Kalashnikov sniper rifle. Infographics

Kalashnikov sniper rifle, SVK - a sniper rifle being developed in Russia, which in the future should replace the SVD rifle.

The compact self-loading sniper rifle SVK is developed in two versions, under the national cartridge 7.62x54R and under the most common in the world rifle cartridge 7.62x51 of NATO.

The rifle has bilateral controls weapons. On the upper surface of the receiver made Picatinny rail for installing modern sighting systems. Open sighting devices, if necessary, can be installed on the same bar. Plastic adjustable butt folds sideways. The rifle can be equipped with a quick-detachable tactical silencer and a folding bipod. Currently, ICS is factory tested.

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[Spartanez300]

The main thing is that snipers liked all the fighting qualities.

[Comrade Stalin]

Something the barrel is a bit short for sniper shooting, you need at least 600 mm, it is, after all, a rifle, not a carbine and not an AK, which, by the way, has a 415 mm barrel. And what is this stray at the muzzle? Silencer or just a flame arrester? So the silencer is only effective if the bullets are subsonic, and 7,62 caliber cartridges are poorly suited for subsonic shooting, as they are too light, instead of them 9-mm cartridges weighing 16 g have been used for a long time.

[Nova]

Quote: Comrade_Stalin

Something a little short barrel ...

I think it’s just that the infographic designers just painted, the Schaub fit into the picture.

And, soryan, you made a remark on the actual dimensions of 410 mm. Then yes, not enough.

[Comrade Stalin]

No, the picture says that the barrel length is 410 mm.

[Locksmith]

Quote: Comrade_Stalin

And what is this stray at the muzzle? Silencer or just a flame arrester?

Sound moderator - he spreads a sound wave in space, not allowing to localize the exact place.
With modern electronic means of determining the location of a sniper by sound, a very useful thing.

[EDDI 76]

for fighting in the urban environment of this trunk above the roof

[gg.na]

In general, the machine is not bad! As in business will show itself! It will be necessary to see!

[fa2998]

But it’s not how it will not show! SVD is a military SV, massive, cheap. As it will show when the barrel is one and a half times shorter (410 against 620 mm.) Refusal from open sighting devices, and certainly a smaller firing range, can certainly be used in the police (Russian Guard), special services. Although there is a niche there, there are rifles of a higher class. There is still a price to look at.
And in general, how can one talk about SV, if the bullet speed, ballistics, nothing is known about accuracy, it’s just painted a picture.

[gg.na]

Wait and see! Time will tell ! Where and to whom it will fit and will not fit!

[Locksmith]

Quote: fa2998

As she will show when the trunk is one and a half times shorter (410 against 620 mm.)

The barrel length at such a range is probably not the most important thing, at VSK94 it (length) is generally 200 mm, nevertheless it shoots at 400 meters.
Perhaps it was just by wave calculations that with such a length the smallest spread of the heap was cut off .. too much. To suppress the flash of gunpowder that did not burn in the barrel, they put a tactical muffler-moderator.
An old joke of rifle-shooter shooters is to put a match under the barrel, into the gap between the forend and the barrel - in the place of the 10 mm heap it will be 50 mm, the barrel starts to oscillate differently, the barrel length specifically depends on the wave oscillation for a given ammunition, etc.

[Havoc]

Despite the use of plastics, the new rifle did not become lighter. But how much more expensive it will be in the production of SVD, interesting. What equipment will make the trunks.

Weight with an optical sight and in a charged state is 4,55 kg - SVD
The new 4,2 rifle without damage

[your1970]

the barrel is shorter by 20 cm - here you are and 300 grams lighter

[Havoc]

SVD weight with cartridges 4,55kg, the new 4,2 without cartridges, read carefully, with the store will be heavier. [

[sandrmur76]

The liberated mass from the use of plastic was most likely directed to increase the rigidity of the structure and the thickness of the barrel. Or maybe it was stuck with trims (picatini) and the miracle was rolled onto the trunk and the weight is the same.

[Thunderbolt]

The heavier the rifle, the better for accuracy.
A good vintar should weigh 50 kg.

[Cat man null]

Quote: Thunderbolt

A good vintner should weigh 50 kg

- like a bag of potatoes ...
- But very good - all a hundred, probably?

[Thunderbolt]

You can grab a couple of bags of potato with you if you go away for a long time.
The exoskeletal machine will revolutionize the tactics of accurate combat, and indeed the tactics of infantry groups.
The mechanics are constantly being improved, and the main plug (a satisfactory power source) will still be developed.
Therefore, the infantry will begin to acquire armor (including dynamic), but this is another topic and refers to snipers on a tangent.

[your1970]

and you believe that REALLY there will ever be exoskeleton MASS troops?
I have IMHO the feeling that it will be the same as the Germans in WWII with tigers - it seems like a good tank, but it seems not so ...

[Thunderbolt]

We'll wait and see. Many of the things that we read only in science fiction novels are now widely implemented and applied.
"Tiger" was a strong fighter and the fact that he first appeared with them, and then we looked for an antidote against him, cost many lives.
The eternal swing --- at the beginning of the war our tanks were already good and their "performance characteristics" were well broken by the Nazis.

[your1970]

Quote: Thunderbolt

.Much of what we read only in science fiction novels is now widely implemented and applied.

- Computers, GPS, cell phones, drones ... Everything ...
What else has been introduced into the army from what we read in science fiction books? Infantry walked and walks like this, artillery, tanks, aircraft, satellites, rockets - slower development by millimeter (ALL of them have that). There are no sharp breakthroughs, all the new ones - touched the ideas of 60-70 years ....
And in addition - a sharp rise in the cost of weapons (any, and without a sharp improvement in performance), again - all ...

[Thunderbolt]

For sappers, heavy protective suits were created.
An exoskeleton can be pulled by a shooter with more solid protection, for which a machine gun shot is like peas, and then they will nullify the enemy with standard weapons in an attack.
On such a grasshopper, you can also install a whole reconnaissance and sighting system with a stabilized rifle. Sensory awareness through a virtual reality helmet, built-in to ESU TK.
Yes, it is expensive, difficult, but if they create a good battery for such a mechanism, then everything else, in principle, is already there.
As there is much more. Maybe you saw a "jetpack"? The whole set is even more expensive, but what opportunities does it open up?
And when such a soldier is released on the battlefield, you can only guess what kind of infantry fighting vehicles, tanks, etc. will be able to support him on the battlefield.
I’m not saying that it’s about. But now it’s only 2017, and what kind of army can become by the age of 50-60 I’m trying to guess. If, of course, a big nuclear war does not happen and you don’t have to switch to sticks and stones. that the world be, albeit thin, albeit at a high price, but not nuclear mushrooms.

[Serzh_R]

With a warrior will look.
For AK restyling, naturally there is a revision of the SVD.
Let the civil carbine do this.

[Comrade Glebov]

Let's see what happens. If I understand everything correctly, then such a rifle can be called "Marxian." The main thing is that the main quality of Kalashnikov products is preserved - reliability and simplicity.

[Havoc]

Quote: Comrade Glebov

Let's see what happens. If I understand everything correctly, then such a rifle can be called "Marxian." The main thing is that the main quality of Kalashnikov products is preserved - reliability and simplicity.

Exactly simplicity, but here’s how, when cleaning weapons, dirt is picked out of all these squiggles in the field, because as I understand it, the rifle is used to replace the SVD, including for ordinary motorized rifles, which usually climb through the mud.

[Comrade Glebov]

Quote: Havoc

but how to clean up dirt when cleaning weapons

So I say, let's see. At our pre-war and SVD, they didn’t let everyone hold it, only the most “straight-handed” ones (I didn’t belong to them ) I hope the designers will take into account the specifics of the application and our morals, and if not, then the SVD as a Marxman rifle is far from outdated. If the garbage comes out, then it's just just another dunk drank, which is not new.

[Leonid Har]

Beauties! What are the preliminary test results?

[Havoc]

Quote: Leonid Har

Beauties! What are the preliminary test results?

The taste and color ....... But here's the SVD, that's where the laconic beauty and personality.

[HARDDEN_KMV]

This is not a replacement for "vintarez"? Our two calibers are pleasing to the eye and there will be no problems with the cartridges of the enemy ..

[thinker]

Specialists, who will tell you, and what kind of sight is this - a super-duper?

[Attack]

Sight and nozzle to it.
Maybe night, maybe warm

[Thunderbolt]

Nightly. ____________________________________________.

[Betahon]

Really, she can beat on 3000 m.?!

[Havoc]

800-1000 meters are written on the poster.

[Red_Hamer]

The manufacturer sets the sighting at 800-1000 meters.

[Rocj]

This is a rifle for close urban combat.
The new SVK rifle, it seems, was originally designed as Marxman, and the word “sniper” in the description of this sample was used by developers exclusively for marketing purposes
I think so))

[Salad]

It seems to me that in Russia there is no similar concept as DMR, so they call it "sniper rifle", "sniper complex".

[d.gksueyjd]

Using the same cartridge as the SVD, it is necessary as a “hare stop signal”. For urban combat at close range, there is a VSS, and in the field it will not be able to compete with SVD. SVK - "stillborn child"