Snipers are not usually the first association one makes with the Red Army, which was better geared toward vast offensives and tank battles. But there were still plenty of sharpshooters in the Soviet ...

Much like the AK-47, another legendary rifle from the Soviet era, the SVD designated marksman rifle has been noted for being easy to use, maintain, and repair. The Russian state-owned Kalashnikov ...

Key point: The simplicity of the Dragunov means it is likely to stick around the battlefields of the world for much longer. The Dragunov sniper rifle paired with the PSO-1 scope was perhaps the most ...

While broadly classed as a sniper’s weapon, the Dragunov was meant to increase the effective firing range of a motorized rifle detachment to 600 meters, extending the 400-meter reach of the AK47. In ...