SVD sniper's rifle

The SVD sniper's rifle is a magazine-fed semiautomatic marksman's rifle made by the Tau'ri. The weapon is built in Russia and the former Yugoslavia and was issued to SG-4 for off-world operations.

The SVD was one of the first purpose-built semiautomatic sniper rifle. The round it fires is a specially loaded version of the one fired by the PKM general purpose machine gun and&mdash;in emergency&mdash; can fire the same rounds albeit with lower accuracy. The conventional layout with a fixed buttstock, a long reciever, a long barrel, and long flash hider has led to the rifle being affectionally known as the "Oar" by Russian troops.

There is some external similarity to the AK-47 and the bayonets are the same, but the SVD operating system is optimized for accuracy. The weapon uses 10-round magazines, usually issued in a special 4-compartment ammunition pouch.