PSL

The Romanian PSL (Romanian: Puşcă Semiautomată cu Lunetă, lit. "scoped semi-automatic rifle") sniper rifle was developed in the 1970s as a designated marksman rifle, much like the American M21 and Soviet SVD. The PSL is built using an RPK stamped receiver with the AK long stroke piston, but chambered for 7.62x54mmR. The Romanians never really used the PSL as a sniper rifle in their armed forces, instead choosing other long range weapons (such as commercial bolt action rifles) for that task.
The PSL is commonly encountered in the U.S. and is often sold as a Dragunov to the uninformed. In the United States, the PSL is also known under the names ascribed by U.S. distributors like ROMAK-3 and PSL-54C (Century Imports), SSG-97 (as called by Interordnance) and the FPK or FPK Dragunov (as sold by Tennessee Guns which are assembled in the U.S with Romanian parts).
Externally similar to the SVD (not a Kalashnikov), the PSL (a Kalashnikov) can be distinguished by the longer exposed part of the gas piston, straight safety lever, "X" shaped stamping on the magazine, and magazine located immediately in front of the trigger guard rather than some distance ahead.
=Specifications=
(1970-Present)
* Type: Sniper Rifle 
* Caliber: 7.62x54mmR, 7.62x51mm NATO (PSL 51)
* Weight: 
* Length: 
* Barrel length: 
* Capacity: 10-rounds
* Fire Modes: Semi-Auto
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==Film==
Title 	Actor 	Character 	Note 	Date
Warriors (Guerreros) 	 	Albanian sniper 	 	2002
The Marksman 	 	Terrorist 	 	2005
Home of the Brave 	 	Insurgent sniper 	 	2006
The Hurt Locker 	 	Insurgent sniper 	 	2008
District 13: Ultimatum 	 	Guard 	 	2009
Kandahar 	 	Taliban fighter 	 	2010
Special Forces 	 	Taliban fighter 	 	2011
Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol	 	Russian agent 	With bipod 	2011
In the Land of Blood and Honey 	 	Bosnian and Serbian soldiers	 	2011
Alex Cross 	Matthew Fox 	Picasso 	 	2012
Dead Man Down 	Colin Farrell	Victor 	With railed handguard, adjustable buttstock and bipod	2013
American Sniper 	Sammy Sheik 	Mustapha 	With bipod 	2014
==Television==
Show Title 	Actor 	Character 	Note 	Release Date
Bornholmer Straße 	Max Hopp 	Burkhard Schönhammer 	 	2014
Bornholmer Straße 	Charly Hübner	Harald Schäfer 	 	2014
Bornholmer Straße 	Rainer Bock 	Peter Arndt 	 	2014
Bodyguard 	 	 	 	2018
The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon - Season 2	Romain Levi 	Stéphane Codron 	"Au Revoir Les Enfants" (S2E06)	2024
The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon - Season 2	Uncredited 	Power of the Living movement Guerrier	"Au Revoir Les Enfants" (S2E06)	2024
The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon - Season 2	Eriq Ebouaney	Fallou Boukar 	"Au Revoir Les Enfants" (S2E06)	2024
The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon - Season 2	Norman Reedus	Daryl Dixon 	"Au Revoir Les Enfants" (S2E06)	2024
==Video Games==
Game Title 	Appears as 	Mods 	Notation 	Release Date
Project IGI: I'm Going In 	 	 	 	2000
Splinter Cell 	 	 	used by hostile NPC's 	2002
America's Army 	 	 	 	2002
IGI 2: Covert Strike 	 	 	 	2003
Splinter Cell: Pandora Tomorrow 	 	 	used by hostile NPC's 	2004
Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne	Dragunov 	 	Mona's primary sniper rifle	2004
Just Cause 2 	Sniper Rifle	 	 	2010
Ghost Recon: Future Soldier 	PSL-54C 	w/ RIS handguard and synthetic furniture	w/ various accessories 	2012
==Anime==
Title 	Character	Note	Date
Suisei no Gargantia	Sailor 	 	2013
=See Also=
Category:Gun
Category:Rifle
Category:Sniper Rifle