The SVDK, GRAU index 6V9, is a Russian precision rifle in the SVD rifle family, formally the Dragunov sniper rifle, large-calibre. It is chambered for the 9.3x64mm 7N33 cartridge. The article infobox credits the design to TsNIITochMash in the 1990s and production to the Izhevsk machine-building plant, with service from 2006. It is gas operated with a rotating bolt, feeds from a 10-round detachable box magazine and carries a 3-10x 1P70 Giperion telescopic sight alongside iron sights. According to the article it came out of the Vzlomshik research and development programme, together with the SV-98 sniper rifle and the ASVK anti-materiel rifle.
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Izhevsk machine-building plant
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is a Russian precision rifle from the SVD rifle family
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SVDK was adopted by the Russian army in 2006
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chambered for the 9.3×64mm 7N33 cartridge
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Russian precision rifle
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