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The VSK-94 (russian: Войсковой Снайперский Комплекс, translit=Voyskovoy Snayperskiy Kompleks, translation=Military Sniper Complex,
GRAU The Main Missile and Artillery Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation (), commonly referred to by its transliterated Russian acronym GRAU (), is a department of the Russian Ministry of Defense. It is subordinate to the ...
designation 6В8) is a 9x39mm suppressed
designated marksman rifle A designated marksman rifle (DMR) is a modern telescopic sight, scoped high-Accuracy and precision, precision rifle used by infantrymen in the designated marksman (DM) role. It generally fills the engagement effective range, range gap between ...
designed in 1995 in the
KBP Instrument Design Bureau JSC ''Konstruktorskoe Buro Priborostroeniya'' (KBP) (russian: АО «Конструкторское бюро приборостроения», AO konstruktórskoje bjuró priborostrojénija Joint-Stock Company - Instrument Design Bureau) is one ...
by Vasily Gryazev.


Design

The VSK-94 retains the gas-driven operating principle of the
9A-91 The 9A-91 also known as KBP 9A91, is a compact assault rifle currently in use with Russian police forces. It is used as a cheaper and more versatile alternative to the SR-3 "Vikhr". The 9A-91 is a gas operated, rotating bolt weapon, which utili ...
with a
rotating bolt Rotating bolt is a method of locking the breech (or rear barrel) of a firearm closed for firing. Johann Nicolaus von Dreyse developed the first rotating bolt firearm, the "Dreyse needle gun", in 1836. The Dreyse locked using the bolt handle r ...
and hammer fire mechanism. The rifle features a stamped steel receiver, skeletonized
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stock integrated with the pistol grip and a synthetic forearm. The VSK-94 is equipped with a 4x
PSO-1 Russian PSO-1M2 current military issue 4×24 telescopic sight View through a PSO-1 telescopic sight mounted on an SVD rifle The PSO-1 (''Прицел Снайперский Оптический, Pritsel Snaipersky Optichesky'', "Optical Sniper ...
optical sight (adapted for subsonic rounds shooting) and standard flip
iron sight Iron sights are a system of physical alignment markers (usually made of metallic material) used as a sighting device to assist the accurate aiming of ranged weapons (such as a firearm, airgun, crossbow or even compound bow), or less commonly as ...
s from the 9A-91. The threaded barrel is designed to use a specifically designed
suppressor A silencer, also known as a sound suppressor, suppressor, or sound moderator, is a muzzle device that reduces the acoustic intensity Sound intensity, also known as acoustic intensity, is defined as the power carried by sound waves per unit ...
. The rifle uses 9x39mm ammunition feeding from a 20-round detachable
box magazine A magazine is an ammunition storage and feeding device for a repeating firearm, either integral within the gun (internal/fixed magazine) or externally attached (detachable magazine). The magazine functions by holding several cartridges withi ...
. Since the 9x39mm bullet weighs about twice as much as that of the
9×19mm Parabellum The 9×19mm Parabellum (also known as 9mm Parabellum or 9mm Luger or simply 9mm) is a rimless, tapered firearms cartridge. Originally designed by Austrian firearm designer Georg Luger in 1901, it is widely considered the most popular handgun a ...
, its muzzle energy is about twice as high as that of a subsonic 9×19mm Parabellum bullet fired from an HK MP5SD, for example.


Users

* : Used by the Belarusian special forces * : Used by
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* : Used by
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and special forces


See also

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9A-91 The 9A-91 also known as KBP 9A91, is a compact assault rifle currently in use with Russian police forces. It is used as a cheaper and more versatile alternative to the SR-3 "Vikhr". The 9A-91 is a gas operated, rotating bolt weapon, which utili ...
*
AS Val The 6P29 and 6P30 ( GRAU Indices), commonly known as the VSS "Thread Cutter" (Russian: ВСС «Винторе́з» Винто́вка Сна́йперская Специа́льная, romanized: ''Vintóvka Snáyperskaya Spetsiálnaya "Vint ...
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OTs-12 The OTs-12 ''Tiss'' () is a Russian fully automatic compact assault rifle. It is chambered for the subsonic 9×39mm round.https://en.kalashnikov.media/article/weapons/avtomat-tiss-primer-udachnogo-nauchnogo-tyka The Tiss is meant to equip OMNO ...
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OTs-14 Groza The OTs-14 Groza () is a Russian selective fire bullpup assault rifle chambered for the 7.62×39 round and the 9×39mm subsonic round. It was developed in the 1990s at the TsKIB SOO (Central Design and Research Bureau of Sporting and Hunting Arms ...
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SR-3 SR 3 may refer to: * SR-3 Vikhr, a Russian assault rifle * SR-3 Blackstar, the first stage of a reported American covert spaceplane program * Matich SR3, an Australian sports car * Radical SR3, an English sports car * ''Saints Row: The Third'', a ...
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VSS Vintorez The 6P29 and 6P30 ( GRAU Indices), commonly known as the VSS "Thread Cutter" (Russian: ВСС «Винторе́з» Винто́вка Сна́йперская Специа́льная, romanized: ''Vintóvka Snáyperskaya Spetsiálnaya "Vint ...
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References


External links


KBP Instrument Design Bureau – official site
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