Nowadays, the development trend of sniper rifles is to desperately increase range and increase power, but there is such a sniper rifle that does the opposite, which is the sv-99 micro-sound sniper rifle that is ridiculed as a "fly killer".
(Russian SV-99 soft sniper rifle)
Why is he called a "fly killer"? It's not that the gun is accurate enough to hit a fly, it's that his power is too small. The SV-99 was developed by the Russian izmash company, its predecessor is the biathlon-7 sporting rifle, using an elbow-locked straight-pull bolt and a detachable magazine to fire .22lr bullets, which is what we often call "5.6mm sporting rifle cartridges".
Some people say that 5.6mm ammunition is not suitable for combat, but this is not the case, there are precedents for 5.6mm rifle cartridges into actual combat: American agents have been equipped with silencer-mounted 5.6mm caliber high-standard pistols as a sharp weapon for touching and assassination, and Chechen rebels and Viet Cong guerrillas have also used sports rifles that fire 5.6mm ammunition. The effective range of the sv-99 after the silencer is installed is 100 meters, even if the silencer is not installed, it is difficult to hear the gun sound from 100 meters away, and there is almost no muzzle flame. The advantages of the SV-99 sonic sniper rifle are obvious – quiet and accurate, and it accurately hits a human head within an effective range when using match-grade ammunition. In addition, the SV-99 is extremely lightweight, weighing only 3.75kg, the structure is not complicated, and it is also equipped with a night vision sight, which has a certain night combat capability.
(sv-99 of the decomposition state)
There is a classic example of this: the special forces of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs surrounded the courtyard where the militants were located, and the snipers used sv-99 sniper rifles to first kill the dogs in the courtyard, and then killed the militant sentry guarding the door (accurately hit the head), this process was completely undetected by the militants in the house, and then the commandos invaded the courtyard and netted the militants, while the Russians did not suffer any casualties. In this operation, the SV-99 created great convenience for the attack, which was indispensable!
(sv-99 with solid wood stock)
It is true that the sv-99 that fires 5.6mm rifle bullets also has shortcomings that cannot be hidden, such as small power, short range, and poor stopping effect, but in the right occasion, its advantages can be greatly exerted, it can be used to perform silent actions such as whistle touching, and it can effectively reduce collateral damage when rescuing hostages, it may not wear body armor, but it is enough to deal with criminals.
Compared with the 88-type 5.8mm caliber semi-automatic sniper rifle that also uses small-caliber ammunition in China, the sv-99 is smaller in size, its appearance is not good, the rate of fire is slower, neither the range nor the power can be compared, the amount of equipment is not large, and there are many limitations when using, but this does not prevent it from becoming an excellent sniper rifle, in most cases, the right is the best.
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