SVD Dragunov

Note: Before adding to this list, make sure you have checked FPK / PSL Sniper Rifle. The FPK, PSL or Romak 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.

Specifications

• Type: Sniper Rifle (Designed for use as a DMR)

• Caliber: 7.62x54mm R

• Capacity: 10-round detachable box magazine, some export versions with 5-round magazines

• Fire Modes: Safe/Semi

• Receiver: Milled Steel

• Sights: PSO-1 scope, iron sights

The SVD Dragunov sniper rifle and variants have appeared in the following films, video games and anime, used by the following actors:

SVD Dragunov

SVD Dragunov sniper rifle - 7.62x54mm R

SVDS rifle with shortened barrel and folding stock, intended for paratroopers - 7.62x54mm R

Commercial "Tiger Carbine" (aka "Dragunov Tiger") version sold in the US, with synthetic furnishings used on domestic SVD-M modernized variant - 7.62x54mm R. More recent Tiger versions have a completely smooth reciever cover.

Film

Title	Actor	Character	Notation	Date
August. Eighth	Sergey Nazarov	Seryoga		2012
The Sniper	Huang Xiaoming	Ching	Type 85 (Chinese made SVD)	2009
X-Men Origins: Wolverine	Daniel Henney	Agent Zero		2009
Hitman	Timothy Olyphant	Agent 47		2007
The Kingdom			Seen in the background	2007
Stealth	Jason Lee	Colonel Yune		2005
9th Company	Soslan Fidarov	Giaconda Petrovsky		2005
Typhoon	David Lee McInnis	Somchai	With suppressor	2005
Mission: Impossible III	Extra	Mercenary		2005
Dragon Squad	Yu Xia	Luo Zai-Jun		2005
Battle Royale II: Requiem	Natsuki Kato	Saki Sakurai		2003
LOC Kargil	Extras	Indian soldiers		2003
Bad Company	Gabriel Macht	Seale		2002
War (Voyna)		Chechen rebel		2002
Avalon	Malgorzata Foremniak	Ash	.	2001
Spy Game	Extra	Lebanese fighter		2001
Behind Enemy Lines	Extras	Serbian soldiers		2001
Black Hawk Down			Seen in the background	2001
Proof of Life	Extras	Russian soldiers		2000
Flickering Lights	Søren Pilmark	Torkild		2000
The Boondock Saints			Seen in the background	1999
Rifleman of the Voroshilov Regiment, The	Mikhail Ulyanov	Ivan Fyodorovich	With a sound suppressor	1999
Checkpoint (Blokpost)		Russian soldiers		1998
G.I. Jane	Viggo Mortensen	Master Chief Urgayle		1997
Jackie Chan's First Strike	Extra	Hitman		1996
Hidden Assassin	John Ashton	Alex Reed	with laser and suppressor	1995
Hidden Assassin	Dolph Lundgren	Michael Dane	with laser and suppressor	1995
Goldeneye	Extra	Soviet Soldier		1995
Men of War				1994
Sniper	Edward Wiley	Enemy sniper 'DeSilva'		1993
Sniper	Raj Sidhu	Enemy sniper in Barn		1993
The Beast of War	Extra	Soviet soldier		1988
Rambo 3	Sylvester Stallone	John Rambo		1988

Television

Show Title / Episode	Actor	Character	Notation	Air Date
Strike Back: Project Dawn	Phillip Winchester	Sgt. Michael Stonebridge	With polymer furniture and bipod	2011
The Border/"Blowback"	Jim Codrington	Darnell Williams		2008-2010
Burn Notice				2007-
Stormgate			some with wooden furniture and some with polymer furniture and new flash muzzle brake	2006
Criminal Minds / "The Fight"	Matt Ryan	FBI SSA Mick Rawson	With bipod	2005 - ????
Purgatory (Chistilishche)	Irina Veselin and Victoria Matveeva	the "White Tights"		1998
Seven Days/Shadow Play,Daddy's Girl	???	Snipers, Serbian soldiers		1998-2001
Soldier Soldier (TV series)				1991-1997
Tour of Duty	???	NVA Soldiers		1987-1990

Video Games

Game Title	Appears as	Mods	Notation	Release Date
7.62 High Calibre	Dragunov SVD and Dragunov SVD-S	bayonet, bipod, laser module, flahlight module, PSO1-M2 optical scope and 1PN93-4 night sight	the SVD-S features a side-folding stock	2008
The Sum Of All Fears	"SVD"			2002
Ghost Recon 2				2004
Ghost Recon 2: Summit Strike				2005
Operation Flashpoint		w/ camouflage		2001
Freedom Fighters	Sniper Rifle		with unrealistic 7-round magazine	2003
Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne			not usable	2003
Hitman: Blood Money				2006
Hitman 2: Silent Assassin	SVD Rifle			2002
Hitman: Contracts				2004
Blacksite: Area 51			not usable	2007
S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl	SVDm2			2007
S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky	SVDm2			2008
S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call Of Pripyat	SVDm2			2009
Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater				2004
Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns Of The Patriots				2008
Battlefield: Vietnam				2004
Conflict: Vietnam				2004
Battlefield 2		With synthetic handguard		2005
Project Reality		With synthetic & wood furniture, bipod, and optional PSO-1 scope		2005
Project IGI: I'm Going In		w/ suppressor		2000
Project IGI 2: Covert Strike				2003
Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare				2007
Insurgency	Al-Kadesiah		Al-Kadesiah(Iraqi SVD clone)	2007
Delta Force: Xtreme 2				2010
Modern Warfare 2			Available only in Campaign mode and Museum level	2009
Resident Evil 5				2009
Vietcong				2003
Vietcong 2				2005
ArmA: Armed Assault				2007
ArmA II				2009
Close Combat: First to Fight	Sniper Rifle			2005
Uncharted: Drake's Fortune	Dragon Sniper Rifle			2007
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 an FPK / PSL		2008
Combat Arms		Dragunov-S Tiger version available		2004
Counter-Strike Online		Now also has carbine mode in Zombie 3(a part of the "Hero's weapon" with m203 grenade launcher)(w/ 20-round magazine)		2007
Shadow Ops: Red Mercury		With optional silencer		2004
MAG	SASR	With scope removed		2010
SOCOM: US Navy SEALs Fireteam Bravo 3	SAS-R			2010
GoldenEye 007 (2010)	Pavlov ASR	With optional thermal scope and suppressor		2010
Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker	SVD		w/ various upgrades	2010
Medal of Honor (2010)	Dragunov SVD		single-player only	2010
Army of Two: The 40th Day	SVD	Can be fitted with a variety of stocks, barrels, magazines, scopes, suppressors/muzzle brakes		2010
NCIS: The Video Game			on poster	2011
Far Cry 3				2012
Ghost Recon Online				2012
Ghost Recon: Future Soldier		SVDS		2012
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3	Dragunov		SVD-M, w/ black synthetic furniture	2011
XIII	Sniper Rifle		incorrectly has 10 rounds of 50. cal BMG
Karma Online				2011

Anime

Character	Title	Notation	Date
Rico	Gunslinger Girl		2003-2004
Rico	Gunslinger Girl IL TEATRINO		2008
Anti-Robot Fighter	Metropolis		2001
"Wraith"	Full Metal Panic!: The Second Raid		2005
Balalaika	Black Lagoon		2006
Supernatural Disaster Countermeasures Division operative	Ga-rei: Zero		2008
	Asobi ni Ikuyo!		2010
Kasai	When They Cry		2006
Aoi	Asobi ni Ikuyo: Bombshells from the Sky	Dragunov-S	2010
Assasins	Asobi ni Ikuyo: Bombshells from the Sky	Fitted with black synthetic handguard, bipod, NSPUM-2 sight and IR laser	2010
Reki	Aria the Scarlet Ammo	with PSO-1 telescopic sight	2011

SVU Dragunov

SVU Dragunov - 7.62x54mm R

SVU-AS Dragunov sniper rifle with bipod - 7.62x54mm R

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. It was introduced in 1991, and entered service three years later.

Films

Title	Actor	Character	Notation	Date
Rifleman of the Voroshilov Regiment, The	Mikhail Ulyanov	Ivan Fyodorovich		1999
Checkpoint (Blokpost)	Anastasia Razhuk	Masha		1999

Video Games

Game Title	Appears as	Mods	Notation	Release Date
Battlefield 2: Modern Combat				2006
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
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

Norinco NDM-86

The Norinco NDM-86 is a Chinese-made clone of the Soviet SVD. There are two versions; one is identical to the original Dragunov SVD and fires the 7.62x54mm R cartridge. The .308 Winchester version (7.62x51mm NATO) version has a more square shaped box magazine. The NDM-86 in 7.62x54mm R was imported between 1986-1989 into the U.S. The .308 version was imported for a longer time due to it being a different caliber than the 'military firearm'.

Norinco NDM-86 - 7.62x54mm R

Norinco NDM-86 - .308 Winchester / 7.62x51mm NATO

Film

Title	Actor	Character	Notation	Date
The Rundown		Hatcher's Marksman	.308 version	2003

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

How to tell an SVD from a PSL

SVD Dragunov sniper rifle - 7.62x54mm R. Shorter exposed part of gas piston, one-piece handguard, thinner bent safety lever, no "X" stamping on magazine, gap between magazine well and front of trigger guard, top of stock in-line with bore axis.

Romanian FPK/PSL sniper rifle - 7.62x54mm R. Note longer exposed part of the gas piston, two-piece AK-style handguard, straight safety lever, "X" shaped stamping on the magazine, magazine located immediately in front of the trigger guard rather than some distance ahead, diagonal stock.

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.
• Norinco - A list of all firearms manufactured by Norinco.