The longest-range sniper rifle in the world: maximum range. Heavy sniper rifles Anzio Ironworks Technical and design features

Large-caliber sniper rifles are a special type of sniper rifles with a caliber from 9 mm to 20 mm inclusive. As a rule, such models are significantly superior to ordinary sniper rifles in terms of effective firing range, bullet energy, dimensions, weight and recoil, which leaves an imprint on their use. Currently, Russia has created a sufficient number of interesting solutions in this area, which are presented by both state and private manufacturers of small arms.

The main area of application of large-caliber sniper rifles is the disabling of unarmored and lightly armored enemy equipment, including low-flying or grounded helicopters and airplanes; protected firing points (firing at embrasures and observation devices of pillboxes); control, communication and reconnaissance equipment (satellite communication antennas, radar, etc.); destruction of unexploded bombs and mines. Also, such rifles are quite effective in anti-sniper warfare.

The modern development of large-caliber sniper rifles dates back to the appearance in the United States of the M500 sniper rifle, which was created in 1981 by RAP. It was the M-500 rifle that was the first to be put into service with the American army and was intended to solve the problems of combating enemy lightly armored vehicles, fortifications and other rather complex tasks. At the same time, real success for the new weapon came after the appearance of the M82 rifle, developed by weapons designer Ronnie Barrett. The rifle he created chambered for the NATO 12.7x99 mm cartridge effectively solved all sniper tasks at firing ranges above 1500 meters. In the army, this rifle received the nickname “Light Fifty” (“Light fifty dollars”). It was after the appearance of the M82 rifle in the United States that a real boom in such weapons began. Currently, overseas, more than fifty companies have created solutions for the 12.7x99 mm cartridge, as well as special ammunition. 308, .338 Lapua Magnum, and later the most interesting and promising ammunition 408 Cheyenne Tactical, or CheyTac for short.

Russia has not remained aloof from the development of such weapon systems. At the same time, Russian large-caliber sniper rifles are a completely competitive product. To create such rifles, both here and in the USA, cartridges were used that were borrowed from heavy machine guns: 12.7x99 mm (USA and NATO) and 12.7x108 mm (Russia). This decision is rational and has a fairly impressive basis: the power of such a cartridge would be enough to penetrate any standard military means of protection and armor throughout the entire flight path of the bullet. But such rifles also have disadvantages. Due to high energy and large mass, the potential of large-caliber sniper rifles cannot be realized within the framework of maneuverable combat. They can be used from specially equipped sniper positions or for anti-sniper activities as part of special forces teams.

OSV-96 "Burglar"

Large-caliber sniper rifles today are a special source of pride for Russian gunsmiths. One of the brightest representatives of this class of weapons is the OSV-96 rifle with the sonorous nickname “Burglar,” which was so nicknamed for its unique characteristics. It is considered the first Russian model of a large-caliber sniper rifle, which is capable of hitting not only manpower, but also various enemy equipment at long distances. The rifle was created in Tula at the Instrument Design Bureau (KBP) in the mid-1990s (designer Arkady Georgievich Shipunov). OSV-96 "Burglar" was put into service in March 2000.

The OSV-96 rifle is designed to engage unarmored and lightly armored targets at distances of up to 1,800 meters, as well as enemy personnel behind cover and wearing personal protective equipment at ranges of up to 1,000 meters. When firing sniper cartridges in series of 4-5 shots at a distance of 100 meters, the dispersion diameter does not exceed 50 mm. One of the main disadvantages of the rifle is the very loud sound when fired. Because of this, it is recommended to fire from the OSV-96 large-caliber sniper rifle while wearing headphones.

OSV-96 is a self-loading large-caliber sniper rifle that operates on the principle of using powder gases. The issue of large dimensions, which is typical for weapons of this class, was resolved due to design features. In the stowed position, the rifle can be folded: the barrel, together with the gas exhaust system, is tilted back to the right and pressed against the receiver, while the receiver and the breech end of the barrel are closed from possible clogging using a cover. In the folded position, the Burglar does not exceed the dimensions of a conventional SVD rifle, which allows the shooter to be easily placed in vehicles and armored vehicles. The rifle is transferred from the folded position to the firing position and back in a matter of seconds.

The weapon's features include self-loading and an effective muzzle device, which reduces the sniper's fatigue and allows him to fire at a high rate of fire. And the height-adjustable bipod allows you to take the most comfortable position for shooting. The rifle also has 24-hour use due to the use of different types of sights, including night vision. And a long effective firing range, which allows the sniper to be out of range of aimed fire from small arms of conventional calibers. At the same time, a 12.7 mm sniper bullet has three times less drift than a 7.62 mm bullet.

TTX OSV-96 “Burglar”:

Cartridge type: 12.7x108 mm (sniper SPTs-12.7) or 12.7x108 mm cartridges from heavy machine guns.
The target firing range is up to 1800 m.
Weight without magazine and optical sight - 12.9 kg.
Dimensions: in combat position - 1746x431x425 mm, in stowed position - 1154x132x190 mm.

Shooting mode - single.

VKS/VSSK "Exhaust"

For cases that require a special approach from shooters, Russian gunsmiths have found a fairly effective system in their arsenal - the VKS/VSSK “Exhaust”. Of course, the effective firing range of such a rifle is lower than that of its counterparts. Sighting range - 600 meters. But the STs-130 ammunition of 12.7x55 mm caliber, weighing 76 grams, used in the rifle allows it to hit almost any target almost silently, as far as the caliber of this ammunition allows. At the same time, another competitive advantage of the sniper rifle was its weight, which is almost 3 times less than the weight of its “louder” brothers in caliber.

This sniper rifle was created by designer Vladimir Zlobin from 1999 to 2004. The rifle was created under a special order, which came from the Special Purpose Center of the FSB of Russia. This sniper rifle is produced at the Central Design and Research Bureau of Sports and Hunting Weapons (TsKIB SOO) in the city of Tula. The STs-130 cartridges used in this rifle allow you to penetrate a 15-mm steel plate at a distance of 200 meters or a body armor of class 5 protection at a distance of 100 meters.

The main task that the “Exhaust” sniper rifle must solve is the destruction of protected targets, including those using personal armor protection (PIB) of class 4-6, targets located behind shelters, obstacles, as well as enemy vehicles, unarmored and lightly armored vehicles at a distance of up to 600 meters with a flameless and silent shot due to the use of a silencer of an original design and special powerful ammunition with subsonic bullet speed. Structurally, this rifle is a non-automatic weapon with manual reloading with the layout of its mechanisms and parts according to the “bullpup” scheme. The rifle is equipped with an integrated silencer, which can be removed for cleaning and when transporting the weapon.

TTX VKS/VSSK "Exhaust":

Cartridge type: 12.7x55 mm (SPTs-130).
Sighting range - up to 600 m.
The weight of the rifle with an empty magazine and without an optical sight is 6.5 kg.
Dimensions without optical sight: 1125x220x220 mm.
Magazine capacity - 5 rounds.
Shooting mode - single.

Sniper complex 6S8

Currently, the “royal crown” among all Russian large-caliber rifles belongs to the 6S8 sniper rifle, created at the plant named after. Degtyareva. This rifle was created back in 1997, but for various reasons it was not accepted into service for a long time and was not mass-produced. Having collected all the developments over 10 years and worked on the mistakes, the Degtyarev team managed to get their weapons accepted into service. This happened in June 2013. The ASVK rifle (large-caliber army sniper rifle) was adopted by the Russian Armed Forces under the designation 12.7 mm sniper complex 6S8.

The 12.7-mm 6S8 sniper rifle is designed to solve special fire missions to defeat unarmored and lightly armored enemy vehicles, as well as openly located manpower, including personal armor, group targets and other technical means at a distance of up to 1500 meters. The rifle can be used with a specially created 7N34 sniper cartridge and the entire range of conventional 12.7x108 mm caliber cartridges.

Structurally, this large-caliber sniper rifle was made according to the bullpup design. When using this scheme, as is known, the trigger is located in front of the firing mechanism (trigger mechanism), which makes it possible to reduce the size and weight of the weapon, resulting in increased maneuverability and compactness. In general, this sniper rifle turned out to be quite simple and reliable, which is very important for army weapons. And reviews of its combat use are mostly positive.

Cartridge type: 12.7x108 mm (sniper 7N34).
Sighting range - 1500 m.
The weight of the rifle with an empty magazine and without an optical sight is 12.5 kg.
Rifle length - 1420 mm, barrel length - 1000 mm.
Magazine capacity - 5 rounds.
Shooting mode - single.

SVLK-14S

But what to do when it comes to hitting targets located beyond the mark of 1500, or even 2000 meters? Russian gunsmiths will also have an answer to this. We are talking about sniper rifles, which are created by Vladislav Lobaev. His companies “Tsar Cannon”, Design Bureau of Integrated Systems and his own brand “Lobaev Arms” are the first in our country to begin the development and production of high-precision and long-range weapons, from the barrel to the butt. If previously Lobaev's sniper rifles were produced for an individual client (most of the Lobaev Arms rifles are a commercial product intended for sale to individuals), now the company presents a whole series of sniper rifles, polished and monstrously powerful, designed for different calibers . The leader among them is one of the best sniper ammunition available today - .408 CheyTac.

According to Lobaev, the main tasks of Lobaev Arms production are distributed almost equally - this is the commercial component and work with Russian law enforcement agencies. If we talk about the second point, then, for example, the FSO is well familiar with rifles designed by Lobaev. Employees of the Federal Security Service have repeatedly won victories in various sniper shooting competitions with his rifles. Currently, in terms of range (one of the most important indicators), rifles from the Russian company Lobaev Arms are among the first in the world.

One of the most powerful solutions from Lobaev Arms in terms of effective firing range is the SVLK-14S rifle. It is worth noting that beyond two kilometers is already an prohibitive distance for sniper fire. Cases where snipers hit real targets at such a range are known, but there was more luck in them than the real capabilities of modern weapons. At the same time, the SVL rifle was originally developed in order to break through this barrier, turning an accurate hit on a target at a distance of more than 2000 meters into a guaranteed result. The rifle completed its task successfully, but the Lobaev Arms company decided not to stop there and presented an improved version of the rifle under the designation SVLK-14S.

The latest world record for the range of a successful sniper shot is 2475 meters. But in reality, the vast majority of snipers work at significantly shorter shooting distances. It is worth noting that effective shooting at a distance of more than a mile requires not only high personal skill of the shooter, but also specialized shooting weapon systems of the highest level of accuracy, which are simply not available to the vast majority of shooters of special services or army units. At the same time, the SVLK-14S is just such an ultra-precise sniper system.

As you can easily guess, the index “14” in the name of the ultra-long-range rifle indicates the year of its development. SVL stands for “Lobaev sniper rifle”, and the letter “K” in the index indicates the use of the King v.3 bolt group. This bolt group consists of a receiver in an aluminum body in which a hardened steel insert is secured. The "C" at the end of the rifle's name is a reference to the English word Single. The basic model of the large-caliber sniper rifle SVLK-14S was and remains single-shot. This approach ensures sufficient rigidity of the bolt box due to the presence of a minimum number of grooves in it and, as a result, a very high level of accuracy when shooting. The SVLK-14S rifle allows the shooter to confidently hit targets at a range of up to 2300 meters.

TTX SVLK-14S:

Cartridge type: .408 Cheytac/.338LM/.300WM.
Technical accuracy: 0.3 MOA/9 mm between centers (5 shots at 100 meters).
Maximum effective range: 2300 m.
Rifle weight: 9.6 kg.
Dimensions: 1430x96x175 mm.
The store is not.
Shooting mode - single.

Information sources:
http://tvzvezda.ru/news/forces/content/201501200818-lu9j.htm
http://www.kbptula.ru
http://lobaevarms.ru
http://www.zid.ru
http://sniper-weapon.ru/rossiya
https://ru.wikipedia.org

OSV-96 "Burglar"

TTX OSV-96 “Burglar”:

Shooting mode - single.

VKS/VSSK "Exhaust"

TTX VKS/VSSK "Exhaust":

Sniper complex 6S8

SVLK-14S

TTX SVLK-14S:

Information sources:
http://tvzvezda.ru/news/forces/content/201501200818-lu9j.htm
http://www.kbptula.ru
http://lobaevarms.ru
http://www.zid.ru
http://sniper-weapon.ru/rossiya
https://ru.wikipedia.org

It is widely believed these days that since the collapse of the Soviet Union, Russia's defense industry has been in trouble, and in fact is slowly dying. As proof of this, many cite the fact that the Kalashnikov assault rifle still remains the main weapon in the Russian army, however, in contrast to this opinion, there are also defenders of the Kalashnikov assault rifle who consider it a weapon that has no analogues. But this is a topic for a separate conversation, and now I propose to consider how true is the statement that “before the sky was higher and the grass was greener”, are new types of weapons simply not being created or information about them is simply not advertised? As an example, I propose to take such an exotic class of weapon as a large-caliber sniper rifle, since the development of SSV is the most unjustified cost for the Ministry of Defense, due to the low demand for such weapons in the army. In addition, this material can be considered a continuation of the previously posted article “Large-caliber sniper rifles.” If in the previous review the main characters were rifles with a caliber greater than 12.7 millimeters, then here the caliber bar has been lowered to this value, since cartridges with a 12.7 caliber are among the most common for “amti-material” rifles. But those models that have a larger caliber are exotic and almost all of them fit into the previous article. Sniper rifle V-94

In the early 90s, the Instrument Design Bureau of the city of Tula began the development of a large-caliber sniper rifle that could cope with the tasks of: defeating enemy personnel at long distances, clearing mines, including underwater ones, defeating lightly armored vehicles, as well as combating enemy snipers.

The five-shot rifle is made in a classic layout. The work is based on the principle of removing powder gases from the holes in the barrel into a gas piston located offset to the left relative to the axis of the weapon barrel; the barrel bore is locked by 4 stops. The recoil damping system is distinguished by its asceticism; for this purpose, the rifle is equipped with a two-chamber muzzle brake, and a shock-absorbing rubber butt pad is also placed on the butt. Hand on heart, it’s hard to call this recoil damping system super-efficient, but provided that it practically does not increase the weight of the weapon and reduces the impact of a shot with a fairly powerful cartridge on the shooter to tolerable limits, it can be called quite acceptable. Offset to the left side of the weapon is a two-row magazine with a capacity of five rounds, which ensures fairly convenient reloading of the weapon, and on the left there is also a bar for attaching dovetail sights.

Due to the fact that the weapon uses more powerful 12.7x108 cartridges, improved to improve the accuracy of fire, the large-caliber V-94 sniper rifle can be equipped not only with the PSO-1 sight, but also with the POS 13x60 and POS 12x56 optical sights, in addition to the rifle Laser target designators can be installed, operating both in the range visible to the human eye and in the infrared.

Unfortunately, the designers failed to solve the main problem inherent in all large-caliber rifles, namely, to at least slightly reduce the volume of the shot. The sound of a shot in the B-94 is really very powerful; in this case there is no need to say that it unmasks the shooter, since the shooter himself, without using hearing aid protection, loses his hearing for several minutes after the shot. But many people neglect headphones or at least earplugs, and completely in vain.

The ammunition used in the large-caliber B-94 rifle was created specifically for it on the basis of the 12.7x108 mm cartridge. They are called 12.7 CH and have increased armor-piercing power and accuracy of fire, due to the hardened steel core, as well as due to tighter tolerances in the manufacture of ammunition. The mass of the bullet in this ammunition is 56 grams, which allows it to maintain its fairly high impulse when fired over long distances, ensuring guaranteed defeat of an enemy dressed in modern body armor of the highest class at a distance of up to 1200 meters. When shooting at a distance of 100 meters, the V-94 SWR has a dispersion of 50 mm across, which (attention “snipers” who tell on the site’s forum that at a distance of 1000 meters they are guaranteed to hit a target commensurate with the head of a person from the SVD) 1.5 times less than the Dragunov sniper rifle. In addition to 12.7 CH ammunition, the large-caliber B-94 sniper rifle can use BZT-44 armor-piercing incendiary tracer ammunition and B-32 and BS armor-piercing incendiary ammunition, and, of course, 12.7x108 machine gun cartridges, but when fired fire with these ammunition, both the accuracy of fire and the armor-piercing power drop significantly.

The manufacturer declared the effective range of the rifle to be 2000 meters, however, in practice, aimed fire from it can be carried out at a distance of up to 1200-1500 meters, depending on the level of training of the shooter and weather conditions. When using night sights, the effective range is reduced to 600 meters. The solution to the problem of large weapon dimensions was found quite simply. So the B-94 rifle, having a length of 1700 millimeters, in the traveling state has a length of only 1100 millimeters. Such compact dimensions are achieved by breaking the weapon at the receiver to the right, which not only has a positive effect on the ease of transportation of the SWR, but also significantly reduces the time it takes to prepare the weapon for firing, which is especially important in combat conditions. The weight of the weapon without ammunition is 11.7 kilograms, so the B-94 can easily be transported by one person.

Sniper rifle OSV-96

Since the large-caliber sniper rifle V-94 did not fully satisfy the requirements for SWR, it was decided to modify the model in order to increase the effective firing range, as well as reduce recoil.

There are practically no fundamental differences between the B-94 and OSV-96, with the exception of a longer and more effective muzzle brake and debugging of the rifle mechanism so that it has less impact on the accuracy of fire. So the main differences were higher performance when firing, in particular, it became possible to conduct aimed fire using 12.7 CH ammunition at a distance of up to 1800 meters, instead of 1500, and the recoil when firing was slightly reduced. At the same time, the weight and dimensions of the weapon increased. So the weight of the weapon is 12.9 kilograms, and the length is 1746 and 1154 millimeters in combat and traveling condition, respectively.

It was in this version of modernization that the OSV-96 rifle was adopted by the Russian Army and proved itself to be excellent in combat during the First and Second Chechen Wars.

Sniper rifle SVN-98

In view of the fact that Tula gunsmiths managed to create a large-caliber sniper rifle, which received the highest rating and excellent reviews, Kovrov’s designers also began to develop similar weapons, with the goal of creating a SWR that was superior in all respects to the Tula model. 4 designers worked on the development at once: M. Yu. Kuchin, N. Yu. Ovchinnikov, E. V. Zhuravlev and V. I. Negrulenko, in view of the fact that Negrulenko made the main contribution to the development of weapons, the rifle bears his last name (SVN - Negrulenko sniper rifle).

The rifle is based on a bullpup layout, and the automation operates on the basis of a sliding bolt, so this development cannot be called something new, since similar samples of large-caliber weapons have existed for a long time in other countries, and the designers did not try to reinvent the wheel. The main efforts were aimed at making a lighter and more accurate rifle in comparison with the OSV-96.

In order for the weapon to gain greater stability, the barrel was made heavier, and to soften the recoil, a muzzle brake was developed, which was supposed to soften the impact on the shooter when firing by 2.5 times. The designers achieved the latter only in theory, although in comparison with the Tula version of the SSV, the SVN-98 muzzle brake is more effective.

The result was that it became truly possible to conduct more or less targeted fire at the distance of 2000 meters declared by the manufacturers. The length of the weapon was 1350 millimeters and the weight was 11 kilograms. However, in comparison with OSV-96, the large-caliber SVN-98 sniper rifle had one significant drawback - the inability to reduce the size of the weapon for transportation in a short time, as well as quickly bring the rifle into combat readiness. Besides, there was still the problem of the loud gunshot.

The ammunition used in the weapon is the same as for the B-94 and OSV-96

Sniper rifle KSVK / ASVK

Having reconsidered their views on the fact that the main parameter for a large-caliber sniper rifle should be range, the designers of the city of Kovrov began to modernize the previously created SVN-98. In the course of improving the weapon, the rifling of the barrel was changed, which increased the armor-piercing power of the fired bullet, but had a negative impact on its direct flight in the air. Thus, the sighting range of the rifle decreased by 1500 meters, but the accuracy of fire at a distance of up to 1500 meters was not affected by this. This cannot be considered a negative consequence of modernization, since a distance of two kilometers is inaccessible even for a sniper with an above-average level of training, regardless of the weapon he uses, but the increase in armor-piercing power has indeed become a fairly good argument for a positive review of this weapon model. It should be noted here that the KSVK, later ASVK, is rightfully considered the most powerful sniper rifle created in Russia. In addition to the barrel, the muzzle brake was modernized, which actually softened the recoil by 2.5 times, this time in practice, and not in theory. When using machine gun cartridges, which, by the way, are standard for this rifle model, the dispersion at a distance of 300 meters is 16 centimeters; naturally, when using 12.7 CH, the accuracy of fire becomes much better. During the modernization process, the dimensions and weight of the weapon were increased in comparison with the KSV START-98 - the weight of the rifle is 12 kilograms, and its length is 1400 millimeters. As you can see, over a period of time slightly greater than 10 years, 4 weapons from a class that was not in high demand were created. Of course, we can say that this niche was empty and needed to be filled urgently. But in this case, there were no special orders from the Ministry of Defense, no competitions were held, and all development was carried out exclusively on the initiative of the designers themselves, which indicates the presence of constantly allocated funds for the development of new, even if only prototype, weapons. Well, the fact that only a few percent of the created models have become, or will still be, put into service is also not a fact in favor of the statement about the slow collapse of the military industry; if you delve into the sources, you will see how many different interesting and quite capable samples of weapons passed the cash register back in the dawn of the USSR. Naturally, the development of weapons is not in full swing, but it is not standing still, as evidenced by the 4 rifles above and dozens of other models of small arms and military equipment. Another question is that many of the models even adopted for service do not receive at least minimal distribution in the ranks of the army, but this, I repeat, is a completely different topic for separate debates and discussions.

If a sniper has his worst nightmare, then it has a material embodiment - the most “large-caliber” sniper rifle to date. Despite the fact that in the early nineties there were quite a lot of “anti-material” rifles on the world arms market (due to the long-term arms race between the USA and the USSR), they were in little demand, since even fifty-caliber ammunition could not always penetrate armored vehicles of that time , and their price was not so small.

The Russians, of course, had samples of rifles under fourteen and a half millimeters, which penetrated even military armored cars and had a monstrous recoil, but the accuracy and firing range still remained rather average, and the weight and large dimensions negated all the advantages of this weapon.

The troops needed a light, mobile vehicle with relatively low recoil and high penetrating power, capable of conducting targeted fire at distances of over one thousand two hundred meters.

A solution was found by Anthony Neophyto, a little-known designer from the American company Aerotek, who created an interesting recoil compensation scheme capable of absorbing up to thirty percent of recoil. Initially, the project was considered unpromising, due to the inability to install it on automatic guns. Six months later, this project was bought by Mechem, and a month later it bought the designer himself, offering him to create the largest caliber rifle in the world.

The rifle comes in a plastic case of simply enormous size, so you immediately understand that you can’t carry it alone. This is clear from the four handles on the case and its weight (I sincerely tried to carry it three hundred meters, but only managed two-thirds - it was very inconvenient and heavy). Inside, the case is lined with molded black foam rubber and contains two barrels, a receiver, a bipod, two bolts, a U-shaped handle, an optical sight, a set of spare parts, a cleaning rod, an oiler, two brushes and two cartridge cases (!). In general, the equipment is quite acceptable, especially for a rifle of this class and price.

The two of us dragged him to the shooting range and got pretty tired. After resting and drinking coffee, we decided to assemble this miracle and shoot with it. I’ll say right away that the appearance of the case’s finish and the parts themselves, wrapped in oiled paper, caused only negative feelings - for three and a half thousand dollars they could have packaged it better, otherwise, straight greetings from the USSR, they finished off the green canvas case for carrying the barrel.

Of course, they did not spare the lubricants, as a result of which it took forty minutes to wipe off some kind of grease and pushsal from the parts. Otherwise, there were no problems, the threads are of high quality everywhere, there are no distortions or inconsistencies, all parts are without scratches or defects. Assembling the rifle takes literally three minutes, each part is numbered in accordance with the caliber and it is impossible to confuse them. Instead of a key, cartridge cases are used (!), each caliber has its own cartridge case, which also prevents the barrels from different sets from being mixed up.

The assembled rifle looks extremely menacing. The length is one thousand seven hundred and ninety-five millimeters, and the weight is twenty-six kilograms. What surprised me the most was that, in the kit, at fourteen millimeters, it is twenty-two centimeters longer and three kilograms heavier. In general, the dimensions of a rifle for such a caliber are relatively small, and considering that it can be easily and quickly disassembled, this only increases its advantage over similar rifles. The rifle barrel is made by cold forging and has longitudinal grooves along its entire length, which increased the useful area of the barrel for better cooling and increased strength.

The unnaturally enlarged breech of the barrel has a fifteen-centimeter thread that allows it to be screwed into the bolt guide. In front of the thread there are also grooves for the sleeve, which replaces the key. The grooves are shallow and if dirt gets in, it will take some time to clean them. On the muzzle of the barrel there is a two-chamber brake-compensator, which is part of a three-element recoil compensation scheme (in our case, a square one, which was specially created for this rifle; in earlier versions, a DTK from an automatic anti-aircraft gun was used).

The muzzle brake-compensator has a safety pin that will not allow it to unscrew during shooting. In general, shooting without any element of compensation is strictly prohibited and extremely harmful to the health of the shooter. The thing is that the remaining shock-absorbing elements may not withstand the load and fail, because the muzzle brake-compensator accounts for about twenty percent of the load. All barrel elements are blued and are perfectly protected from corrosion.

The receiver has the most interesting design I've ever come across. The thing is that the receiver is a kind of guide-mount with the function of a butt, on which the bolt guide with the bolt, magazine, optics and barrel are movably attached. Only the bipod, the handle-brace, the safety and the pistol grip with the trigger are fixedly fixed. The receiver is made by stamping from high-strength steel and has fairly thick walls (4 mm).

The back of the receiver serves as a butt and is equipped with a soft polyurethane butt pad, which is attached with glue, which, in my opinion, is not very acceptable for military weapons. Under the “butt” there is a bipod (in the old version in the form of a folding bracket, in the new one just a metal pin with a knob) to support the rifle in a horizontal position. It is foldable and has an angle adjustment. The pistol grip is very similar to the grip of a Kalashnikov assault rifle; it is made of rough plastic and is quite inconvenient for a rifle of this size; in addition, it is slippery.

The trigger guard was clearly torn off from another weapon - there were holes left on it for attaching the magazine latch. In front of the trigger guard there is a screw for fixing the hydraulic shock absorber (although it has the form of a simple screw that can be unscrewed with your fingers, but in fact you need a special key from a spare parts kit), and even further away is a screw for fastening and adjusting the bipod. The bipod on the rifle is spring-loaded and telescopic and is adjustable only in height and reach relative to the “receiver - barrel”. Folds under the receiver.

Special spikes can be attached to the bipod soles for better traction with the ground or wooden surfaces, and the spare parts kit contains special brackets for permanent attachment to concrete surfaces. The receiver cover is also stamped and fastened with pins, and so tightly that it does not fly off even during intense shooting.

The handle-brace located above the optical sight is made of aluminum alloy and is secured with ordinary screws. Its function is more to protect the scope from damage when tipping over, rather than to serve as a handle for carrying the rifle, since with this the receiver outweighs the barrel and tends to drag along the ground.

On the right side of the rifle is a single-sided petal-type safety that simply locks the firing pin and pushes the bolt back slightly, leaving it in the half-open position. This position of the bolt can lead to dirt or debris getting inside, so it’s easier to simply not chamber a cartridge.

On top of the receiver (on the stop ring) there is a very original mount for an optical sight. Its originality lies in the fact that the mount has a flywheel for adjusting the distance to the target depending on the ammunition used (from 120 meters to 2300 meters). The scope itself is averagely lousy, and its eight-power power is by no means sufficient for shooting at two kilometers, with difficulty at one and a half; replacing it with something more decent does not allow the strong recoil, which simply breaks the reticle. The only advantages that can be highlighted are the presence of parallax adjustment and a large focal length to the shooter’s eye (about 30 cm maximum), and this is another obstacle to installing other sights.

There are no external sighting devices, although sometimes a Picatinny rail is placed on top of the sight to mount a collimator sight (if it is necessary to fire at a distance of less than 120 meters).

Inside the receiver there are two shock absorbers (spring for compression and hydraulic for tension), which are connected to the bolt guide using pins. The pins must be replaced after every thousand shots (the cost of one pin is eighteen dollars, and eight pieces need to be replaced).

The bolt guide is entirely milled and has a thread in the front for mounting the barrel. On the left side there is a magazine receiver for three rounds (an interesting thing is the magazine latch, which is very similar to a clothespin and is located on top of the receiver, which allows you to easily and quickly detach an empty magazine). The box-type magazine is quite bulky and noticeably pulls the rifle to the side.

On the right side there is a window for the cartridge case extractor, and just behind there is a giant bolt handle with a plastic knob. The bolt is rotary, longitudinally sliding, closing the barrel bore on six combat supports. Very heavy and with an extremely tight spring, which does not allow it to be easily and quickly distorted.

The shock absorbers are still of greatest interest:
- first— this is a hydraulic two-cycle shock absorber with the ability to adjust the load (adjustment is carried out by a flywheel located in the front part of the shock absorber, on which there are divisions for installation under a specific ammunition), significantly reducing the initial recoil energy and performing the function of the main barrel brake;
- second- This is a spring shock absorber that absorbs the residual energy of the barrel recoil from the bolt guide and makes the recoil softer and smoother. The maximum travel of the bolt guide with the barrel is 7 centimeters.

The rifle uses a very wide range of 20mm ammunition. The most common are twenty-millimeter (20x82 mm) high-explosive fragmentation and incendiary cartridges (or shells?), developed specifically for the German air gun of the Second World War (MG-151 gun) and domestic armor-piercing and armor-piercing incendiary ammunition of fourteen and a half millimeters caliber (for PTR and KPVT).

Less common ammunition is twenty by one hundred two millimeters for the VULCAN six-barreled anti-aircraft gun, as well as twenty by one hundred and ten millimeters HS.404 and twenty by one hundred thirty-nine millimeters HS.820. In the case of the latter, the flash and sound of the shot is twice as large as that of simple twenty-by-eighty-two cartridges.

What most attracts the shooter’s attention is the twenty by one hundred and ten millimeter HS.404 ammunition due to its range of charges and firing range of one thousand eight hundred meters. The HS.404 cartridge uses shaped charge incendiary, shaped charge incendiary tracer, semi-armor-piercing shaped charge incendiary and armor-piercing charges.

Shooting from this rifle is an extremely dubious pleasure; initially I thought that the recoil would be similar to that of the Barrett, but it turned out to be much worse. The shot from the rifle is too sharp (despite its slight extension, two shocks are clearly felt, the second one being simply terrible) and very loud, without headphones or earplugs you can easily damage your hearing. The flash of the shot is monstrous, but the recoil... the recoil was such that I bit my tongue, before that I shot from an anti-tank rifle and the recoil was weaker.

However, the impact of a 20-mm high-explosive fragmentation projectile was striking - all targets within a radius of seven meters were damaged to one degree or another by shrapnel. Another interesting feature was that high-explosive fragmentation ammunition penetrates brickwork four (!) bricks deep and explodes behind it. We were a little disappointed by the cumulative ammunition - we expected more, but the armored door, 50 millimeters thick, survived.

As for shooting with 14-mm cartridges, everything is excellent - shooting at one thousand two hundred, one thousand four hundred meters is not at all annoying, although the optics are very mediocre for such distances, I would like a 20x sight. Otherwise, except for the fact that the break between shots should be from 10 to 20 seconds depending on the ammunition - very good.

In general, after thirty shots, it became clear that this could not be done without habit - the whole shoulder and hand hurt, but the joy and adrenaline were too much. In my opinion, it’s an excellent rifle, although it has a very narrow specialization due to the fact that you can’t ensure a stealthy shot from it, and it’s difficult to maintain, despite its simplicity. What about the price…

Pros:
- high firing range
- high affected area
- reduced recoil
- mobility
- quick-release barrels
- wide range of ammunition.

Minuses:
- weight
- still very strong recoil
- very loud shot
- the flash of the shot is too bright
- bad aim
- tendency to increased pollution.

Main characteristics:
Weight, kg:
— 26 (NTW 20)
— 29 (NTW 14.5)
Length, mm:
— 1795 (NTW 20)
— 2015 (NTW 14.5)
Barrel length, mm:
— 1000 (NTW 20)
— 1220 (NTW 14.5)
Cartridge:
— 20×83.5 mm (NTW 20)
— 20×110 mm (NTW 20×110)
— 20x139 mm
— 14.5×114 mm (NTW 14.5)
Caliber, mm:
— 20 (NTW 20)
— 14.5 (NTW 14.5)
Operating principles: manual reloading, sliding bolt;
Initial bullet speed, m/s:
— 720-850 (NTW 20)
— 1080 (NTW 14.5)
Sighting range, m:
— 1500-1800 (NTW 20)
— 2300 (NTW 14.5)
Type of ammunition: box magazine for 3 rounds
Sight: optical 8X54.

/Alexander Martynov, specially for Army Herald/

The Soviet-Finnish war of 1939-1940 even then required the use of such cartridges, which could certainly guarantee high shooting accuracy, because one shot could even decide the outcome of subsequent events. Thus, twenty-millimeter caliber cartridges gained special recognition during that period.

general information

The Finnish army was armed with Lathi M39 anti-tank rifles. With the help of such weapons, she also tried to exterminate Soviet snipers.

At that time, large-bore rifles were not so popular. But in the anti-terrorism movement the use of rifles, in particular, Anzio rifles, became simply necessary.

Mike Remo, head of the American concern Anzio Ironworks, has been trying for more than 16 years to reduce the recoil of fire and maximize the accuracy of shots with 50 BMG ammunition.

Government agencies and high-ranking officials sought to obtain such a rifle from Remo. So the price of a large-caliber American “gun” crossed the threshold of $5,000 per copy.

After the demand for this sample was very impressive, Mike was inspired by another idea: he decided that the concern had all the necessary conditions to create a weapon that would produce high-precision shooting even at a distance of two or three kilometers.

Currently, Anzio Ironworks produces heavy sniper rifles, the ammunition of which is the famous M61 20x102 mm. The minimum primary firing speed from such guns is more than 1.03 kilometers per second! It is worth reading the material about and.

If you are interested in the answer to the question: “Which sniper rifle has the longest shot?”, then the Sam Yang Dragon Claw .50 is currently considered the best large-caliber sniper rifle (.50 caliber) in its role with pre-pumping made in Asia.

Shots from the presented weapon are fired single-shot, and its design allows the use of almost all types of ammunition.

External features

Only the finest walnut wood was used for the fore-end and butt of the long-range sniper rifle. The dimensions of the stock are quite impressive, so using the Dragon Claw will be more convenient for an adult.

As for the forend, it has a narrow oblong shape with a rectangular profile, which is decorated with decorative laser notches on the sides. A pressure gauge is installed at the bottom of the forend, which shows the pressure in the air tank.

The rifle barrel is made of polished blue-black metal. And the receiver is made of the same metal, but with designer engraving. When viewed in profile, the Dragon Claw looks a little more like a high-end shotgun than a sniper rifle.

Technical and design features

Advantages and disadvantages

The main advantages of Dragon Claw include:

original weapon design with Asian motifs;
Almost any type of ammunition is suitable for shooting;
impressive range;
light weight.

Disadvantages of the product:

It is prohibited to use one of the best Dragon Claw sniper rifles without a license, and is generally quite difficult to find;
intended only for professional shooters;
high cost - from 50,000 rubles.

As additional equipment for the model, you can choose a 36, 40 or 45 inch optical sight. And also equip the barrel with a silencer, which, of course, does not guarantee absolute silence when shooting, but will noticeably muffle the sounds of shots.

Ammunition models for the Anzio 20-50 Rifle offer several options:

standard Anzio 20-50 caliber cartridges;
cartridges with a caliber of 20 mm;
14.5 mm caliber cartridges.

Read about Lobaev's ultra-long-range rifle for 14s.

The presented sample of a single-shot sniper rifle from Anzio Ironworks makes it possible to eliminate an object on the horizon.

And, according to its developers, the range of shots reaches over 5,000 yards for 20 mm ammunition, which is equal to 4.5 km, and for 20-50 caliber cartridges the range does not exceed 3.2 km, which will still be further than the horizon, because if the person will stand at full height, the distance to the horizon will be no more than 4.7 km, but since the main combat operations are carried out lying down, in this position the distance to the horizon will be no more than 2-3 km.

Technical and design indicators

Watch the video of hunting crows with pneumatics.

Advantages and disadvantages

At the moment, the single-shot Anzio 20-50 Rifle is the best in its role:

Firstly, the effective firing range set by the creators is over 5,000 yards. This suggests that targets can be hit even beyond the horizon.
Secondly, despite such impressive design and technical characteristics of the Anzio sniper rifle, its cost is much lower than other weapons of this production: only $12,000.
Thirdly, the versatility of the cartridges. The shooter can choose for himself. What ammunition is currently suitable for the rifle.

No significant shortcomings of the model were identified:

small magazine capacity - only 1 ammunition;
a very large mass of weapons, which reaches 60 kg.

It is worth noting such weapons as the drill rifle and of course.

For an overview of the high-precision long-range sniper rifle, watch the video:

Conclusion

Do long-range rifle companies really need such weapons?

According to their developers, it is currently very difficult without large-caliber sniper rifles, because the forces that oppose the American army can suddenly acquire other models of large-caliber rifles, and then the rifles of their production will make it possible to decide the outcome of the battle in their favor.

Anyway, It is simply necessary to have such “monsters” in service for victory on the battlefield. It is important to know law enforcement. It is also worth reading material about the famous, in, about ultra-precise, about, about “Cedar” and of course about.