The KSVK is a 12.7 mm anti-materiel sniper rifle featured in both ArmA: Armed Assault and ArmA 2.
ArmA: Armed Assault[]
| « | The KSVK is a heavy anti-material rifle designed in Russia for specialized Russian Army forces. The KSVK is intended for disabling light military vehicles, penetrating fortified enemy positions and counter-sniping duties. Library Description
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The KSVK is used exclusively by the SLA in ArmA: Armed Assault.
Overview[]
The KSVK is a bolt-action, bullpup anti-materiel rifle that is chambered to fire the 12.7×108 mm round.
It loads from 5-round box magazines and has a maximum fire rate of only 30 rounds per minute, with a muzzle velocity of 850 m/s. The KSVK is always fitted with the PSO telescopic sight and has an integrated (non-functional) bipod. The KSVK cannot be suppressed.
Essentially the Russian counterpart to the American M107, the KSVK is an anti-materiel rifle that can tear through both soldiers and light vehicles alike. Its 12.7 mm round is able to kill any infantry target in a single shot regardless of where they are hit. Though it usually has an effective range of up to 1,000 metres, it is entirely possible to land hits as far away as 1,600 metres depending on the user's skill (the PSO's ballistic compensation markers are only accurate up to 1,000 metres).
At the same time however, the KSVK also suffers from several design problems: chiefly, its magazine stores five less rounds than its American counterpart. The second stems from its bolt-action operation; since the user needs to manually rack the bolt after shot which imposes a forced delay of 2 seconds between rounds, it results in the KSVK having a very low rate of fire.
Ultimately, this means that it is barely capable of reaching even a quarter of M107's fire rate. Contrast this with the M107 which is semi-automatic and has a maximum fire rate of 120 RPM versus the KSVK's meagre 30 RPM.
Optics[]
The KSVK does not have ironsights and only allows the user to aim through its scope.
The scope uses a default zeroing of 200 metres and has a fixed magnification of 4x zoom (both cannot be adjusted). The stadiametric rangefinder can be used to estimate the distance of targets at distances of up to 1,000 metres away.
Each of the reticle's chevrons are ranged for targets at specific distances; starting from the centre (but excluding the uppermost chevron), each of the chevrons from top to bottom represent 200 metre steps (200, 400, 600, 800, 1000). The uppermost chevron is used only for targets that are located at distances of less than 200 metres.
Ammunition[]
| Base damage value | Initial velocity (m/s) |
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| 13 | 850 |
The KSVK can only load one type of magazine. It requires one free inventory slot to carry:
KSVK Mag.[]
Box magazine loaded with five 12.7 mm rounds.
Trivia[]
- The KSVK was not initially available on Armed Assault's release and was only added after Patch 1.04 (alongside the M107).[1]
- For unknown reasons, the KSVK's hand animation does not actually have the user's finger placed on the trigger (their right hand only holds the pistol grip).
- At release, the scope reticle markings were not correctly adjusted to match the ballistics profile of the KSVK's 12.7 mm round. This was eventually fixed in Patch 1.05, which changed the KSVK's default zeroing to 200 metres so that it would better match its profile.[2]
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ArmA 2[]
| « | The KSVK is a large-caliber anti-materiel sniper rifle developed in Russia. The main use of this weapon is counter-sniping and penetrating brick walls as well as lightly armored vehicles. The KSVK uses 12.7mm ammunition and is equipped with standard Russian side-mounted scope rail. Armoury Description
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The KSVK is used by both the Russian Armed Forces and the Takistani Army, as well as in limited numbers with ION PMC contractors in ArmA 2.
Overview[]
Returning from ArmA 2, the KSVK remains virtually unchanged from its Armed Assault predecessor.
It still loads from 5-round box magazines and has both an identical muzzle velocity and rate of fire.
The KSVK still uses a PSO telescopic sight and features an integrated (non-functional) bipod, but cannot be suppressed or be fitted with laser pointers/flashlights. The KSVK cannot have its zeroing adjusted.
Now serving as the primary AMR of both Russian and Takistani snipers, the KSVK has not been changed in the slightest and still functions as it did in Armed Assault. It retains the same consistent one-shot kill capability regardless of where the bullet impacts due to its powerful 12.7 mm round.
Unfortunately, this also means that it shares the same downsides of the Armed Assault KSVK, but this is now further compounded by its lack of variety when it comes to optics. Unlike the American M107 which has two variants fitted with either a day sniper scope or a thermal scope, the KSVK is restricted to the PSO-3 which has a fixed magnification, can't be zoomed in, and is unable to toggle enhanced vision modes.
Optics[]
The KSVK's telescopic sight can be zeroed from a minimum of 100 metres up to a maximum of 1,200 metres (100, 200, 300, 400, 500, 600, 700, 800, 900, 1000, 1100, 1200). By default, it is set to a zeroing of 300 metres.
It should be noted that it is not possible to have night vision goggles activated while looking through the scope.
Ammunition[]
| Base damage value | Aerodynamic friction | Initial velocity (m/s) |
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| 30 | -0.00055 | 850 |
The KSVK can only load one type of magazine. It requires one free inventory slot to carry:
KSVK Mag.[]
Box magazine loaded with five 12.7 mm rounds. Does not contain any visible tracers.
Trivia[]
- As with many of the in-game Russian weapons which use the wrong naming nomenclature, "ASVK" (also designated under its GRAU index code of 6S8) would be the more semantically correct name for the KSVK.
- The latest Steam version patches (CorePatch) added an alternate version of the KSVK that does not block the user's backpack slot (Classname: ksvk_Small).[3] However, this unique sub-variant is not available in Russian/Takistani/ION supply crates by default, and can only be equipped through the use of a custom addon to unhide it or scripting commands to spawn it in.
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Notes[]
- ↑ Does not apply to the hidden KSVK variant (ksvk_Small).
References[]
- ↑ Španěl, M et al. 2007, ArmA: Armed Assault: Version History, Bohemia Interactive Community Wiki, viewed 26 November 2023, <https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/ArmA:_Armed_Assault:_Version_History#Version_1.04>.
- ↑ Španěl, M et al. 2007, ArmA: Armed Assault: Version History, Bohemia Interactive Community Wiki, viewed 26 November 2023, <https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/ArmA:_Armed_Assault:_Version_History#Version_1.05>.
- ↑ Mazzon, M et al. 2019, CorePatch, GitHub, viewed 26 November 2023, <https://github.com/Goliath86/CorePatch/blob/master/Changelog.txt>.
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See also[]
Weapons of comparable role and configuration[]
- M107 (USMC/U.S. Army counterpart)
- AS50 (British Army/ION counterpart, ArmA 2: BAF/ArmA 2: PMC only)
- GM6 Lynx (CSAT/AAF counterpart, ArmA 3 only)
| Weapons of ArmA: Armed Assault | |
|---|---|
| Handguns | M9 9 mm • Makarov 9 mm |
| Submachine guns | MP5A5 9 mm |
| Carbines | AKS-74U 5.45 mm • M4A1 5.56 mm (M4A1 GL, M4, M4 GL) |
| Assault rifles | AK-74 5.45 mm (AK-74 + GP-25, AKS-74 PSO) • G36 series (G36, G36C, G36K) • M16A2 5.56 mm (M16A2 + M203) • M16A4 5.56 mm (M16A4 M203) |
| Designated marksman rifles | Mk12 SPR 5.56 mm |
| Sniper rifles | KSVK 12.7 mm • M107 .50 • M24 7.62 mm • SVD Dragunov 7.62 mm |
| Squad automatic weapons | M249 SAW 5.56 mm |
| Machineguns | M240 7.62 mm • PKM 7.62 mm |
| Grenade launchers | 6G30 |
| Launchers | 9K32 Strela • FIM-92F Stinger • Javelin Launcher • M136 • RPG-7V |
| Static | AA Pod • AT Tripod • AGS-30 • D-30 • DShKM • M2 • M119A1 • Mk. 19 • Searchlight |
| (Parenthesis) denote variants. Queen's Gambit | |
 SLA - Armoury (ArmA: Armed Assault)
| |
|---|---|
| Handguns | Makarov 9 mm |
| Carbines | AKS-74U 5.45 mm* |
| Assault rifles | AK-74 5.45 mm (AK-74 + GP-25, AKS-74 PSO) |
| Sniper rifles | KSVK 12.7 mm • SVD Dragunov 7.62 mm |
| Grenade launchers | 6G30 |
| Machineguns | PKM 7.62 mm* |
| Launchers | RPG-7V* • Strela-2 9K32 |
| Static | AA Pod • AT Tripod • AGS-30 • D-30 • DShKM • Searchlight |
| (Parenthesis) denote variants. * denotes weapons also used by the Resistance sub-faction. Queen's Gambit | |
 Russian Armed Forces - Armoury (ArmA 2)
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|---|---|
| Handguns | Makarov 9 mm |
| Submachine guns | PP-19 Bizon 9 mm |
| Shotguns | Saiga 12K |
| Carbines | AKS-74U 5.45 mm |
| Assault rifles | AK-107 5.45 mm (AK-107 GP-25) |
| Designated marksman rifles | VSS Vintorez 9 mm |
| Sniper rifles | KSVK 12.7 mm • SVD Dragunov 7.62 mm |
| Squad automatic weapons | RPK-74 5.45 mm |
| Machineguns | PKP 7.62 mm • PKM 7.62 mm |
| Launchers | 9K38 Igla • 9K115-2 Metis-M • RPG-7V • RPG-18 |
| Static | AGS-30 • D-30 • Igla AA Pod • KORD • Metis AT-13 • Searchlight |
| (Parenthesis) denote variants. | |
 Takistani Army - Armoury (ArmA 2)
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|---|---|
| Handguns | Makarov 9 mm • Revolver .45 |
| Carbines | AKS-74U 5.45 mm |
| Assault rifles | AK-74 5.45 mm (AK-74 GP-25, AKS-74) • FN-FAL 7.62 mm • M16A2 5.56 mm (M16A2 M203) |
| Sniper rifles | KSVK 12.7 mm • SVD Dragunov 7.62 mm |
| Squad automatic weapons | RPK-74 5.45 mm |
| Machineguns | M240 7.62 mm • PKM 7.62 mm |
| Launchers | 9K32 Strela-2 • Metis-M 9K115-2 • RPG-7V • RPG-18 |
| Static | AGS-30 • D-30 • Igla AA Pod • KORD • Metis AT-13 • 2B14 Podnos • Searchlight • SPG-9 • ZU-23 |
| (Parenthesis) denote variants. | Operation Arrowhead | |
 ION Services - Armoury (ArmA 2)
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| Handguns | G17 9 mm • M9 9 mm |
| Shotguns | AA-12 |
| Carbines | M4A1 5.56 mm (M4A3) • XM8 Compact 5.56 mm |
| Assault rifles | FN FAL 7.62 mm • M16A2 M203 5.56 mm • XM8 series (XM8, XM8 M320) |
| Designated marksmen rifles | XM8 Sharpshooter 5.56 mm |
| Sniper rifles | AS50 12.7 mm • KSVK 12.7 mm |
| Squad automatic weapons | XM8 Automatic Rifle 5.56 mm |
| Machineguns | PKM 7.62 mm |
| Launchers | FIM-92F Stinger • RPG-18 |
| (Parenthesis) denote variants. Operation Arrowhead | Private Military Company | |