The VSK-94 (Russian: ВСК-94: Войсковой Снайперский Комплекс, romanized: Voyskovoy Snayperskiy Kompleks, lit. 'Military Sniper Complex', GRAU index 6В8) is a 9×39mm designated marksman rifle variant of the 9A-91 assault rifle, designed in 1995 in the KBP Instrument Design Bureau by Vasily Gryazev and manufactured by Tula Arms Plant. The VSK-94 was meant to be a cheaper alternative to the VSS "Vintorez". Unlike the VSS, the suppressor of the VSK-94 is not an integrated design.
== Design details == The VSK-94 is chambered in the 9×39mm cartridge. It retains the gas operated, rotating bolt with 4 lugs which utilises the long stroke gas piston operating system of the 9A-91. The VSK-94 features a stamped steel receiver, a skeletonised polymer stock integrated with a pistol grip, a synthetic handguard, and feeds from a 20-round detachable box magazine from the 9A-91. The VSK-94 is primarily equipped with a 4× PSO-1 optical sight (optimised for subsonic rounds shooting), and back-up iron sights from the 9A-91. The threaded barrel is designed to use a specially designed suppressor. Since the 9×39mm cartridge weighs about twice as much as that of the 9×19mm Parabellum, its muzzle energy is about twice as high as that of a subsonic 9×19mm Parabellum cartridge fired from an HK MP5SD.
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== Users == Belarus: Used by the Belarusian special forces. India: Used by MARCOS. Russia: Used by Various Spetsnaz units, Federal Security Service (FSB) and OMON. Syria: Used by Syrian Republican Guard and special forces.
== See also == 9A-91 OTs-12 Tiss OTs-14 Groza SR-3 Vikhr List of Russian weaponry
References
External links
KBP Instrument Design Bureau – official site Modern Firearms
