Information appeared in the Ukrainian media that, that in Ukraine "the transition of snipers from SVD rifles to other weapons is practically completed". In particular, such information was voiced by sniper instructor Ruslan Shpakovich.
According to Shpakovich, which are given in the Ukrainian media, "Armed Forces of Ukraine (VSU) replaced almost all of their SVD with new sniper weapons".
from posts:
SVD is now massively handed over to warehouses. They are being replaced with new weapons. The reason is in the state of SVD. Now they cannot be called sniper weapons in the full sense of the word.
Declared that Ukrainian servicemen received sniper weapons of “various types” as a replacement for Dragunov rifles.
That being said, the messages say, that the units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine have received about 1,5 thousand. new sniper rifles. Among them are the American Savage-110 and the Ukrainian Zbroyar UR-10 (UAR-1) and UBR-008.
Actually, self-loading "Zbroyar" UR-10 (Z-10) it is difficult to call Ukrainian weapons. The thing is, that this is one of the variants of the AR-10 rifle. A rifle chambered for 7.62x51 mm began to enter service with the Armed Forces of Ukraine in 2018 year. It was stated, that the production rate of such weapons is too low, so that in a short time it was possible to replace the SVD, in service with the Ukrainian army.
Savage Model Rifle 110 was patented in 1963 year, is in production in the USA.
Shpakovich:
Togo, what was put in the Armed Forces, basically, enough troops for almost 100 percent.
SVD was put into service in 1963 year. This sniper weapon is operated in dozens of countries around the world., including Russia, Ukraine, India, Venezuela, Syria, Mongolia, Belarus and others.
