Meaning & use
Dragunov
A Soviet-designed semi-automatic sniper rifle, officially the SVD, developed by Evgeny Dragunov in the 1960s.
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Soviet marksmen carried the Dragunov into combat because of its long-range accuracy.
The museum displayed a Dragunov rifle alongside other Cold War-era Soviet weapons.
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The Dragunov (SVD) remains widely used and manufactured today, decades after its original Soviet military adoption.
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