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For the rifle in Battlefield 4, see SVD-12.


The Dragunov sniper rifle, also known as the SVD (Russian: Снайперская винтовка Драгунова, Snayperskaya Vintovka Dragunova; English: Dragunov's sniper rifle) is a Soviet semi-automatic sniper rifle designed by Yevgeny Dragunov in 1963, designed to replace the aging Mosin-Nagant.

Upon introduction, it had beat out all other contestants and was accepted into service with the Soviet Military with serial production beginning in 1964. It uses the 7.62×54mmR cartridge in a 10-round magazine. This ammunition is the same type used in the Mosin-Nagant; the weapon the SVD replaced. It has an effective range of 800 meters and a maximum range of 1,300 meters with its standard-issue PSO-1 scope.

Battlefield Vietnam[]

The SVD is a weapon featured in Battlefield Vietnam is used by the North Vietnamese Army and is issued to their Scout kit. It comes with a ten-round magazine with two magazines in reserve, and is equipped with a PSO-1 sniper scope with 6x magnification for long-distance engagements. It is a generally powerful rifle, capable of killing in two body shots or (optimally) in a single head shot. It is the counterpart to the M21 used by the United States Marine Corps and Army of the Republic of Vietnam, firing with a decent rate of fire and high damage, but with high recoil and a fairly long reload rate.

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Battlefield 2[]

"The SVD is a lightweight rifle used for mid-range sharp shooting. It's slightly less accurate than its American counterpart but shoots significantly faster"

— In-game description

The SVD is a weapon featured in Battlefield 2 for the Middle Eastern Coalition Sniper kit. Like the Type 88, the SVD is a semi-automatic sniper rifle with a ten-round magazine and a fairly high firecap. Its spread values are identical to the other sniper rifles, but as with the Type 88 its damage is only 45, whereas the bolt-action rifles have a damage value of 95. It can thereby, depending on shot placement, take as many as four rounds to kill an enemy, although a single headshot is an instant kill.

In Battlefield 2: Special Forces, it is the default sniper rifle for the MEC Special Forces, Russian Spetsnaz, Rebels and Insurgent Forces. It remains the same from base game. However, its reticle has been colored red to help contrast to the night maps.

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Battlefield 2: Modern Combat[]

The SVD is a weapon featured in Battlefield 2: Modern Combat, known as the Dragunov SVD DMR. It is the standard sniper rifle issued to the Middle Eastern Coalition Sniper kit. It has high fire power and good accuracy, but a low rate of fire.

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Battlefield Heroes[]

SVD[]

"This sniper rifle's bite is much worse than its bark!"

— In-Game Description

The SVD is a weapon featured in Battlefield Heroes, released with the Battlefield Heroes Gets Bad Company update. It is available to the Commando class of the National Army. It is the counterpart of the Royal Army M95. A pilfered variant of the SVD is also available to the Royal Army. The SVD is statistically identical to the Stefan's Uber Sharpshooter.

Golden SVD[]

"Super shiny SVD to show off to your friends!"

— In-Game Description

The Golden SVD is a golden weapon variant featured in Battlefield Heroes, released with the Football Fiesta 2010 update. It is available to the Commando class of the National Army. It is the counterpart of the Royal Army Golden M95. To obtain the Golden SVD, a player must have purchased a face paint of the championship football team (Spain) from a promotional event during the 2010 FIFA World Cup. A pilfered variant of the Golden SVD is also available to the Royal Army, released with the Football Fiesta 2014 update. The Golden SVD is statistically identical to the Golden Uber Sharpshooter.

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Weapon 1 day 3 days 7 days 14 days 30 days Forever
SVD 999P4F Funds BFH 839P4F Funds BFH - 250Battlefunds (Former)
420Battlefunds (Former)
3,749P4F Funds BFH
560Battlefunds (Former)
335Battlefunds (Former)
7,499P4F Funds BFH
1,120Battlefunds (Former)
670Battlefunds (Former)
Pilfered SVD 999P4F Funds BFH 839P4F Funds BFH
140Battlefunds (Former)
85Battlefunds (Former)
- - 3,749P4F Funds BFH
625Battlefunds (Former)
375Battlefunds (Former)
7,499P4F Funds BFH
1,250Battlefunds (Former)
750Battlefunds (Former)
Golden SVD 2010 FIFA World Cup reward
Pilfered Golden SVD 2014 FIFA World Cup reward

Battlefield: Bad Company 2[]

"Widely used in the former Warsaw pact countries with an effective range of 800 meters. This semi-automatic marksman rifle is intended to be used as part of regular infantry, unlike dedicated sniper rifles."

— In-game description

The SVD is a weapon featured in the Battlefield: Bad Company 2: Vietnam expansion and is issued to the Recon kit. It is a semi-automatic sniper rifle with a 10-round magazine. Like most weapons in the expansion, it has seen heavy usage and also has a palm branch tied to the hand guard as an attempt to use camouflage.

It is identical to the M21 in stats. However, it sports a significantly stronger default scope zoom, making the SVD preferable for long range engagements. They are, in almost all aspects other than appearance, exactly the same when a 12X High Power Scope is equipped. Players tend to dislike the SVD, as its high recoil and low damage are not ideal for the long ranges that its scope is designed for. It is much more effective in Hardcore though, as it will only require two shots to kill at any range, instead of 3-4 in normal modes.

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Battlefield Play4Free[]

"Widely used in the former Warsaw pact countries with an effective range of 800 meters. This semi-automatic marksman rifle is intended to be used as part of regular infantry, unlike dedicated sniper rifles."

— In-game Description

The SVD is a weapon featured in Battlefield Play4Free as a purchasable sniper rifle for the Recon kit. Due to its semi-automatic nature, it has a higher rate of fire when compared to bolt-action sniper rifles, but has lower damage, requiring 3-4 shots to kill with moderate recoil. It also uses a 14-round magazine and the same scope reticle as the SV-98.

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Battlefield Online[]

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The SVD is a weapon featured in Battlefield Online.

Battlefield 3[]

"Designed as a squad support weapon, the SVD Dragunov enhances a squad’s ability by providing long range, rapid, accurate Semi-Automatic fire. Although the SVD looks similar to an AK style weapon, these are merely cosmetic. When paired with specially designed sniper cartridges the SVD Dragunov is a deadly and accurate marksman weapon. The SVD is equipped with a standard PKS-07 (7x) scope."

— Battlelog description

The SVD is a weapon featured in Battlefield 3.

Co-Op[]

The SVD can be picked up in Exfiltration with an IRNV scope.

Multiplayer[]

The SVD is the default weapon for the Russian Army Recon kit in multiplayer. It is very accurate, and can kill in 2-3 shots to the body, or one headshot (Dependent on range, at least 2 shots are required at further range). It is shown with a new ability to have a rail mount attached to the side brackets, which allows for the rifle to use different types of scopes, gun sights and optics. It can also use laser sights and has the ability to mount a bipod. The SVD comes equipped with a PKS-07 7x scope by default, but can also use its standard PSO-1 4x scope as the first unlock obtained and as with all sniper rifles in the game, can use iron sights.

The SVD is unlocked by default, it is unique to the Russian Army like the Mk11 Mod 0 is to the United States Marine Corps. The SVD is equal in every statistic with the Mk11 Mod 0 except for having a lower muzzle velocity and a slower reload time. Statistically there isn't one value that the SVD possesses that any of the other semi-automatic rifles (except the M417 and SKS) don't either do as well or better. It has a 10 + 1 magazine and is best suited for medium to long range as a way to extend the effective combat range of a squad. It can also be used at closer ranges with a 4x scope or iron sights equipped. It is later unlocked for both factions, like the Mk 11 Mod 0, at 195,000 Recon points.

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Battlefield 2042[]

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"Designed as a squad support weapon, it provides long range, rapid and accurate Semi-Automatic fire. When paired with the standard PKS-07 scope, it greatly enhances the lethality of any forward unit."

— In-game description

The SVD is a weapon featured in Battlefield 2042, available in the Battlefield Portal and later in the base game with Eleventh Hour season update as "Vault Weapon". Player need to performs 100 kills with SVD in Portal or SVK and 50 kills with Marksman Rifle at a distance of 100 meters or less in order to unlock.

For the base game, SVD as "Vault Weapon" acts just like SVK, it can achieve a BTK of 2, but the range is limited.


Trivia[]

  • In Battlefield Play4Free, the Veteran SVD and Elite SVD were originally separate variations of the default SVD, different firing rates and values. Like most other Veteran and Elite weapons, they were later made into skins, only differing aesthetically.
  • In Battlefield 3, its proficiency dog tag shows a SVDK, a large caliber and with folding stock variant of the SVD. The mastery dog tag shows it with a PSO-1 scope.

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  1. Bad Company 2 | DenKirson on Xanga - retrieved December 19, 2010
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