12.7mm OSV-96 Sniper Rifle Made Russian

The OSV-96 large-calibre self-loading sniper rifle is designed to engage a variety of targets, including protected personnel, soft-skinned targets, radars, missile launchers and artillery, parked aircraft, etc., as well as to control the border line, defend coasts against small-size craft and set off sea mines. The rifle fires 12.7mm sniper rounds. If necessary, it can fire all 12.7x108mm rounds.

The rifle is gas-operated. The barrel is blocked by rotation of the bolt. A manual cock-type trigger mechanism ensures singleshot fire. Considerable decrease in recoil is achieved through installation of an effective muzzle brake and a shock-absorbing butt-pad.


Automatic reloading of the weapon reduces operator’s fatigue, ensuring high rate of fire. OSV-96 features a standard attachment point for various optical and optronic sights with large magnification capability. The rifle
normally comes with a collimator optical sight. A special night sight gives the rifle a nocturnal effective range of up to 600 m. Convenience of aiming is achieved through use of a bipod and a well-balanced layout of rifle’s elements.

The rifle is equipped with a folding stock for convenience of transportation in a canvas bag. OSV-96 is in service with Russian special forces of the army and law enforcement bodies.

Features
OSV-96 is capable of engaging personnel at 1,200 m and materiel at up to 1,800 m. A bullet of the B-32 armour-piercing round has enough power to penetrate standard army body armour at the maximum range. Smaller ranges give the rifle anti-armour capability. A 12.7mm bullet is several times less dependent on the wind drift than a 7.62mm one. The OSV-96 rifle can be used in anti-sniper role, as it allows the firer to stay out of effective range of common calibre small arms.