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Inform= ation Brief

 

 

SUBJECT:

 

“SVD”

 

Dragunov Sniper Rifle

Снайпер= 089;кая винто= ;вка Драгу= ;нова

(Snayperskaya Vintovka Dragunova)<= /o:p>

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Dragunov<= span style=3D'font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black'> SVD (USSR/Russia)=

By World Guns (Russia)


Original SVD with wooden stock


Latest variant of SVD, with polymer stock and handguar= ds, and new polymer magazine


SVD-S - SVD with shortened barrel and folding metal bu= ttstock

Caliber: Russian 7.62x54mm Rimmed
Operation: gas operated, short stroke, rotating bolt; semi-automatic=
Capacity: 10 round detachable box magazine
Weight: 4.31kg empty with telescope
Length: 1225 mm
Barrel Length: 620 mm
Max Rate of Fire: 30 RPM
Aimed Rate of Fire: 3-5 RPM
Scope Type: PSO-1 with illuminated reticle
Accuracy: less than 2MOA at 600m

SVD was designed not as a standard sniper rifle. In fact, main role of the SVD ir Soviet / Russian Army is to = extend effective range of fire of every infantry squad up to 600 meters and to pro= vide special fire support. SVD is a lightweight and quite accurate (for it's class) rifle, capable of semi-auto fire. First re= quest for new sniper rifle was issued in 1958. In 1963 SVD (= Snaiperskaya Vintovka Dragunova,= or Dragunov Sniper Rifle) was accepted by Soviet Militar= y. SVD can use any kind of standart 7.62x54R ammo, but primary round is specially developed for SVD sniper-grade cartridge with steel-core bullet. Every infantry squad in the Russian (Soviet) army had one man with SVD.

SVD is extremely reliable in all conditions, and designed for heavy battles. It has backup ajustable iron sig= hts as a standart option, as well as a bayonet mount (= standart AK-47 bayonet type).

Latest modernisation<= /span> incorporate rugged polymer stock. Also, for mounted a= nd airborne troops developed variant with folding buttsoc= k and shortened barrel (590 mm). New flash hider/muzzle brake also installed.=

All modifications of SVD passed many real battle tests during Afghan war as well as many other local conflicts, including latest Chechen wars. SVD was widely used and copied across the former Warshaw pact countries and still in service with Russian Army and many Russian Law Enforcement agencies (as well in oter CIS count= ries).

 

 7.= 62x54R Cartridge Information

 

By P. Labbett

 

The Soviet armed forces, ha= ve made a practice of issuing a variety of special loadings in their standard rifle= and machinegun caliber ammunition. This variety of loading was particularly noticeable in 7.62 mm. x 54 ammunition. Apart from loadings known to have existed during the 1914-18 war period (incendiary, explosive, tracer and ar= mor piercing), seven main variations of 7.62 mm. x 54 other than ball were issued from the early 1930s.

 

Three types of ball, apart from special low velocity "Partisan" ammunition, were issued after the original round nosed= 210 grain model 1891. These were the 150 grain type "L" of 1908, the = 182 grain type "D" of 1930 and the current 150 grain steel cored type LPS. In addition a 200 grain boat tailed match bulleted cartridge has been = in use.  Soviet special loadings were largely made up with copper-washed = steel cases and were identified by colored bullet tips.   With the exception of tracer, AP/incendiary and incendiary ranging, all the other special loadings shown are now obsolete or obsolescent, as are ball rounds other than the LPS. The 7.62 mm. x 54 cartridge is still in first line serv= ice in the USSR and in other communist countries with the SVD Dragunov= snipers rifle and with various medium machine guns.

Details of 7.62 mm. x 54 spec= ial loadings are as follows:

 

Armour Piercing <= /b>Type B-30. This was a boat-tailed bullet 36.2 mm. long and weighing 170 grains with a hard steel core. The bullet was identified by a black tip.

 

Tracer Type T.46. This= title appears to cover the two types of Russian-designed tracer that have been in service since the war. Both types weigh 148 grains and both are identified = by green bullet tips. The earlier model was flat based and 38 mm. long and contained a metal canister holding the tracer composition. The second type = was slightly shorter at 35 mm. and was slightly boat-tailed. With the second ty= pe of bullet the envelope forward of the case neck had a distinct step and the tracer canister was open at the front end as well as at the rear.

 

Armour Piercing T= racer Type B T. This was a flat based bullet weighing 157 grain= s. The forward part of the envelope was filled with a steel core, the rear hol= ding a tracer canister. Identification was by means of a purple bullet tip.

 

Armour Piercing Incendiary Type BS-40. This type, now obsolete, was identified by having an all red colored bullet with a black tip. This was a flat-based bu= llet weighing 187 grains. The core was of tungsten carbide with incendiary composition contained in the forward part of the envelope.

 

Armour Piercing Incendiary Type B-32. Two distinct forms of AP/1 exist under thi= s title, both identified by a black over red tip. The earlier pattern weighed 154 gr= ains and was 36.8 mm. long and boat tailed. The forward portion of the envelope = held incendiary composition behind which was a steel core. In fact two alternati= ve incendiary compositions were used in this pattern, a phosphorus/aluminum mixture or, later, Thermite. The second distinc= t B-32 type was slightly longer and was stepped between the c= annelure and the start of the boat tail. Inside, the steel core was placed further f= orward and incendiary composition was placed not only in the forward portion of the envelope but also in the very base of the bullet, under the core, the rear = of the envelope being closed with a small copper disc.

 

Armour Piercing Incendiary Tracer Type BZT. This was a flat based bullet, 40.7 m= m. long, identified by purple over red bullet tip. Weight was 142 grains. With= in the envelope was a short steel core, forward of which was incendiary composition and behind which was a tracer canister.

 

Incendiary Ranging Type ZP= . This was a boat tailed bullet weighing 160 grains and identified by a red bullet tip. In the forward portion of the envelope was located incendiary composition, the center of the bullet being taken up with a striker mechani= sm and an explosive capsule. This bullet was sensit= ive and liable to premature explosion, and was intended solely for machine gun = use.

Generally, Soviet designed 7.= 62 mm. x 54 ammunition is either made by or used by the other communist armed forc= es, but some alternative patterns have been manufactured since 1945.

Czechoslovakia who has long h= ad a thriving arms industry appears to have a more independent approach to design and has produced at least two 7.62 mm. x 54 cartridges of native design.

 

Czech = heavy ball. Made in the early 1950s this was a boat tailed bullet weig= hing 181 grains and 38.5 mm. long. The bullet core was of steel and the bullet b= ore no identification color code. At the same time the Czechs were also manufacturing their copy of the Russian Type "D" bullet, this hav= ing the same yellow-bullet tip as the Soviet made bullet.

 

Czech = Type TzSz Tracer. Also dating from the early 19= 50s the Czechs made a heavy tracer bullet. This was a boat tailed design weighi= ng 182 grains and being 37.7 mm. in length. Like the Soviet designed counterpa= rt, the Czech bullet was identified by a green bullet tip.

 

 

Soviet 7.62 mm x 54 LPS ball (silver tip) has a muzzle velocity of 2,850 feet per second and the ballist= ics of this bullet are those that the special loadings are intended to match, at least at a certain range. Soviet special loadings will generally be found w= ith propellant charges weighing between 48 and 50 grains.

Article from "Guns Review" Volume 25 No. 9 September 1985.

 

7.62x54R Military Ammunition Color Codes

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from Don Francis who added some clarification and the Misc<= /span> Info.

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Misc info: =

Most early M1891 Russian 7.62x54R= was loaded with black powder. There is a rifle grenade launching blank made as = well as various dummy & blank rounds. Russian 7.62x54R with the Cyrillic character that looks rather like "III" with a comma hanging off t= he lower right on the case head was intended for the ShKA= S machinegun only.

 

 

7.62x54R Russian Cartridge

Cartridge Schematic

 

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7.62x54R Russian Cartridge - Hungarian Silver/Yellow

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Excellent loads. The old M39 really likes this stuff. It is currently readi= ly available in either 440 round spam cans or by the 20 round string-tied wax bundle. The only writing I could find in the bundle said merely "Csomagolta: 16/ vv.". "Csomagolta" translates to "packaged" in Hungarian

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7.62x54R Russian Cartridge - Hungarian Silver

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Excellent quality. It is currently readily available in either 440 round sp= am cans or by the 20 round string-tied wax bundle. The only writing I could fi= nd in the bundle said merely "Csomagolta: 15/ vv.". "Csomagolta" translates to "packaged" in Hungarian.

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7.62x54R Russian Cartridge - Bulgarian Yellow Tip

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Excellent Quality. No misfires, etc. in 200 rounds. It is corrosive, though= . No surprise. Comes in 10 round string-tied paper bundles.<= /span>

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7.62x54R Russian Cartridge - Yugoslavian

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Comes in brown boxes of 15 rounds marked in cyrillic: 15 KOMADA/7.62 mm METAK/ SA LAKIM ZRNOM M908(s)... (english characters substituted for cyrillic). The language appears to be serbo-croatian, so I think this is of Yugoslavian origin. Loaded very h= ot. Lots of split cases, etc.

 

7.62x54R Russian Cartridge - Russian Hunting

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Comes in green boxes of 20 rounds labeled in cyrillic<= /span> and english, "These cartridges for shootin= g big game animals". Supposedly non-corrosive, but this is in doubt (based u= pon usenet reports).

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7.62x54= R Russian Cartridge - German Light

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This stuff apears to have been loaded with bull= ets normally used for 7.62x39 AK rounds. Comes in pink boxes marked "20 Stuck/M39 Ub". Might be a less punishing alternative for you M38 and M44 car= bine shooters out there. Does not reliably cycle all SVT-40's even with highest gas port setting.

 

7.62x54R Russian Cartridge - Chinese 321

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Comes in packs of 15 rounds on three brass strippers.
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7.62x54R Russian Cartridge - Syrian? #1

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= General Comments:
Only had a few rounds in pretty rough shape.
It worked, that's about it.

 

7.62x54R Russian Cartridge - Syrian? #2

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Only had a few rounds in pretty rough shape.
It worked, that's about it.
Interesting case head here... it has almost no bevel as most 7.62x54R cases= do.

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7.62x54R Russian Cartridge - Russian

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