Rather than accurizing the rifle specifically for 7n1 “sniper” loads, it had to sling everything from light ball to explosive “marking” rounds, and the barrel’s twist rate was tweaked a lot during field development. The requirements were simple: a robust, reliable, lightweight rifle chambered in 7.62x54r with acceptable accuracy using the various available issued loads. So when the request went out, submissions returned from the usual suspects including SKS designer Simonov, but also a design submitted by Yevgeny Dragunov, later designated the SVD/Snayperskaya Vintovka Dragunova, or Sniper Rifle, Dragunov. This was exactly the sort of thing the Soviets had in mind for their new squad support weapon. 3-lug boltįor example, in the modern battlefield environment, a DM can suppress or eliminate a machinegunnner at ranges an infantryman with an iron sighted or red-dot-equipped rifle can’t readily manage. We in the West eventually adopted it a half-century later, as the utility of a DM in every squad is undeniable, even if they can’t do everything a sniper can.

This was a fairly unusual concept at the time. They reasoned that what the West would later call a Designated Marksman, distributed evenly to infantry units with both the weapon and training to hit man-sized targets at 600 to 800 meters, would be far more useful than dedicated sniper teams assigned at the company level. In essence, the SVD was mean to suppress or even counter your average Western soldier or marine with an M14 or LMG, allowing the rest of the Soviet rifle company to close with the enemy and shower them with AKM fire, as their doctrine encouraged. The DMR concept was born as a way to partially mitigate the range/power disadvantage, and so advancing under fire wouldn’t be a death sentence. Similarities and differences abound between this NDM-86 and both the AK platform, and the SVD/Tigr. The Soviets worried that the range advantage Western full-size rifle cartridges provided would lead to increased casualties. 30-caliber battle rifles with much greater range and muzzle energy/velocity. When these decisions were made in the mid-to-late 1950s, Warsaw Pact countries were using 7.62×39 AK-47s, while the West was still fielding. Rather than design highly accurized equipment for dedicated sniper teams, they requested a “squad support weapon” to be issued to every platoon, like light machineguns already were. Perhaps as a result of this, Soviet infantry doctrine, presented with the call for a new weapon to fill this role, decided to develop a new application as well. Truthfully, the Mosin (and issued ammo) that was accurate enough to be useful beyond that distance was rare, let alone the rifleman who could employ it in such a role. Thank you for reading this post, don't forget to follow and signup for notifications!Įven the celebrated Soviet sniper teams of WWII were rarely making kills beyond 300 meters and did much of their work in urban environments. We use the term “marksmanship” because it was never really what a Western military would consider a “sniper” rifle. If you run into an IP ban, it likely wasn't you.SOVIET SNIPERS, CHINESE FIGHTERS, AND THE NDM-86Īt the height of the Cold War, the RKKA (Workers’ and Peasants’ Red Army) was looking to replace the now 70-year-old Mosin Nagant as their standard marksmanship rifle. We try not to ban legit subscription VPN services, but they rarely label their IP blocks correctly. We do not ban legit Internet Service Providers from the USA(exception for certain individual IP addresses). If you run into a IP ban afterwards as a member, again - turn off your VPN or switch servers. Failure to do so will result with your new account denied.

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