SKS 45

( Samozaridnya Karabina Simonova Obrazets 1945 )

Specifications.

Cartridge: 7.62x39
Method of operation: Gas
Method of locking: Tilting block
Method of fire: Self loading
Method of feed: 10-round internal box magazine
Weight, unloaded: 8lb 8oz (3.85kg)
Length: 40.2 in (1,021mm)
Barrel: 20.5 in (521mm)
Rifling: 4 grooves, RH
Sights:
Foresight : Post
Rearsight : Tangent notch , graduated from 100 to 1000 meters
Muzzle velocity: 2,410 ft/sec (735 m/sec)
Rate of fire: 20 rounds/min
Range, maximum effective: 433 yds (400m)

 

Russian Sks

 

Chinese Sks

(Up) Arsenal 26, Year 1970

(Down) Arsenal 666, Year 1957, (lenght 925 mm)

 

Yugoslavian Sks model 59/66 equipped with a grenade launcher (lenght: 1120 mm)

Yugoslavian Sks captured in Bosnia-Herzegovina (US DoD)

Yugoslavian Sks. Marksman/observer's rifle, scope 4x24 (no reticle illumination).

 

Chinese military red fiberglass stock

 

Slings: (1) chinese, (2) russian.

 

Members of a vietnamese guard, Hanoi 03/2000 (Us DoD)