As a cheaper alternative to the SVD, some AK-47s were fitted with extra-long barrels and used as DMRs. They bear a resemblance to SVDs but can be distinguished by their forestock, which is composed of top and bottom pieces instead of left-right pieces as is on the SVD. They also have much smaller magazines, as noted.
Her pose isn't all that strange if she had a sandbag or railing or something else to rest the forestock on.
In addition, there's also a Romanian derivative of the SVD that's based on the RPK's receiver and is chambered for 7.62X54R but has the top-bottom handguards like the AK-47.
In other words, there's more things based on the AK-47 than you can shake a cleaning rod at.
You would still think that that would be an awful pose for sniping. Prone would be much more effective. But then it wouldn't make for as nice a picture.
Also, it fires a 7.62x54mm round (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/7.62x54mmR), so there is no wrongness in magazine size in the drawing. On the contrary, the drawing is surprisingly accurate and similar to the weapon picture in the article; probably the drawer used some photographic reference. (even the tiny depressions in the magazine side are identical to the pictures)
Her crossed left arm over her bent knee is also standard in sniping positions. Of course prone is always better. But as for crouching position, she is shooting right.
Not to mention the bonus pantyshot! That is... she is just perfect! Stop whining! :)
I'd still hold the mag with my left hand. Now it seems bit too front heavy -> shaky sighting. Her shooting won't really work that way either, she got the safety on... So maybe she is just observing some landscape with no trigger discipline? Nobody knows.
To really convert this into /k/... SVD is not a sniper-grade rifle.
She skipped the accurate barrel type with her choice of weapons, so instead she’s got a entirely free-floating anti-gravity rifle. That position won’t work unless she’s firing barricade with forward support. Even so, her left arm should be inside the right bracing the rifle rather than on her own arm. You can demonstrate this at home. In this position, applying tension with the left arm will force your right forearm, and thus the weapon’s muzzle, down, degrading rather than assisting accuracy.
Is there a name for this method of holding the gun (or the corrected method of putting the hand on the stock)? I remember seeing a character from darker than black holding a sniper rifle with the hand on the stock, somewhat similar to this. It was from the second season if I remember correctly.
henmere said: This is a parody of 'the most skilled sniper in the world' from Haou Airen. See post #2432.
With all due respect, I don't think so. This is a completely legit shooting stance and it doesn't resemble the infamous Haou Airen pose at all. Removed the tags.
Heparine said: With all due respect, I don't think so.
I admit that you are right. According to Pixiv comments log, the artist got too many comments like "this image reminds me of Haou Airen," then he resigned himself to changing the image title to the one related to Haou Airen.
Having just taken a shooting class, I can say that according to my instructor (a former US Marine's sniper) that this stance is a legitimate stance. Granted, it's a little bastardized, but using the left arm to brace the gun and hold the right wrist allows amazing control and accuracy. We learned it sitting down, however, when I transferred it to a kneeling position, much akin to that one, I was fairly accurate, despite having terrible knees, and a shaky stance. It was far superior to any of the kneeling stances and short of having a secondary brace, is one of the most accurate stances there is (and this was all backed up by the Sniper). Sure, there are far better ones like using a stand, or prone, etc, but this does the job well.
