The tag alias #75974 dragunov -> dragunov_svd is pending approval.
Reason: Makes it more specific and removes the need for 2 tags. The Dragunov SVU can have a separate tag as the OTs-03 SVU if it ever comes up.
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Topic: Tag alias: dragunov -> dragunov_svd
Posted under Tag Alias and Implication Suggestions
In case you, like me, wonder just what character or anime is named Dragunov, it's neither. It's actually a Soviet-era semi-automatic sniper rifle. Dragunov was the surname of the developer, Yevgeny Dragunov. The SVU is a semi-automatic, later fully automatic, bullpup rifle developed by the Russians.
However, in a sense, calling it the Dragunov SVD (snayperskaya vintovka Dragunova, literally "Dragunov sniper rifle") is like tagging atm_machine.
Regardless, its a designation only gun nerds would appreciate, but there seems to be an interest for tagging it.
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