AS Val dan VSS Vintorez

AS Val dan VSS Vintorez
VSS (top) equipped with the PSO-1-1 and 10-round magazine. VAL (bottom) with a 20-round magazine
Jenis	Assault rifle (AS Val)[1] Sniper rifle (VSS Vintorez)[2]
Negara asal	Soviet Union
Sejarah pemakaian
Masa penggunaan	1987–present
Digunakan oleh	See Users
Pada perang	Iraq War[3] Russo-Georgian War Russian invasion of Ukraine
Sejarah produksi
Perancang	TsNIITochMash Pyotr Serdyukov and Vladimir Krasnikov
Tahun	1980s
Produsen	Tula Arms Plant
Diproduksi	1987–present
Varian	ASM and VSSM
Spesifikasi
Berat	25 kg (55,12 pon) AS (empty) 354 kg (780,44 pon) AS with PSO-1-1 495 kg (1.091,29 pon) AS with 1PN51 26 kg (57,32 pon) VSS (empty)
Panjang	875 mm (34,4 in) AS (stock extended) 615 mm (24,2 in) AS (stock folded) 894 mm (35,2 in) VSS
Panjang laras	200 mm (7,9 in)
Peluru	9×39mm
Mekanisme	Gas-operated, closed rotating bolt
Rata² tembakan	800–900 rounds/min
Kecepatan peluru	280–295 m/s
Amunisi	10-, 20-, 30-round detachable box magazine (shared with the SR-3M)
Alat bidik	Open sights: Rear notch on tangent (graduated from 100 to 425 m) and front post mounted to suppressor housing "Dovetail mount" for optics

AS Val dan VSS Vintorez adalah senapan serbu Soviet yang memilki laras peredam berdasarkan pada prototipe RG-036 tahun 1981 buatan TsNIITochMash. Selanjutnya, kedua senapan ini diberi nama Vintorez dan Val.

1. "9 mm special assault rifle AS | Catalog Rosoboronexport". roe.ru. Diakses tanggal 2023-05-07. 
2. "9 mm special sniper rifle VSS | Catalog Rosoboronexport". roe.ru. Diakses tanggal 2023-05-07. 
3. Besedovskyy, Vlad (2 May 2023). "VSS Vintorez used by Ukrainian special forces in Iraq". Safar Publishing (dalam bahasa Inggris). Diakses tanggal 24 December 2023.