AS Val and VSS Vintorez
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as-val-and-vss-vintorez-219-79255
title:
AS Val and VSS Vintorez
text:
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 referred to as the Vintorez and Val. The Vintorez and Val were developed by TsNIITochMash to replace modified general-purpose firearms, such as the AKS-74UB, BS-1, APB, and PB, for clandestine operations, much like the PSS Vul. Manufacturing began at the
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description:
Soviet infantry rifle
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AS_Val_and_VSS_Vintorez
date created:
2005-08-13T10:36:01Z
date modified:
2024-09-13T09:06:09Z
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