- The VSS forms part of the VSK silenced sniper system. With the system, the rifle can be coupled to the PKS-07 collimated telescopic sight or the PKN-03 night sight. When the rifle forms part of the VSK system the range of ammunition can be extended to include the SP-6 and PAB-9 cartridges.
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| VSS Vintorez | |
|---|---|
| Type | Designated marksman rifle |
| Place of origin | Soviet Union |
| Service history | |
| In service | 1987–present |
| Used by | see Users |
| Wars |
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| Production history | |
| Designer | Pyotr Serdyukov and Vladimir Krasnikov |
| Designed | 1980s |
| Manufacturer | Tula Arms Plant |
| Produced | 1987–present |
| Variants | VSSM |
| Specifications | |
| Mass | 2.6 kg (5.73 lb) |
| Length | 894 mm (35.2 in) |
| Barrel length | 200 mm (7.9 in) |
| Cartridge | 9x39mm |
| Action | Gas-operated |
| Rate of fire | 800–900 rounds/min |
| Muzzle velocity | 282–292 m/s (925–958 ft/s) |
| Effective firing range | 300 m |
| Maximum firing range | 400 m |
| Feed system | 10-, 20-, or 30-round detachable box magazine |
| Sights | PSO-1 telescopic sight, 1PN51 night vision scope and iron sights |
The Vintorez Special Sniper Rifle (Russian: Винто́вка Сна́йперская Специа́льная, tr.Vintóvka Snáyperskaya Spetsiálnaya; GRAU designation 6P29), (Russian: Винторе́з, lit. 'thread cutter/tap'), is a suppresseddesignated marksman rifle that uses a heavy subsonic9×39mm SP5 cartridge and armor-piercing SP6 cartridge.[2] It was developed in the late 1980s by TsNIITochMash and manufactured by the Tula Arsenal. It is issued primarily to Spetsnaz units for undercover or clandestine operations, a role made evident by its ability to be stripped down for transport in a specially fitted briefcase.
Design details[edit]
Operating mechanism[edit]
The overall operating principle and sound suppression system used on the VSS are derived from the AS assault rifle. The VSS is a gas-operatedselect-fire rifle. It has a long-stroke gas piston operating rod in a gas cylinder above the barrel. The weapon is locked with a rotating bolt that has 6 locking lugs which engage appropriate sockets machined into the receiver. The VSS is striker fired. It features a cross-bolt type fire selector switch located behind the trigger, inside the trigger guard; the safety lever and the charging handle resemble those used in Kalashnikov weapons.
Features[edit]
The weapon has an integral suppressor which wraps around the barrel. The barrel itself has a series of small ports drilled in the rifling grooves, leading into the suppressor which slows and cools the exhaust gases. The suppressor can be easily removed for storage or maintenance, but the VSS should not be fired without the suppressor. The weapon's integral suppressor has a length of 284.36 mm and a diameter of 35.86 mm.
The skeletonized wooden stock is a more rounded version of that provided on the SVD rifle; it has a rubber shoulder pad and can be removed when the rifle is dismantled for compact storage. The forward handguard is made from a high-impact polymer. The rifle is usually fired semi-automatically. Should the operational need arise, the weapon can be used in fully automatic mode using either its original 10-round magazine or the 20-round magazines from the AS rifle.
It uses a subsonic 9×39 mm cartridge to avoid sonic boom. In comparison, the bullet of this cartridge weighs more than twice as much as the 124 gr NATO 9×19mm Parabellum, with the 9x39mm giving twice the muzzle energy of a subsonic 9×19mm NATO bullet fired from a HK MP5SD.
Additionally, the bullet is very effective at penetrating body armor. It is equipped with a hardened steel or tungsten tip and can penetrate a 6 mm (0.2 in) high-density steel plate at 100 m; a 2 mm (0.08 in) steel plate or a standard army helmet can be fully penetrated at 500 m; however, the rifle is typically employed under 400 m.
Sights[edit]
A side rail is provided, installed on the receiver and used to mount the PSO-1-1 (1P43) telescopic sight. The weapon can also be deployed for night-time use with the 3.46x NSPUM-3 (1PN75), special version of NSPU-3 (1PN51[3]), night sight using an appropriate mount. Back-up iron sights consist of a rear notch on a sliding tangent and forward blade. The rear sight has range graduations up to 400 m, with 100 m adjustments.
Accessories[edit]
For carriage and concealment the rifle is dismantled into three main components carried in a special briefcase measuring 450 x 370 x 140 mm (17.7 x 14.5 x 5.5 in). The briefcase also has space for a PSO-1-1 scope, a NSPU-3 night sight and two magazines.
The VSS forms part of the VSK silenced sniper system. With the system, the rifle can be coupled to the PKS-07 collimated telescopic sight or the PKN-03 night sight. When the rifle forms part of the VSK system the range of ammunition can be extended to include the SP-6 and PAB-9 cartridges.
Variants[edit]
The VSSM (ВССМ) GRAU 6P29M is the most modern iteration of the VSS rifle featuring an aluminium buttstock with an adjustable cheek and butt pad. Additionally it is fitted with Picatinny rail on the top of the dust cover and sides and bottom of the suppressor. Deliveries started in 2018.[4]
Users and service history[edit]
- Armenia: a small quantity of weapons were received from Russia among other arms before 2014.[5]
- Belarus: Used by various special forces.[6]
- Chechen Republic of Ichkeria[7]
- India: Used by MARCOS[8]
- Syria: Used by Syrian army
- Georgia: used by army and police special forces.[9]
- Kazakhstan[citation needed]
- Jordan: Special forces only.[citation needed]
- Russia: Special forces,[10]Federal Security Service (FSB)[11] and OMON.[12]
- Soviet Union[13]
- Ukraine: Used by SBU Alpha Group.[14][dubious]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^Dolgov, Anna (19 May 2015). 'Moscow Admits Two Fighters Captured in Ukraine Are Ex-Russian Soldiers'. The Moscow Times. Retrieved 19 May 2015.
- ^'VSS Vintorez Silenced Sniper Rifle'. www.militaryfactory.com.
- ^ИЗДЕЛИЕ 1ПН51 ТЕХНИЧЕСКОЕ ОПИСАНИЕ И ИНСТРУКЦИЯ ПО ЭКСПЛУАТАЦИИ [PRODUCT 1PN51 TECHNICAL DESCRIPTION AND OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS] (in Russian). January 1992. p. 11.
- ^http://www.armstrade.org/includes/periodics/news/2018/1001/122548950/detail.shtml
- ^http://vestikavkaza.ru/articles/Kak-obespechivaetsya-balans-sil-v-Zakavkaze.html
- ^http://vpk-news.ru/articles/21835
- ^Neville, Leigh (25 August 2016). Modern Snipers. General Military. Osprey Publishing. p. 190. ISBN9781472815347.
- ^P, Rajat (19 July 2019). 'Elite special forces of Army, IAF, Navy get major weapons upgrade | India News – Times of India'. The Times of India. Retrieved 18 July 2019.
- ^http://osinform.org/analitic/939-spetspodrazdelenija_gruzii.html
- ^https://armstrade.org/includes/periodics/news/2020/0831/101559399/detail.shtml
- ^http://bratishka.ru/archiv/2005/2/2005_2_5.php
- ^Neville 2016, p. 229.
- ^http://bratishka.ru/archiv/2005/2/2005_2_5.php
- ^http://www.spas.net.ua/index.php/news/full/752
External links[edit]
| Wikimedia Commons has media related to VSS Vintorez. |
- 'Special Purpose Sniper Rifle VSS 'Vintorez''. EnemyForces.net.
- Tula Arms Plant—manufacturers page (404, archive)
| Silent Trigger | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Russell Mulcahy |
| Produced by | Nicolas Clermont Silvio Muraglia |
| Written by | Sergio Altieri |
| Starring | Dolph Lundgren Gina Bellman Conrad Dunn Christopher Heyerdahl |
| Music by | Stefano Mainetti |
| Cinematography | David Franco |
| Edited by | Yves Langlois |
| Distributed by | Buena Vista |
Release date | 1996 |
| 93 min. | |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $9 million |
Silent Trigger is a 1996 American action thriller film directed by Russell Mulcahy starring Dolph Lundgren and Gina Bellman about a sniper and his female spotter. Lundgren plays Waxman, a former Special Forces soldier who is now working as a heavily armed assassin sent on a mission by a secretive 'Agency', to assassinate a target from an abandoned skyscraper in construction. Memories and moral dilemmas resurface when a former spotter from a failed assignment shows up.
Plot[edit]
The movie takes place in and around an unfinished city skyscraper, the 'Algonquin', where a sniper/spotter team (Waxman and Clegg) set up a firing platform on a top floor. The two arrive independently of each other, two of the Agency's assassins. As they meet, they recognize each other, as they have been on a mission together before.
This mission is portrayed in a series of flashbacks. In the first flashback, Waxman and Clegg were supposed to assassinate a female politician. Waxman hesitates when the politician lifts a child and, while hesitating, a helicopter appears, air assaultingsoldiers in the courtyard behind the team's firing position. The two defeat the attacking force, including the machine gun-equipped helicopter, whose pilot and copilot are shot through the canopy.
Returning to the primary scene, one of the construction site security personnel is new on the job. The drug-addicted regular, O'Hara (Christopher Heyerdahl) attempts to win a statutory position over him by scaring him. As Waxman opens a roof door, a light by the security personnel turns on, and the newcomer, Klein (Conrad Dunn) leaves in search of it.
The internal lift of the building is clearly audible, and Clegg surveys Klein's movements, when he arrives. She interrupts his inspections when he is about to open the roof door. She takes him to the lift, sending him downwards. However, just as she is talking him off, she sees Waxman sitting on top of the lift car. He mounts a bomb on the lift car and, when the car begins moving, nearly falls down the shaft. He is saved by Clegg, and they both attempt keeping up the 'just business'-facade, although some romantic appreciation is apparent.
While the two on the rooftop readjust their gear, O'Hara, presumably, decides to rape Clegg. However, Clegg pulls her small-caliber sidearm, and threatens O'Hara into the lift. When O'Hara returns downstairs, he picks up his gun and puts on body armor. He then surprises Clegg, while she is standing over the sink of the top-floor bathrooms. Clegg points her gun at him, and shoots a well-aimed bullet into his chest. Unsurprised by this, O'Hara attacks Clegg, but is encountered by Waxman, and a violent fight takes place in an unfinished hall between various building materials. The fight is won by Waxman, and he ties the now bloody O'Hara to a toilet.
Clegg and Waxman consummate their feelings for each other. Afterwards, as duty continues, Waxman heads for the bathrooms, but sees water running out under the door to the bathroom. He pulls his gun, and discovers that O'Hara has disappeared.
O'Hara bears the toilet with him down the stairs. A vengeful O'Hara grabs his shotgun and is about to go upstairs to finish off Waxman. Klein, the new security guard, shoots O'Hara with his shotgun, walks to the spot where the dying O'Hara lies and, in cold blood, puts a final shot into him.
Upstairs, the two are engaging the target. As before, Waxman hesitates and doesn't take the shot. As history repeats itself for the two, Clegg pulls her sidearm and implores Waxman to do his duty. Before the situation escalates, another shooter shoots the target four times and, when finished, takes aim for Clegg and Waxman. Waxman quickly throws himself and Clegg away from the shot, grabs his rifle and shoots the adversary. Waxman and Clegg defend themselves from Special Forces personnel raiding the skyscraper. Waxman and Clegg are surprised by Klein, who has stealthily entered the room. He shoots Waxman in the chest with his shotgun, but is threatened by Clegg who has picked up an MP5 submachine gun. He takes the lift car and leaves when the planted bomb explodes.
Believing Waxman to be dead, Clegg flees the skyscraper. As she walks away from the building, the top of a nearby fire hydrant is shot off. She looks up, and sees Waxman throwing his sniper rifle from the building. Clegg walks away, smiling.
Gamo Silent Sniper Whisper
Cast[edit]
- Dolph Lundgren as Waxman 'Shooter'
- Gina Bellman as Clegg 'Spotter'
- Conrad Dunn as Klein 'Supervisor'
- Christopher Heyerdahl as O'Hara
See also[edit]
Fortnite Silent Sniper
External links[edit]
- Silent Trigger at IMDb
- Silent Trigger at Rotten Tomatoes
- Silent Trigger at Box Office Mojo
Silent Sniper Youtube