Dragunov SVD

The Dragunov SVD is a semi-automatic sniper rifle developed by Evgeniy Fedorovich Dragunov for the soviet army in 1965. From 1967, it was commonly used in the armies of the former Eastern Bloc (Soviet Union and its satellites in the Warsawian Pact) as a sniper rifle.

The rifle weighs 4.3 kg as empty. It is 1,225 m long, and is fed by a clip which holds ten rounds of 7,62x54 mm R ammunition.

In the manga
In Hellsing, the weapon appears in the hands of the Iscariot-member Heinkel Wolfe.

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After being attacked by the Captain, the heavily wounded Heinkel gets crazy over his partner's, Yumie Takagi's death. In this mental state, she swears to kill the murderer of Yumie, the butler Walter C. Dorneaz. As he takes a Dragunov SVD sniper rifle from one of his comrades, Heinkel waits for the end of the battle between Alucard and Walter, and is preparing to revenge Yumie's death.

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After Alucard ceases to exist as he became a set of imaginary numbers by absorbing Schrodinger's soul, Walter questions the value of the victory of his. This way of thinking is interrupted by Heinkel, who shots Walter several times with her sniper rifle. After all the bullets hit Walter's body, Heinkel switches the rifle to pistols in order to execute her enemy. However, the wounded Walter is still able to defend himself, and paralyzes Heinkel by cutting of her left arm and leg with his wires. Heinkel is saved later by Iscariot.