forces,
both regular and irregular. The Yugoslavian model is marked “Zastava Model 76,” has a solid,
non-skeletonized stock, and is chambered in 7.92x57mm. The weapon can be found in many
countries in Asia and Africa.
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Global proliferation
Figure 1: Global proliferation – Dragunov SVD
Country of Origin
• Russian Federation
(RUS)
Licensed production
• China (CHN)
• Finland (FIN)
• Iran, Islamic Republic of
(IRN)
• Iraq (IRQ)
• Romania (ROU)
Proven in-country circulation 1
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Afghanistan (AFG)
Albania (ALB)
Belarus (BLR)
Czech Republic (CZE)
Georgia (GEO)
Hungary (HUN)
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India (IND)
Kazakhstan (KAZ)
Kyrgyzstan (KGZ)
Nicaragua (NIC)
Poland (POL)
Korea, Democratic
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People’s Republic of
(PRK)
Slovakia (SVK)
Tajikistan (TJK)
Turkmenistan (TKM)
Turkey (TUR)
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• Ukraine (UKR)
• Uzbekistan (UZB)
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• Venezuela, Bolivarian
Republic of (VEN)
• Viet Nam (VNM)
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Images
All images provided by ZVBw.
original SVD rifle with wooden furniture
SVD-S rifle, with folding butt and polymer
furniture
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Al Kadesih rifle (Iraq)
four long slots instead of six short slots
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