AS Val and VSS Vintorez
The AS Val "Shaft" and VSS Vintorez "Thread Cutter", 6P30 and 6P29 respectively, were a Soviet-designed assault rifle featuring an integral suppressor based on the prototype RG-036 completed in 1981 by TsNIITochMash. The two rifles hereafter are... Wikipedia
Designed: 1980s
Action: Gas-operated, closed rotating bolt
Cartridge: 9×39mm
Feed system: 10-, 20-, 30-round detachable box magazine (shared with the SR-3M)
Length: 875 mm (34.4 in) AS (stock extended); 615 mm (24.2 in) AS (stock folded); 894 mm (35.2 in) VSS
Manufacturer: Tula Arms Plant
Muzzle velocity: 280–295 m/s
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