Talk:Hidan no Aria:Volume6 Chapter1

Ulus is a word from ancient Turkish.It's meanings are;

  nation, people, country, commonwealth of a nation

source:http://www.zargan.com/sozluk.asp?Sozcuk=ulus

Though it's in Turkish, it's also in Mongolian, and in this context with Reki, it's rather 'Mongolian'. Kira0802 13:23, 30 April 2011 (UCT)

Informative Note about the SVD:

The SVD is is one of the Dragunov's many variants. Its purpose was never really for sniping, as is obvious by many of its features (rifling, bayonet, semi-auto, etc). It was designed as a designated marksman rifle that was cheap and durable. It is not really a sniper's weapon, but I suppose the reason the author chose this rifle is because it it very iconic. As it was cheap and mass produced, it saw wide usage when compared to other "sniper" rifles of the era and thus wider appeal. It just irks me a bit to see Reki constantly being referred to as a genius of sniping and the author touting the praises of the rifle, when the reality of this weapon is significantly different. I mean basically it was given to a squad of grunts using AK-47s (whose drop off range is not so great) where the one with a little better aim than the rest was supposed to use it. Update: That range is utter BS. The SVD's effective range is rated at 800 m, while even with a scope pushing its limits to 1,300 m. Genius or not, its a limitation of the equipment. At 2000m the bullet simply falls out of the sky and/or doesn't have any stopping power left. That doesn't even take into account environmental factors. /rantoff Fishsandwich 18:38, 2 May 2011 (???)

Rather than telling us, please tell the author: We will put what the author writes. Actually, the Chinese raws say SVD, though I'm not sure why. I can't really remember if 'twas mentioned in the novel before. At any rate, raws use Dragunov, so I'm using that. Thank you. - YoakeNoHikari 19:23, 3 May 2011 (UCT)