One of the greatest creations of man isfirearms. The barrel from which various-caliber projectiles fly out at breakneck speed, making it burning hot, is the subject of obsequious worship of many people. They are afraid of him. He is admired. He is hated. And with all this continue to produce. After all, it is the weapon that is the niche of the business that will always be in demand under any conditions.
Army and weapons
Each country adequately educates its soldiers.This is an axiom. In this case, the military in service is a huge number of different equipment. However, there is a classification of firearms: it is divided into combat and training. The latter is a fake of the present, and is intended for the educational process in schools and other educational institutions. Combat, in turn, also has many different groups. Thus, a separate category is the "Large-caliber sniper rifle." This weapon has gone a long way of its development, which has more than a hundred years. The story says that at the very end of the nineteenth century, designer Mosin Sergey Ivanovich invented the first rifle. Its modified version was widely used during the revolution of 1917, as well as during the Great Patriotic War.
In the early 40s of the twentieth century, the SovietThe army adopted another popular weapon, which was the automatic large-caliber sniper rifle (AKSV) "Kord". Its inventor was Vasily Degtyarev. Among the soldiers, this equipment had the name "Hypericum". This nickname rifle because of its excellent combat characteristics: the German "animal" tanks "Panther" and "Tiger" lacked several hits of projectiles - and the "animal" failed.
National weapon
In the mid-twentieth century, the leadership of the SovietThe army was faced with the question of complete rearmament. It was then that the Soviet designers were faced with the fact: it is necessary to develop the best, in comparison with other countries, types of small equipment, which include a large-caliber sniper rifle. The priority direction was considered the invention of the instrument, capable of self-charging. A huge number of talented people were involved in the work on this project. Among them was Dragunov Evgeny Fedorovich. At that time, this designer perfectly showed his skills in creating excellent sporting small arms. After spending a long twelve years, the Soviet Army was armed with an amazing self-loading equipment, which was a large-caliber sniper Dragunov rifle. At that time in the world there were no such analogues. Even the United States expressed an ardent desire to acquire a dangerous "toy" of Soviet production.
The evolution of small business
The development of weapon skills does not stand still,and after a few years, many countries of the world submit their inventions to the military. Soviet designers also do not sit idle, and one after another release their new modified "brainchild". It is worth noting that after the mid-90s, a large-caliber OSV 96 sniper rifle was invented at the Tula Arms Plant. The B-94 rifle became a direct predecessor of this. It is worth noting that at the present time Russian designers give military men excellent combat units. An example of the latest achievement is the ORSIS T-5000 sniper rifle. This firearm was produced in 2011 in Moscow.
In the world market of weapons and ammunition todayconfigures a huge amount of various techniques. In this case, the most large-caliber sniper rifle was produced in the United States in 1982. Its modifications are in service with many countries. The name of this weapon is the Barrett M107 rifle. It is slightly inferior to the Russian counterpart - a modified Kord.
