The VSS ([You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]: Винтовка Снайперская Специальная, Vintovka Snayperskaya Spetsialnaya or "Special Sniper Rifle"), also called the Vintorez ("thread cutter"[You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]), is a silent sniper rifle developed in the late 1980s by [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] and manufactured by the [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]. It is issued primarily to [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] 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 by Petr Serdjukov in 1985
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Design by Petr Serdjukov in 1985
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