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SVD Dragunov
Note: Before adding to this list, make sure you have checked PSL Sniper Rifle. The PSL is a Romanian AK-derived sniper rifle sometimes used as an ersatz SVD in movies, so an entry which appears to be omitted from this page may well be on that one.
The SVD Dragunov sniper rifle and variants have appeared in the following films, video games and anime, used by the following actors:
SVD Dragunov
The SVD (Russian: Снайперская винтовка Драгунова, romanized: Snáyperskaya Vintóvka Dragunóva lit. 'Dragunov Sniper Rifle'), commonly called the "SVD Dragunov" or "Dragunov SVD" in English sources, is a Russian semi-automatic sniper rifle designed by Soviet weapon designer Yevgeny Dragunov. Original military production versions of the SVD feature wood furniture; later SVD production models from around the 1990 onwards feature upgraded synthetic furniture, with a redesigned, more skeletonized stock, and added ribs on the handguard, as well as a smooth receiver cover.
The Tiger (Russian: Тигр, Tigr) is a commercial variant of the SVD produced by Izhmash (now Kalashnikov Concern). Originally created in 1969, the Tiger was produced in limited numbers under the Soviet Union, mainly in response to special orders from the Soviet Ministry of Defense. After the Soviet dissolution, Izhmash began large scale production of the Tiger in 1992, for the Russian domestic and export market, including the United States. At various times, the Tiger was produced in different calibers, including 7.62x54mm R, .308 Winchester (7.62x51mm NATO), .30-06 Springfield, and 9.3x64mm.
Tigers come with a large variety of furniture and specs; the ones more commonly seen in the United States typically feature a shortened barrel that lacks the flash hider. However, other models have full-length barrels, as well as flash hiders, either the standard military flash hider or the shortened SVDS flash hider. They come with many different types of stocks and furnitures, including early model SVDs' wooden furnitures, later model SVDs' synthetic furnitures, as well as SVDS folding stocks, Monte carlo stocks, and thumbhole stocks. Early Tigers have a ribbed receiver cover, while more recent Tiger versions have a completely smooth receiver cover. The Tiger usually does not have a bayonet lug, though some US imported Tigers come with bayonet lugs.
The Kalashnikov TG3, revealed in 2018, is a civilian Lancaster-bored version of the SVD legally classified as a shotgun under Russian law (making it much easier for civilians to acquire as the Russian shotgun license is easier to acquire than the rifle license), due to having a legally-smoothbore barrel. It fires the special 9.6x53mm Lancaster (also known as 9.6/53 Lancaster) round produced by Techcrim.
Specifications
(1963 - present)
- Type: Designated Marksman Rifle
- Caliber: 7.62x54mm R, 9.6x53mm Lancaster (TG3), 7.62x51mm NATO (Tiger 308)
- Weight: 9.48 lb (4.30 kg)
- Length: 48.2 in (122.5 cm)
- Barrel length(s):
- 24.0 in (61 cm)
- 530mm (Tiger)
- Capacity: 10, 5 (generally used on civilian and export versions), rare 20 and 30 round magazines made for SVD-A series
- Fire Modes: Semi-Auto, select-fire (experimental SVD-A variant, 700 RPM)
Film
| Title | Actor | Character | Notation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rambo 3 | Sylvester Stallone | John Rambo | Can be Norinco NDM-86 | 1988 |
| The Beast of War | Soviet soldier | 1988 | ||
| Living Target (Zhivaja mishen) | A criminal | 1990 | ||
| Rabid Bus (Vzbesivshiysya avtobus) | OMON troopers | 1990 | ||
| Kill the "Jackal" (Ubit "Shakala") | sniper | 1991 | ||
| Afghan Breakdown | Soviet soldiers | 1991 | ||
| The Bay of Death (Bukhta smerti) | Vladimir Levitsky | Fedya | 1991 | |
| Shot in the Coffin (Vystrel v grobu) | Stepan Starchikov | Stepan Subbota | 1992 | |
| Bohdan Benyuk | Roman | |||
| Black Shark (Chyornaya akula) | Soviet soldier | 1993 | ||
| Sniper | Raj Sidhu | Enemy sniper in barn | 1993 | |
| Sniper | Edward Wiley | DeSilva | 1993 | |
| Cyber Tracker | Seen in armory | 1994 | ||
| Crusader (Krestonosets) | A hitman | 1995 | ||
| Goldeneye | Soviet Soldier | 1995 | ||
| Hidden Assassin | Dolph Lundgren | Michael Dane | with laser and suppressor | 1995 |
| Hidden Assassin | John Ashton | Alex Reed | with laser and suppressor | 1995 |
| Crying Freeman | Byron Mann | Koh | 1995 | |
| Mercenary | John Ritter | Jonas Ambler | 1996 | |
| Mercenary | Olivier Gruner | 'Hawk' | 1996 | |
| Prisoner of the Mountains (Kavkazskiy plennik) | Russian soldiers and Chechen fighters | 1996 | ||
| Jackie Chan's First Strike | Hitman | 1996 | ||
| Deserter (Dezertir) | Brigands | Synthetic furniture | 1997 | |
| G.I. Jane | Viggo Mortensen | Master Chief Urgayle | 1997 | |
| Hard Rain | Michael A. Goorjian | Kenny | 1998 | |
| Checkpoint (Blokpost) | Roman Romantsov | "Bones" | 1998 | |
| Checkpoint (Blokpost) | Kirill Ulyanov | "Professor" | 1998 | |
| Demons of War | Artur Zmijewski | Sgt. Biniek | 1998 | |
| Demons of War | Boguslaw Linda | Maj. Edward Keller | 1998 | |
| The Rifleman of the Voroshilov Regiment | Mikhail Ulyanov | Ivan Fyodorovich | With a sound suppressor | 1999 |
| The Boondock Saints | Seen in the background | 1999 | ||
| Flickering Lights | Søren Pilmark | Torkild | 2000 | |
| Proof of Life | Russian soldiers | 2000 | ||
| Lion's Share (Lvinaya dolya) | OMON snipers | 2001 | ||
| Black Hawk Down | Seen in the background | 2001 | ||
| Behind Enemy Lines | Serbian soldiers | 2001 | ||
| Spy Game | Lebanese fighter | 2001 | ||
| Avalon | Malgorzata Foremniak | Ash | 2001 | |
| Antikiller | Gosha Kutsenko | Korenev aka "Lis" | 2002 | |
| SOBR snipers | ||||
| War (Voyna) | Chechen rebel | 2002 | ||
| Bad Company | Gabriel Macht | Seale | 2002 | |
| Antikiller 2: Antiterror | A terrorist | 2003 | ||
| LOC Kargil | Indian soldiers | 2003 | ||
| Jisai (Dzisay) | Evgeniy Voskresenskiy | Hired killer | 2004 | |
| Moscow Heat | Seen in the pile of weapons | 2004 | ||
| He Will Be Left Behind (Arxada qalmis gelecek) | Omur Nagiyev | Amin | 2005 | |
| Dragon Squad | Yu Xia | Luo Zai-Jun | 2005 | |
| Typhoon | David Lee McInnis | Somchai | With suppressor | 2005 |
| 9th Company | Konstantin Kryukov | Giaconda Petrovsky | 2005 | |
| Stealth | Jason Lee | Colonel Yune | Can be Norinco NDM-86 | 2005 |
| Mission: Impossible III | Davian's man | 2006 | ||
| The Kingdom | Seen in the background | 2007 | ||
| Hitman | An assassin | 2007 | ||
| Captive (Plennyy) | Pyotr Logachev | Vovka | 2008 | |
| Captive (Plennyy) | Russian soldiers; Chechen fighters | 2008 | ||
| Crossfire (Les Insoumis) | In the warehouse of weapons | 2008 | ||
| Babylon A.D. | A security guard | 2008 | ||
| Dolphin Jump (Pryzhok Afaliny) | uncredited | Nurlan Ordaq | 2009 | |
| Police | ||||
| X-Men Origins: Wolverine | Daniel Henney | Agent Zero | 2009 | |
| The Sniper | Huang Xiaoming | Ching | Norinco Type 85 | 2009 |
| A Yakuza's Daughter Never Cries | Isao Karasawa | Assassin | Izhmash Tigr (civilian version of SVD) | 2010 |
| The Liquidator | Sniper | 2011 | ||
| A Quiet Outpost (Tikhaya zastava) | Yuri Konovalov | Sgt. Durov | 2011 | |
| Home (Dom) | Nickolay Molochkov | Yazva | Izhmash Tigr (civilian version of SVD) | 2011 |
| Steve Niles' Remains | rouge Army soldier | Synthetic furniture | 2011 | |
| 5 Days of War | Mikko Nousiainen | Daniil | 2011 | |
| Suicides (Samoubiytsy) | SOBR sniper | 2012 | ||
| August. Eighth | Sergey Nazarov | Seryoga | 2012 | |
| R2B: Return to Base | North Korean soldier | 2012 | ||
| The Lost Gate (Ztracená brána) | Jirí Langmajer | Zábranský | 2012 | |
| The Fugitive (Kyuryuyoiekh) | Aleksey Popov | Miitee | Izhmash Tigr | 2014 |
| Maksim Romanov | Makhsyym | |||
| Yevgeniy Pivovarov | Yakov | |||
| Julustan Semyonov | Misha | |||
| The Calculator (Vychislitel) | Seen in Captain's armory | 2014 | ||
| American Sniper | Sammy Sheik | Mustafa | 2014 | |
| Northern Limit Line | Sniper on Korean People's Navy Patrol Boat | 2015 | ||
| Atomic Blonde | Daniel Hargrave | KGB Agent | 2017 | |
| Charlize Theron | Lorraine Broughton | |||
| Palm Springs | Brian Duffy | Spuds | Using an PSL Magazine | 2020 |
| The Outpost | Scott Eastwood | SSG Clint Romesha | 2020 | |
| Carter | Jung So-ri | Han Jung-hee | 2022 |
Television
| Show Title | Actor | Character | Note/Episode | Air Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Strike Back: Project Dawn | Phillip Winchester | Sgt. Michael Stonebridge | With polymer furniture and bipod | 2011 |
| Criminal Minds | Matt Ryan | FBI SSA Mick Rawson | With bipod / "The Fight" (S5E18) | 2010 |
| The Border | Jim Codrington | Darnell Williams | "Blowback" | 2008-2010 |
| Black and White | Tang Guo Zhong | Che Jin | Episode 14 | 2009 |
| Branch (Expozitura) | Police sniper | 3rd/ "Hadí střela" | 2009 | |
| Iris - Season 1 | So-yeon Kim | Kim Seon-hwa | 2009 | |
| Burn Notice | 2007- | |||
| The Storm Gate | some with wooden furniture and some with polymer furniture and new flash muzzle brake | 2006 | ||
| I Have The Honor! (Chest Imeyu!) | Russian paratroopers | 2004 | ||
| Grazhdanin nachalnik | Militsia sniper | 2001 | ||
| Purgatory (Chistilishche) | Irina Veselin and Victoria Matveeva | the "White Tights" | 1998 | |
| Seven Days | ??? | Snipers, Serbian soldiers | "Shadow Play,Daddy's Girl" | 1998-2001 |
| Soldier Soldier (TV series) | 1991-1997 | |||
| Tour of Duty | ??? | NVA Soldiers | 1987-1990 | |
| The Last Ship | Thorwald's men | "Fight the Ship" (S2E02) | 2015 | |
| The Man in the High Castle | Lee Shorten | Sgt. Yoshida | 2015 | |
| Wynonna Earp | Dominique Provost-Chalkley | Waverly Earp | "Blood Red and Going Down” (S3E01) | 2018 |
Video Games
| Title | Appears as | Mods | Notes | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Project IGI: I'm Going In | w/ suppressor | 2000 | ||
| Operation Flashpoint | w/ camouflage | 2001 | ||
| The Sum Of All Fears | "SVD" | 2002 | ||
| Conflict: Desert Storm | 2002 | |||
| Hitman 2: Silent Assassin | SVD Rifle | 2002 | ||
| Conflict: Desert Storm II | 2003 | |||
| Project IGI 2: Covert Strike | 2003 | |||
| Vietcong | 2003 | |||
| Freedom Fighters | Sniper Rifle | with incorrect 7-round magazine | 2003 | |
| Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne | not usable | 2003 | ||
| Battlefield: Vietnam | 2004 | |||
| Hitman: Contracts | 2004 | |||
| Shadow Ops: Red Mercury | With optional suppressor | 2004 | ||
| Combat Arms | 2004 | |||
| Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater | 2004 | |||
| Conflict: Vietnam | 2004 | |||
| Elite Warriors Vietnam | 2005 | |||
| Close Combat: First to Fight | Sniper Rifle | 2005 | ||
| Battlefield 2 | With synthetic handguard | 2005 | ||
| Battlefield 2: Modern Combat | Dragunov SVD | MEC faction | 2005 | |
| Project Reality | With synthetic & wood furniture, bipod, and optional PSO-1 scope | 2005 | ||
| Vietcong 2 | 2005 | |||
| Conflict: Global Terror | 2005 | |||
| El Matador | 2006 | |||
| Hitman: Blood Money | 2006 | |||
| Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories | with incorrect 7-round magazine | 2006 | ||
| ArmA: Armed Assault | 2006 | |||
| S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl | "Sniper rifle (SVDm 2)" | 2007 | ||
| 7.62 High Calibre | Bayonet, bipod, laser module, flahlight module, PSO1-M2 optical scope and 1PN93-4 night sight | 2007 | ||
| Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare | 2007 | |||
| Blacksite: Area 51 | not usable | 2007 | ||
| Uncharted: Drake's Fortune | Dragon Sniper Rifle | 2007 | ||
| Alliance of Valiant Arms | With synthetic furniture | 2007 | ||
| Cross Fire | "Dragunov" | 2007 | ||
| "Dragunov Tigr 9" | w/synthetic furniture | |||
| S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky | "SVDm 2" | 2008 | ||
| Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3 | fake replica | 2008 | ||
| Far Cry 2 | w/ an early M16-style three-point open-front flash hider and the magazine and forend holes of a PSL Sniper Rifle | 2008 | ||
| Xenus 2: White Gold | 2008 | |||
| Counter-Strike Online | Now also has carbine mode in Zombie 3 (a part of the "Hero's weapon" with M203 grenade launcher); 20-round magazine | 2008 | ||
| Resident Evil 5 | 2009 | |||
| ArmA II | 2009 | |||
| S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat | SVDm2 | 2009 | ||
| Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 | Available only in Campaign mode and Museum level | 2009 | ||
| Rogue Warrior | DRAGUNOV | With PSL magazine and magazine release | Strange rail-top scope bracket with non-standard scope | 2009 |
| Army of Two: The 40th Day | SVD | Can be fitted with a variety of stocks, barrels, magazines, scopes, suppressors/muzzle brakes | 2010 | |
| SOCOM: US Navy SEALs Fireteam Bravo 3 | SAS-R | 2010 | ||
| Sniper: Ghost Warrior | 2010 | |||
| Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker | SVD | w/ various upgrades | 2010 | |
| Delta Force: Xtreme 2 | 2010 | |||
| GoldenEye 007 (2010) | Pavlov ASR | With optional thermal scope and suppressor | 2010 | |
| Medal of Honor (2010) | Dragunov SVD | single-player only | 2010 | |
| Call of Duty: Black Ops | With optional silencer, NPSU night-vision scope, or PSO-1 & PK-AV scopes | 2010 | ||
| NCIS: The Video Game | on poster | 2011 | ||
| War Inc. Battlezone | 2011 | |||
| Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 | Dragunov | With black synthetic furniture | 2011 | |
| Karma Online | 2011 | |||
| Resident Evil: The Mercenaries 3D | 2011 | |||
| Jagged Alliance: Back in Action | Druganoff | based on an airsoft AK-47 with SVD conversion kit | holds 20 rounds of 7.62x39mm | 2012 |
| Call of Duty: Black Ops II | 2012 | |||
| Far Cry 3 | SVD | Visually an SVD but most paint schemes make furnishings synthetic | 2012 | |
| Sniper: Ghost Warrior 2 | SVD Dragunov | 2013 | ||
| Call of Duty: Ghosts | black synthetic furniture | 2013 | ||
| DayZ | SVD | Synthetic furniture | 2013 | |
| Warface | "SVK" | 2013 | ||
| Survarium | 2013 | |||
| Payday 2 | Grom | w/optional synthetic furniture | added in Gage Russian Weapon Pack (2017) | 2013 |
| Ghost Recon: Phantoms | SVD | custom | 2014 | |
| Watch_Dogs | SVD | Synthetic furniture | 2014 | |
| World of Guns: Gun Disassembly | Dragunov Sniper Rifle | 6X4 bayonet and cheekplate | 2014 | |
| Squad | PSO-1 scope | Wood and synthetic furniture | 2014 | |
| Rainbow Six Siege | synthetic furniture | unusable; seen on a pre-release concept | 2015 | |
| Alekhine's Gun | 2016 | |||
| Hot Dogs, Horseshoes & Hand Grenades | 2016 | |||
| Escape from Tarkov | seen on official art with the Prapor, Mechanic and Skier traders | 2016 | ||
| Sniper: Ghost Warrior 3 | Dragoon SVD | 2017 | ||
| Rising Storm 2: Vietnam | 2017 | |||
| Ironsight | SVD | 2018 | ||
| Far Cry 5 | SVD | Hours of Darkness DLC, mirrored | 2018 | |
| Insurgency: Sandstorm | SVD | 2018 | ||
| Vigor | SVD | 2018 | ||
| Call to Arms | SVD Dragunov | 2018 | ||
| S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Misery | SVD | 2018 | ||
| The Division 2 | SVD | 2019 | ||
| Sniper: Ghost Warrior Contracts | "OFB SVDM" | 2019 | ||
| Far Cry New Dawn | mirrored, cut-down barrel and handguard | 2019 | ||
| Ghost Recon Breakpoint | 2019 | |||
| Call of Duty: Modern Warfare | Dragunov | 2019 | ||
| Into the Radius VR | "Tiger Rifle" | w/ various attachments, dovetail rail | 10-round magazines, civilian Tiger variant | 2020 |
| Far Cry 6 | SVD | mirrored, iron sights by default | 2021 | |
| Battlefield 2042 | SVD | 2021 | ||
| Paradox of Hope | SVD | w/ various attachments | 2022 | |
| Military Conflict: Vietnam | 2022 | |||
| S.T.A.L.K.E.R. GAMMA | SVD | 2022 | ||
| Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 | "SVD" | 2024 |
Anime
| Character | Title | Notation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Metropolis | Anti-Robot Fighter | 2001 | |
| Gunslinger Girl | Rico | 2003-2004 | |
| Area 88 | Sniper | 2004 | |
| Full Metal Panic!: The Second Raid | "Wraith" | 2005 | |
| Black Lagoon | Hotel Moscow Boeviks | 2006 | |
| Black Lagoon: The Second Barrage | Balalaika/Hotel Moscow Boeviks | 2006 | |
| When They Cry: Kai | Kasai | 2007 | |
| Ga-rei: Zero | Supernatural Disaster Countermeasures Division operative | 2008 | |
| Gunslinger Girl: Il Teatrino | Rico | 2008 | |
| Asobi ni Ikuyo! | 2010 | ||
| Asobi ni Ikuyo: Bombshells from the Sky | Assasins | Fitted with black synthetic handguard, bipod, NSPUM-2 sight and IR laser | 2010 |
| Aria the Scarlet Ammo | Reki | with PSO-1 telescopic sight | 2011 |
| Sword Art Online II | As a HUD icon | 2014 | |
| Magical Girl Raising Project | Calamity Mary | 2016 |
SVDS
The SVDS is a variant with a shortened barrel and folding stock, intended for paratroopers.
Film
| Title | Actor | Character | Notation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Captive (Plennyy) | 2008 | |||
| Republic Z (Respublika Z) | on the wall | 2018 |
Video Games
| Game Title | Appears as | Mods | Notation | Release Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Combat Arms | 2004 | |||
| 7.62 High Calibre | 2007 | |||
| Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns Of The Patriots | 2008 | |||
| Arctic Combat | 2012 | |||
| Contract Wars | 2014 | |||
| Escape from Tarkov | SVDS 7.62x54R sniper rifle | Various pistol grips, 10 and 20-rounds mags, side dovetail mount, suppressor, custom chassis, buffer tube adapter | added in v0.11.7.2979 patch (2019) | 2016 |
| Black Squad | Dragunov | 2017 | ||
| S.T.A.L.K.E.R. GAMMA | SVDS | 2022 |
Anime
| Character | Title | Notation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Asobi ni Ikuyo: Bombshells from the Sky | Aoi | 2010 |
SVDM
The SVDM is a modernized SVDS variant first produced in June 2018 which features a redesigned side-folding stock, a 21.7-inch barrel, redesigned iron sights, a new 1P88-4 scope and an integral picatinny rail on the receiver cover.
Video Games
| Game Title | Appears as | Mods | Notation | Release Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Squad | SVDM | Uses standard 1P88 scope | SVDM variant, introduced with Beta 21 update | 2020 |
SVU
The SVU (also known as "OTs-03") is the bullpup version of the SVD, developed by TsKIB SOO for Russian special forces. The SVU-A (OTs-03A) is another variant, capable of fully automatic fire, while the SVU-AS (OTs-03AS) is equipped with a bipod. The SVU was introduced in 1991, and entered service three years later, the SVU-A was introduced in 1995.
The SVU also features a combined muzzle suppressor, which eliminates flashes, muffles the sound of a shot and scatters it, preventing the shooter from being detected.
Films
| Title | Actor | Character | Notation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Rifleman of the Voroshilov Regiment | Mikhail Ulyanov | Ivan Fyodorovich | 1999 | |
| Checkpoint (Blokpost) | Anastasia Razhuk | Masha | 1999 | |
| Antikiller 2: Antiterror | Mikhail Lukashov | Akimov | 2003 |
Television
| Title | Actor | Character | Notation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grazhdanin nachalnik | Ivan Ryzhikov | Aleksandr Zavarzin | 2001 | |
| Egor Beroev | Andrey | |||
| Vladimir Vdovichenkov | Kolya the Afghan |
Video Games
| Game Title | Appears as | Mods | Notation | Release Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Battlefield 2: Modern Combat | Dragunov SVU | EU faction | 2005 | |
| S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl | SVUmk2 | 2007 | ||
| 7.62 High Calibre | Dragunov SVU-A | w/ bipod, tactical flashlight and several interchangeable sights | 2008 | |
| Battlefield: Bad Company | SVU Snayperskaya Short | 2008 | ||
| S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky | SVUmk2 | 2008 | ||
| S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat | 2009 | |||
| Battlefield: Bad Company 2 | SVU Snayperskaya Short | w/ several interchangeable sights | 2010 | |
| SOCOM: US Navy SEALs Fireteam Bravo 3 | SAS-U | 2010 | ||
| Battlefield Play4Free | SVU-A | w/ optional tan handguard and magazine | 2011 | |
| Call of Duty: Black Ops II | SVU-AS | Harris bipod (in-game model) & various attachments | Actually an SVU | 2012 |
| Splinter Cell: Blacklist | SVU | 2013 | ||
| Call of Duty: Ghosts | SVU | Harris bipod & various attachments | 2013 | |
| Warface | "SVU-AS" | SVU-AS | 2013 | |
| Survarium | 2013 | |||
| Contract Wars | 2014 | |||
| Rainbow Six: Siege | OTs-03 | Features toggle-able sight magnifier. | 2015 | |
| Vigor | SVU | Suppressed, but not modelled with a suppressor | 2018 | |
| S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Misery | SVU | 2018 | ||
| S.T.A.L.K.E.R. GAMMA | SVU / SVU-A | 2022 | ||
| Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 | "Tsarkov 7.62" | SVU; anachronistic for 1991 setting | 2024 |
SVDK
Specifications
(2006 - Present)
- Type: Sniper Rifle
- Caliber: 9.3x64mm 7N33
- Weight: 6.5 kg less telescopic sight
- Length: 1250 mm
- Barrel length: 620 mm
- Feed System: 10-round detachable box magazine
- Fire Modes: Semiautomatic
Video Games
| Game Title | Appears as | Notation | Release Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Contract Wars | TKPD Storm / TKPD Sniper | Modified | 2014 |
| Call to Arms | SVDK Dragunov | 2018 |
VS-121
The VS-121 is a modern bullpup sniper rifle based on the SVD from Izhmash. It has the same barrel length as the SVD, unlike the SVU, which has a shorter barrel.
Specifications
(2011 - Present)
- Type: Sniper Rifle
- Caliber: 7.62x54mm and 7.62x51mm
- Weight: ??
- Length: ??
- Barrel length: 24.4
- Feed System: 10
- Fire Modes: Semiautomatic
Video Games
| Game Title | Appears as | Notation | Release Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| ArmA III | Rahim 7.62 | 2013 |
NDM-86
Following the Sino-Vietnamese War, China produced clones of the Soviet SVD captured from Vietnam. The clones were developed by Factory 296 (now known as Jianshe), and consisted of two models: the Type 79 sniper rifle, which saw limited service, and the "slightly improved" Type 85 sniper rifle, which saw a more widespread service. It is unclear what are the exact improvements between the Type 79 and the Type 85 however, and the two models appear largely identical to each other (and the Soviet SVD).
China exported several versions of the Type 79/85 under several export companies. Norinco exports the NDM-86, with two versions: a 7.62x54mm R version called the "EM351", and a .308 Winchester (7.62x51mm NATO) version called the "EM352". The NDM-86 "EM351" was imported between 1986-1989 into the US, while the The "EM352" was imported for a longer time due to it having a different caliber than the "military firearm". China's Poly Technologies also exported a small series of Chinese SVDs called the PDM-86.
Note: As the Type 79, Type 85, and the NDM-86 "EM351" are all visibly indistinguishable from the Soviet SVD, IMFDB currently only identifies the NDM-86 "EM352".
Film
| Title | Actor | Character | Notation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Rundown | Hatcher's Marksman | .308 version | 2003 | |
| Mosul | Mohimen Mahbuba | Amir | .308 version | 2019 |
| ISIS sniper | ||||
| Black Widow | .308 version; seen in arsenal | 2021 |
Television
| Title | Actor | Character | Notation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 | Michael Massee | Ira Gaines | .308 version | 2001 |
Video Games
| Game Title | Appears as | Mods | Notation | Release Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Medal of Honor | SVD | .308 version | 2010 | |
| Battlefield Play4Free | SVD | w/ optional tan handguard and stock | .308 version | 2011 |
| Battlefield 3 | SVD | w/ Various optional optics, bipod, laser sight, weaponlight, foregrip, and flash hider | .308 version | 2011 |
| Glorious Missions | 2012 | |||
| Dead Island: Riptide | "Semi-Auto Sniper Rifle" | with scope | .308 version | 2013 |
Al-Kadesiah
The Al-Kadesiah (also spelt Al-Kadesih or Al-Qadisiyah) is an Iraqi sniper rifle design inspired by the Dragunov. As it is built from Yugoslavian supplied Zastava M70 tooling that also made the Tabuk series, the Al-Kadesiah shares no parts with the original SVD aside having the same pattern scope mount and its distinct palm tree and saber-pattern ribbed magazines interchange with SVD mags.
Video Games
| Game Title | Appears as | Mods | Notation | Release Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Insurgency: Modern Infantry Combat | Al-Kadesiah | 2007 |
How to tell an SVD from a PSL
See Also
- Izhevsk Machinebuilding Plant - A list of all firearms manufactured by Izhmash.
- KBP Instrument Design Bureau - A list of all firearms manufactured by KBP Instrument Design Bureau.
- Kalashnikov Concern - A list of all firearms manufactured by Kalashnikov Concern.