SR-3 Vikhr
| SR-3 Vikhr | |
|---|---|
SR-3 Vikhr on display with its former "AM" designation | |
| Type | Assault rifle Carbine |
| Place of origin | Russia |
| Service history | |
| In service | 1996–present |
| Used by | See Users |
| Production history | |
| Designer | TsNIITochMash |
| Designed | 1989 - 1994 |
| Manufacturer | Tula Arms Plant |
| Produced | since 1995 |
| Variants | See Variants |
| Specifications | |
| Mass | 2 kg (without a magazine) (SR-3) 2.2 kg (without a magazine), 3.2 kg (with an empty 30-round magazine and a suppressor) (SR-3M) |
| Length | SR-3: 396 mm (15.59 inch): buttstock folded 640 mm (25.2 inch): buttstock extended SR-3M: 410 mm (16.14 inch): buttstock folded 675 mm (26.57 inch): buttstock extended 700 mm (27.56 inch): buttstock folded with suppressor 970 mm (38.19 inch): buttstock extended with suppressor |
| Barrel length | 156 mm (6.14 inch) |
| Cartridge | 9×39mm |
| Action | Gas operated, Rotating bolt |
| Rate of fire | 700–900 rounds/min |
| Muzzle velocity | 295 m/s |
| Effective firing range | 200 m |
| Maximum firing range | 400 m |
| Feed system | 10-, 20-, 30-round detachable magazine |
| Sights | Iron Sights and various optical sights by the use of a Dovetail rail mount |
The SR-3 Vikhr (Russian: СР-3 «Вихрь»; Спетсиалнаыа Разработка-3, romanized: Spetsialnaya razrabotka «Vikhr», lit. 'Special Development' "Whirlwind"), previously designated as the AM Vikhr; Avtomat Malogabaritnyj "Vikhr", lit. 'Small-sized Automatic Rifle'), is a Russian 9×39mm compact assault rifle. It was developed by A. D. Borisov, V. N. Levchenko and A. Tyshlykov at TsNIITochMash (Central Institute for Precision Machine Building) in the early 1990s and was manufactured in 1994. Heavily based on the AS Val, but lacks the integral suppressor design, it has a redesigned folding stock and charging handle for ease of concealed carry.
Due to the high cost to manufacture the SR-3 Vikhr, it was not mass-produced for the Russian military. Instead, it was used by the Russian Special Operations Forces (Spetznas) and Russian Federal Security Officers.