Sniper rifle VSK-94: description, characteristics and reviews

Sniper rifle VSK-94 - the brainchild of Tula designers, developed in the nineties. A little about its history, details of development, the purposes of creation and many other things will be told in the article.

Purpose

This rifle sniper complex (VSK-94) is designed to conduct a covert war and defeat the infantry of the enemy. At a distance of up to 400 meters bulletproof vest can not stop a bullet from it. If the shot is made at a distance of up to 100 meters, then a sheet of steel 8 mm thick breaks through.

In other words, to get through an enemy soldier, equipped with body armor, you need to come pretty close.

Thanks to the design, the position of the arrow is not unmasked: no flame, noiseless shooting, and low ricochet. The latter factor ensures high accuracy of shooting, especially in operations for the release of hostages.

Mechanics

The mechanism of operation of sniper automaton VSK-94 from Tula is reduced to the motion of a gas piston with a rotary bolt locking the barrel channel. The principle is the same as that of most of the samples of domestic weapons.

Shooting is provided as a queue, and single.

It is possible to mount the muffler on the trunk, as well as folding the butt up and forward. In assembled form, the rifle is convenient for hidden transportation.

Ammunition

Specially for the sniper rifle VSK-94 a cartridge of the ninth caliber (9x39mm) was created. The PAB-9 ammunition is an analog of the SP-6 of the same caliber, but it is less expensive financially.

It was also planned to develop a grenade launcher for VSC- 94, but the project was withdrawn, since the model was too light, and such improvements would negatively affect the operation of the sample.

TTX

The product was successfully used in the second Chechen campaign, as well as during the restoration of the constitutional order during the conflict in South Ossetia in 2008. According to unconfirmed reports, it is also used in Syria.

The technical characteristics of this machine are quite impressive:

• VSK-94 is quite light: weight without a store and optics - only 2.8 kg. The outfit itself weighs 700 grams, which is also not much.
• The length of the product is 932 mm with a width of 44 and a height of 192 mm.
• When shooting bursts reaches a rate of 700 rounds per minute.
• Range, as already mentioned above - 400 meters.

Such indicators ensured the adoption in 1994 of a sniper rifle VSK-94. The price of success was small, if compared with a similar in appearance gun VSS "Vintorez." Unlike the latter, VSK-94 does not understand the muffler, and therefore susceptibility to corrosion can adversely affect the further operation.

Advantages

Among them are:

• An acceptable amount of energy released by the combustion of gunpowder.
• High armor piercing qualities.
• Thanks to this aiming range (400 meters), the product has proven itself in special operations both in open areas and in confined spaces. The low coefficient of fire emitted during firing, as well as the muffler of the shot, allow the sniper to stay in the shelter for a long time without the danger of being detected.
• Since the bullet is relatively heavy, it does not soon lose the stopping effect even after exceeding the target range.
• ВСК-94 позволяет вести огонь из положения лёжа, не задирая высоко голову. Due to its small size sniper rifle VSK-94 allows you to fire from the position of lying, without lifting your head high.
• All the design principles on which Kalashnikov assault rifles are created are also preserved in this product: reliability, durability, high quality.

disadvantages

The negative sides are also present, where even without them:

• The disproportionate ratio of the mass of the bullet to the mass of the machine itself gives a strong return, which can negatively affect the accuracy.
• At night, the clang of a rifle is heard far enough, if there are no other sources of noise. Not so quiet, if you compare with the same WB "Vintorez."
• As already mentioned, the bullet is relatively heavy, therefore it is not possible to take a lot with oneself. Because of this, the amount of ammunition for sniper rifles VSK-94 is very limited in the conditions of combat operations.

Despite the listed shortcomings, this weapon model has proved to be rather well-established and successfully used by special forces of the internal forces of the Russian Federation, Belarus, Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan.

In mass culture

The gun is often mentioned in the domestic series about the landing and special forces.

In the gaming industry, the most striking example is a third-person shooter called "Metro 2033" and the sequel "Metro: Ray of Hope". The sample in the game is called EVI and is mistakenly called "Vintorez" by many fans of the game. All because of the external similarity, weak knowledge of weapons and the enthusiasm of the STALKER universe Projects, though weakly correlated, still the subject is very similar. In addition, in the last mentioned shooter "Vintar" is almost one of the best rifles.

In the game projects STALKER gun is missing, although it was originally planned by the developers. Given that one company released both games, the developers did not go without ideas, and the fans - without their favorite weapons.

Fans of airsoft also widely use the sniper rifle VSK- 94. The price of the adapted version varies from 37 000 to 65 000 rubles, depending on the producing country and the kit that comes with the sample. On the tactical and technical characteristics of talking in this case is inappropriate, because airsoft is a game, it does not pursue the goals of penetrating armor and eliminating the enemy's manpower.

Instead of a bullet - a ball with paint, and death is of a formal nature. Under the realities of the game and made a sample of weapons: another caliber, another mechanism of work. From the original was only the appearance.

In many books, heroes are also armed with this rifle. Basically, these are paratroopers and special forces, which is quite logical. We are talking about the books of the franchise "The Universe of the Metro" Dmitry Glukhovsky and STALKER, and if in the first one for the most part this weapon is presented as a handicraft sample, then in the second one - almost like a freshly unpacked product from the "Dolg" grouping warehouses, which is present in the Zone Along with other formations: "Freedom", "Pure Sky", "Monolith", "Mercenaries" and other permanent inhabitants of the game universe mentioned.

Let the war remain only in games, films and literature.