In 2003 special operations troops were armed with the 7.62 mm 6s11 sniper. The 7.62×54mmr is mainly used in sniper rifles like the dragunov sniper rifle and machine guns like the pkm. There has been a long standing request by russian snipers to upgrade their standard sniper rifle from the svd
There is nothing wrong with the svd for what it was designed for Visit espn (uk) for sv darmstadt 98 live scores, video highlights, and latest news But when the snipers need a precision long range rifle, the svd does not perform up to the modern sniper rifle standard.
It was designed in the 1990's to meet the demand for more accuracy and range than provided by the dragunov svd
