| « | The VSS Vintorez (in English: Thread Cutter) is a suppressed sniper rifle made in Russia. It can be stripped down and transported in a relatively small briefcase and because of this it was mainly used for undercover operations by Spetsnaz. This weapon has a built-in suppression system making it a great infiltration and sniping weapon. The only drawback is the relatively small effective range of about 400m. Armoury Description
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| VSS Vintorez 9 mm | |
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| Faction |  Russian Armed Forces
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| Type | Marksman Rifle / SPW |
| Calibre | 9×39 mm |
| Magazine capacity |
20 / 10 |
| Dispersion | 0.0018 rad (semi) 0.0018 rad (full) |
| Variants | None |
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The VSS Vintorez is a 9 mm special purpose marksman rifle used exclusively by the Russian Spetsnaz in ArmA 2.
Overview
The VSS Vintorez is a gas operated, selective-fire marksman rifle that is chambered to fire the 9×39 mm cartridge.
It is able to load from either 10- or 20-round box magazines, and can attain a maximum fire rate of up to 750 rounds per minute on full auto with a muzzle velocity of 300 m/s. The VSS Vintorez has a PSO telescopic sight attached to it by default and uses an integrated suppressor, but otherwise does not support being fitted with any other accessories.
True to its name, the VSS Vintorez is a special purpose weapon that combines the attributes of a compact submachine gun like the Bizon with that of a short-range marksman rifle. Exclusively wielded by Spetsnaz operatives, it is very powerful at close ranges (300 metres or less) and has little recoil in addition to possessesing a high rate of fire that makes it deadly in close quarters.
Russian Spetsnaz operative with a VSS.
Unlike other weapons which rely on muzzle-mounted suppressors, a highlight of the VSS Vintorez is its integrated suppressor. The muzzle flash is barely noticeable and combined with its usage of subsonic 9 mm ammunition, makes finding the source of a shot fired by the VSS Vintorez extremely difficult.
The lack of an audible supersonic crack or visible flash means that targets won't even realise that they're under fire until they actually get hit, and even then finding the shooter's location will be almost impossible; particularly if they're well camouflaged.
However, this advantage also serves as a double-edged sword, with the 9×39 mm round that it fires being extremely slow even by the standards of other subsonic rounds. Noticeably, the rounds can take an upwards of anywhere from 1.5-2 seconds of flight time to hit their targets, even at a close distance.
Combined with its already low muzzle velocity, this restricts the maximum range of the VSS Vintorez to under 400 metres or less. But in practice, this means that its real effective range is just 200 metres, as beyond that distance the 9 mm round begins to lose its energy rapidly and will no longer retain its accuracy or damage.
Ammunition
| Base damage value | Aerodynamic friction | Initial velocity (m/s) |
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| 13 | -0.001 | 300 |
The VSS Vintorez can load two types of magazines. Both require one inventory slot to carry:
20Rnd. VSS
Standard 20-round box magazine.
Does not contain any visible tracers.
10Rnd. VSS
Alternate reduced capacity magazine with only 10 rounds loaded.
Remains statistically identical to regular 20-rounders.
Trivia
- The VSS Vintorez is incorrectly referred to by its manufacturer name instead of using its actual GRAU index code of 6P29 (as they are exclusively wielded by Russian military forces).
- Following the release of the latest Steam version updates (as part of the Community Configuration Project), the damage of the VSS Vintorez's ammunition was significantly reduced to more realistic values.
- The weapon itself still remains lethal at ranges of under 200 metres, but can no longer outright kill targets beyond that distance.
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See also
Weapons of comparable role and configuration
- ASP-1 Kir (CSAT counterpart, ArmA 3: Marksmen only)
 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. | |
