The Better Sniper Rifles Of Ww2

(Hidden_Sniper @ Dec 20 2005, 10:53 PM) [post=43425]Everyone knows that. The battle of Stalingrad was pretty much filled with snipers, and not just this battle, other places in the entire country of Russia. I knew the Russians were the best sniping country...ever! But I was just curious as to whether their was a better sniper rifle in the world that wasn't getting credit for aiding those few unmentioned british, american, french, and japanese soldiers that did do some sniping, but not enough to be recognized in the top 100 snipers (As you not most of the top 100 snipers are from the European front.)<span style="font-family:Georgia"> </span>
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There may have been better rifles as Garand Guy espouses however the evaluation is difficult. Would the Russian kills be greater using his number one selection?

I do not think so!

 

Gotta agree with spidge, the rifle makes little difference as long as the man shooting it is well-trained in its use. The poor trajectory of the 7.62X54mm round is easy to rectify by a trained sniper. However, a sniper is easier to train on a better weapon. The Japanese aren't getting fair mention here either as they used snipers nearly as prolifically as the Red Army. Their sniper rifles the T38 and T99 weren't that great. I have 2 of each model (not sniper variants) and the better T38 struggles to group 2 1/2" at 100 yards....normally about 3". The better T99 groups 3 1/2" on a bad day and 2 1/4" on its best group ever. Even working with poor rifles the Japanese were able to use snipers very effectively in every major battle.

 

So the svd-40 was not used in ww2?

 

The SVT-40 was used, but not very widely as a sniper rifle. It's too inaccurate to be an effective sniper rifle. The Germans regarded it highly as a standard infantry weapon but it was disliked by the Soviets because it was too complicated for the poorly trained conscripts to maintain.

 

(Lt. Winters @ Dec 22 2005, 08:00 AM) [post=43498]So the svd-40 was not used in ww2?
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Picked this up from the site below.

www.firingsquad.com/news/newsarticle. asp?searchid=6961&filterLevel=1&up=2&page=1

The SVD-40 was the replacement for the WWII SVT-40. The SVD dragunov was not even created until after the war and was created for the sole role of sniping unlike the SVT-40 which was used for both sniping and normal infantry.