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The AS "Val" (''Avtomat Special'nyj Val'', Russian: ''Автомат Специальный Вал'' or ''Special Automatic Rifle'', code name: ''"Shaft"'', GRAU designation 6P30) is a Soviet-designed assault rifle featuring an integrated suppressor. It was developed during the late 1980s by TsNIITochMash (Central Institute for Precision Machine Building). Since 1987, it was added to the arsenal of the Soviet Army and the KGB and is used by Russian Spetsnaz special forces and the MVD, FSB, and select units of the Russian Army. Its effective range is approximately 300 m, as it uses heavy subsonic 9x39mm SP-6 (high-performance armor piercing) ammunition, as well as the SP-5 ball round used by the VSS Vintorez suppressed sniper rifle. It can also use the same 10 or 20-round magazines as the VSS. Controls are similar to all AK-type rifles with charging handle on the right side, tangent rear sight, magazine release button behind the magazine well, and safety lever above the trigger guard. The fire selector is however located within the trigger guard, behind the trigger. The "Val" has two modes of fire, semi-automatic and fully automatic fire at a rate of 900 RPM. According to its users, the "Val" is reliable, accurate, and well liked. It has an AK-type side mount for various optical sights, including the 4x PSO-1 scope and night sights such as the 1PN51 calibrated for use with the 9x39mm round. The standard open sights are graduated up to 400 m in 25 m increments. The "Val" shares 70% of its components with its sister-gun, the VSS Vintorez. Differences are furniture made of high impact polymer and a skeletonized steel stock which folds to the left for storage and transportation (gun can operate with stock folded). Since the SP-5/6 bullet weighs about twice as much as that of the 9×19mm Parabellum, its muzzle energy is about twice a high as that of a subsonic 9×19mm Parabellum bullet fired from e.g. a HK MP5SD. ==Users== *〔 * police and military special forces * Self-proclaimed Lugansk People's Republic (Carried by troops thought to be Russian special forces) 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「AS Val」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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