The Dragunov sniper rifle is a semi-automatic sniper rifle/designated marksman rifle chambered in 7.6254mmR and developed by the Soviet Union. The Dragunov was designed as a squad support weapon since, according to Soviet and Soviet-derived military doctrines, the long-range engagement ability was lost to ordinary troops when sub-machine guns and assault rifles (which are optimized for close-range and medium-range, rapid-fire combat) were adopted.
Since then in the Real Steel world and airsoft world, this classic rifle now comes mainly in its modern black stock and hand guards configuration or in its classic wood stock and hand guards stock. Airsoft models of the SVD are available in manually operated bolt-action spring rifles or a fully-automatic airsoft electric guns.
