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THE SNIPPERY GENEVA SERIES

'Special Development') was designed for improved concealability by replacing the stock and omitting the integral suppressor and charging handle.

The SR-3 "Whirlwind" (Russian: СР-3 «Вихрь», romanized: Spetsialnaya Razrabotka "Vikhr", lit.

The handguard, pistol grip (Val only), and magazines are made of a synthetic polymer.īoth rifles can be disassembled to fit into a special compact case for transportation. The Val is functional with the stock folded but the mounting of an optic will not allow the buttstock to close completely (like many other rifles with similar mounting solutions for optics). Many of the components are shared between the Vintorez and Val with the main discrepancy being the fixed wooden buttstock on the Vintorez and tubular metal buttstock which folds to the left on the Val. The Vintorez and Val share the same standard 10 or 20-round double-stack detachable box magazines and are compatible with the 30-round magazine of the SR-3M. However, the design characteristically uses a rotating bolt with six locking lugs and a milled steel receiver. The action is also similar to that of AK-type rifles with a similar long-stroke gas system with the piston located above the barrel. Instruction sheet of the AS Val that includes a field strip model of the rifle The standard open sights are graduated from 100 to 425 m in 25 m increments. The rifle also has an "AK-type" Warsaw Pact rail for various optical sights, namely the PSO-1-1, PSO-1M2-1, and 1-PN-51 calibrated for use with the 9x39mm cartridge. The fire selector is, however, located behind the trigger within the trigger guard. Manipulation is similar to many AK-type rifles: charging handle on the right side, tangent rear sight, magazine release button behind the magazine well, and safety lever above the trigger guard. There are no design features which reduce the noise of the action.

The suppressor effectively reduces muzzle flash and muzzle report of the firearm to 130 dB. The baffles are stamped out of a single sheet ~1 mm thickness and welded to a removable frame which is pressed against the front of the suppressor housing by a spring placed between the baffle assembly and the end of the barrel. Four rows of nine holes are drilled in the barrel which follow the rifling and allows gas to escape the barrel behind the projectile into the expansion chamber which surrounds the barrel and extends ~20 cm forward of the end of the barrel where three baffles are located. The Vintorez and Val are integrally suppressed and chambered in 9×39mm, a subsonic cartridge, in order to reduce its report. Manufacturing began at the Tula Arms Plant after its adoption by the Armed Forces of the Soviet Union in 1987. The Vintorez (beginning in 1983) and Val (beginning in 1985) were developed by TsNIITochMash to replace modified general-purpose firearms, such as the AKS-74UB, BS-1, APB, and PB, for clandestine operations, much like the PSS Vul. The two rifles hereafter are referred to as the Vintorez and Val.

THE SNIPPERY GENEVA SERIES

'Special Automatic'), respectively, were a series of Soviet-designed rifles featuring an integral suppressor based on the prototype RG-036 completed in 1981 by TsNIITochMash. Open sights: Rear notch on tangent (graduated from 100 to 425 m) and front post mounted to suppressor housing, VSS-1 (top) equipped with the standard PSO-1-1 (6ts1-1) optic and 10-round magazine and an AS Val (bottom) with a 20-round magazine.ġ0-, 20-, 30-round detachable box magazine (shared with the SR-3)