Named after its developer - Evgeny Dragunov – the rifle was inducted into the Soviet military as a marksman’s rifle in 1963 and proved itself in the Afghan and Chechen wars. It has also been ...
The SVD sniper rifle, also known as the "Dragunov," is a semiautomatic Russian infantry sniper rifle "designed to engage enemy personnel and other unarmored targets at ranges up to 800 meters ...