VSS Vintorez

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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
Faction	Russian Armed Forces
Type	Marksman Rifle / SPW
Calibre	9×39 mm
Magazine capacity	20 / 10
Dispersion	0.0018 rad (semi) 0.0018 rad (full)
Occupies backpack slot	No
Variants	None
Games

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 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 powerful at close ranges (200 metres or less) and has little recoil in addition to possessing a high rate of fire that makes it deadly in close quarters.

A highlight of the VSS Vintorez is its integral 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 difficult.

However, this advantage also serves as a double-edged sword since the 9×39 mm round that it fires is extremely slow even by the standards of other subsonic rounds. Depending on the target's distance, the bullets can take upwards of 1.5-2 seconds of flight time to hit their targets. Combined with its already low muzzle velocity, this restricts the maximum range of the VSS Vintorez to under 300 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 damage drops off quickly.

Sights

• Telescopic Sight (VSS Vintorez)
• Ironsights (VSS Vintorez)

The VSS Vintorez' telescopic sight can be zeroed starting from a minimum of 100 metres up to a maximum of 400 metres (100, 150, 200, 250, 300, 350, 400). By default, it is set to a zeroing of 200 metres.

Only the chevrons and stadiametric rangefinder are illuminated and will appear white both in daytime and low-light conditions.

The VSS Vintorez' ironsights serve as the "backup" sight mode. Zeroing begins at a minimum of 100 metres up to a maximum of 420 metres (100, 150, 200, 220, 250, 270, 300, 320, 350, 370, 400, 420). By default, the ironsights will utilise a zeroing of 100 metres.

Ammunition

Base damage value	Aerodynamic friction	Initial velocity (m/s)
13	-0.001	300

The VSS Vintorez can load two types of magazines. Both require one free inventory slot:

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 patches (as part of the Community Configuration Project/CorePatch updates), the damage of the VSS Vintorez' ammunition was significantly reduced to more realistic values. The weapon itself still remains lethal at ranges of less than 200 metres but can no longer outright kill targets beyond that distance.
  • Other changes from the CCP/CorePatch updates included a fix to properly hide the muzzle flash effect as well as adjustments to its zeroing limits and the addition of backup ironsights.

Gallery

External links

• Wikipedia: VSS Vintorez

See also

Weapons of comparable role and configuration

• ASP-1 Kir (CSAT counterpart, ArmA 3: Marksmen only)

Russian Armed Forces - Armoury (ArmA 2)
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.