World's longest range: Russian snipers shoot down drones with Vozmezdie rifle

Shooters also use SVD and Kalashnikov assault rifle

Russian snipers work in pairs and fight enemy drones. They use the world's longest-range rifle in its caliber, the Vozmezdie rifle, the Dragunov sniper rifle (SVD), and the Kalashnikov assault rifle, equipped with thermal sights. This was reported by the Russian Ministry of Defense.

As practice has shown, this is very effective. Our unit has now hit more than 58 heavy UAVs.
commander of the sniper rifle company with the call sign Sirius

If the enemy tries to bypass the snipers' positions, then they use the long-range VSV-338 rifle (developed by the Izhevsk Machine-Building Plant).

The VSV-338 works at long distances, and then we can hit with the second or third shot.
commander of the sniper rifle company with the call sign Sirius

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