The 7.62 TaK 85 is one of the sniper rifles used by the Finnish Army. Others include the SovietDragunov for example. A U.S. Army soldier peers through a scope mounted atop his M-21 rifle during operations in Iraq A sniper rifle is a type of rifle used for engaging in the act of sniping, most purely a rifle used for shooting with great accuracy over long distances. ... The Finnish Army (Finnish: Maavoimat) is one of the branches of the Finnish Defence Forces. ... Soviet redirects here. ... An Ethiopian soldier practices with the Dragunov as part of a joint exercise with American troops The Dragunov (ÐÑагÑнов) is a Russian sniper rifle, more formally known as the Snaiperskaya Vintovka Dragunova (СнайпеÑÑÐºÐ°Ñ Ð²Ð¸Ð½Ñовка ÐÑагÑнова), which translates into English as Dragunov Sniper Rifle, and is often abbreviated as SVD (СÐÐ). It was the worlds...