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Russian: Автомат Специальный (АС) Вал

English: "Special Automatic Rifle", Code Name: "Shaft". The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ...

The AS "Val" Special Purpose Assault Rifle is a Russian designed, folding stock rifle featuring an integrated suppressor.

It was developed during the late 1980s by TsNIITochMash (Central Institute for Precision Machine Building) and is used by Russian Spetsnaz special forces including MVD, FSB and some units in the Russian Army. Russian special forces training For the Swedish EBM band, see Spetsnaz (band). ... Modern emblem of Russian MVD The Ministerstvo Vnutrennikh Del (MVD) (Министерство внутренних дел) was the Ministry of Internal Affairs in Imperial Russia, later USSR, and still bears the same name in Russia. ... Emblem of FSB The FSB (ФСБ) is a state security organization in Russia, and is the domestic successor organization to the KGB. Its name is an acronym from the Russian Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation (Федера́льная слу́жба безопа́сности Росси́йской Федера́ции) (Federalnaya Sluzhba Bezopasnosti Rossiyskoi Federatsii). ...

Its effective range is around 300 m, as it uses heavy subsonic 9 x 39 mm SP-6 (high performance armor piercing) ammunition, as well as the SP-5 ball round used by the VSS Vintorez. It can use the same 10 or 20 round magazines as the VSS Vintorez. The 9 x 39 mm is a cartridge used in the Russian VSS Vintorez sniper rifle and the AS Val assault rifle. ... The VSS (Russian: ), Special Sniper Rifle, also named Vintorez (Thread Cutter), is a suppressed sniper rifle in use by various military and otherwise militant organizations, especially those of former Soviet states. ...

It uses the PSO-1 4x magnification optical scope calibrated for use with the 9 x 39 mm round (weight: 0.56 kg/1.23 lb).

See also

• List of Russian Weaponry
• SR-3 Vikhr
• VSK-94

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External links

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