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The VSS Vintorez or Vintovka Snaiperskaja Spetsialnaya (Special Sniper Rifle) is a specially designed silenced Russian sniper rifle. Sometimes seen as Vss Vintorez without the s's capitalized. The weapon fires subsonic 9mm ammunition, specifically the SP-5 ammunition or SP-6 ammunition. While having a shorter range than many sniper rifles, the stealth of silenced fire and stopping power of the round make it ideal in many circumstances.
Service
In use since the 1980s, the rifle has seen action in various places, most notably in Chechnya against the rebels there. It was also evident in media coverage of the Beslan school hostage crisis.
The Vintorez is also featured in the video game America's Army.
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