[[Image:Simonov-Russian-SKS45.jpg|thumb|right|500px|Russian Simonov Type 45 aka the Russian SKS rifle - 7.62x39mm. The Russian SKS has a milled receiver and a blade bayonet. The rifles were issued with hardwood or laminated stocks. This example has a hardwood stock.]]
[[Image:ChineseType56Carbine.jpg|thumb|right|500px|Chinese Type 56 Carbine aka the Chinese SKS rifle - 7.62x39mm. The Chinese SKS has a stamped receiver and a spike bayonet (aka a "pig sticker") much like one of their [[AK-47]] copies - the [[AK-47#Norinco Type 56|Type 56]] assault rifle. This version, like many imported SKS rifles, have the infamous 'orange cratewood' stocks, probably the lowest quality wood in any mass produced rifle, save for the last ditch [[Arisaka Rifle#Arisaka Type 99|Arisaka Type 99]] rifles at the end of WW2. Many SKS rifles during the Vietnam War were issued with reddish plastic stocks, because of the incidents of 'wood rot' in the humid SE Asian jungles.]]
[[Image:SKS Sporter.jpg|thumb|right|500px|Chinese SKS Paratrooper Sporter with thumbhole stock and 10-round magazine - 7.62x39mm]]
[[Image:YugoSKS.jpg|thumb|right|500px|Yugoslavian SKS M59/66 rifle with blade bayonet and grenade launcher attached to barrel, the variant most seen during the Balkan Wars - 7.62x39mm. The Yugoslavian M59 is nearly identical to the Russian SKS, it is the M59/66 which has the grenade launcher attachment at the end of the barrel.]]
[[Image:NorincoSKS-D.jpg|thumb|right|500px|Norinco SKS-D - 7.62x39mm]]
[[Image:Chinese SKS Paratrooper Sporter 7.62x39mm Carbine 16.5-inch barrel.jpg|thumb|right|500px|Chinese SKS-63 with a 20-inch barrel - 7.62x39mm]]
[[Image:OP-SKS.jpg|thumb|right|500px|Russian hunting carbine OP-SKS, civil verson of SKS - 7.62x39mm]]
[[Image:Sks tapco stock.jpg|thumb|right|500px|SKS tapco stock - 7.62x39mm]]

Whereas the Russian SKS rifle can appear in any of the world's battlegrounds, the Chinese SKS should really only appear in places where there was a lot of military aid from the People's Republic Of China. Most of the SKS rifles seen in movies about the Vietnam war are Chinese Type 56 carbines, but to have original Russian Type 45 Carbines is not historically implausible. The Soviet Union supplied ComBloc weapons in every hemisphere where there was a Marxist/communist presence.

==Specifications==
(1945 - Present)

* '''Type:''' Rifle

* '''Caliber:''' 7.62x39mm

* '''Weight:''' {{convert|kg|3.85}}

* '''Length:''' {{convert|mm|1021}}

* '''Barrel length:''' {{convert|mm|521}}

* '''Capacity:''' 10 rounds

* '''Fire Modes:''' Semi-Auto

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=== Film ===
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!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="150"|'''Actor'''
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|''[[Home (Dom)]]'' || [[Vladimir Epifantsev]] || Pashka Shamanov || OP-SKS hunting carbine|| 2011
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|''[[Home (Dom)]]'' || Ivan Dobronravov|| Andrey Shamanov || OP-SKS hunting carbine|| 2011
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|''[[Home (Dom)]]'' ||[[Sergey Garmash]] || Viktor Shamanov || OP-SKS hunting carbine|| 2011
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|''[[Debt, The (2010)|The Debt]]''|| Extras||East German Border Guards|| ||2010
|-
|''[[Debt, The (2011)|The Debt]]''|| [[Sam Worthington]] || Young David || ||2010
|-
|''[[Hooked 2. Next Level (Na Igre 2. Novyy Uroven)]]'' ||[[Sergey Chirkov]] || Vampire || Heavy customized|| 2010
|-
|''[[Hooked 2. Next Level (Na Igre 2. Novyy Uroven)]]'' ||[[Pavel Priluchnyy]] || Doc || Heavy customized|| 2010
|-
|''[[Brothers (2009)|Brothers]]'' || || Taliban militants || || 2009
|-
|''[[Hooked (Na Igre)]]'' ||[[Sergey Chirkov]] || Vampire || Heavy customized|| 2009
|-
|''[[Hooked (Na Igre)]]'' ||[[Pavel Priluchnyy]] || Doc || Heavy customized|| 2009
|-
|''[[Tropic Thunder]]'' || || Flying Dragon rebels || || 2008
|-
|''[[Rescue Dawn]]'' || || Laotian militia leader || Type 56 carbine || 2007
|-
|''[[The Condemned]]'' || || Prison guard || SKS-D model|| 2006
|-
| ''[[The Good Shepherd]]'' |||| Soviet soldiers || || 2006
|-
|''[[Stealth]]'' || || Tajik terrorists || || 2005
|-
| ''[[Curse of the Komodo]]'' ||[[Ted Monte]] || Hanson || Norinco SKS Sporter || 2004
|-
|''[[Sniper 3]]'' || || Sniper || With scope || 2004
|-
|''[[The Hunted]]|| || Serbian soldier || Yugoslavian M59/66 variant || 2003
|-
|''[[Tears of the Sun]]'' || || Nigerian rebels and refugees || || 2003
|-
|''[[The Rundown]]'' || [[Rosario Dawson]] || Mariana || Norinco SKS Sporter || 2003
|-
|''[[Belly of the Beast]]'' || || Abu Karaf men || Norinco Type 56 || 2003
|-
|''[[We Were Soldiers]]'' || || NVA soldiers || || 2002
|-
|''[[No Man's Land]]'' || || Serbian and Bosnian || Yugoslavian M59/66 variant || 2001
|-
|''[[Rules of Engagement]]'' || || NVA soldiers || || 2000
|-
|''[[Three Kings]]'' || || Shia rebel || || 1999
|-
| ''[[Savior]]'' || || Militiamen || || 1998
|-
|''[[Blues Brothers 2000]]'' || || Militiamen || With synthetic stock || 1998
|-
| ''[[American Beauty]]'' || || || Inside Frank's gun cabinet || 1998
|-
|''[[The Peacemaker]]'' || || Russian soldier || || 1997
|-
| ''[[Red Corner]]'' || || Chinese PAP officer || Type 56 carbine || 1997
|-
|''[[Dead Presidents]]'' || || NVA soldiers || Type 56 carbine || 1995
|-
|''[[Flight of the Intruder]]'' || || NVA soldiers || Type 56 carbine || 1991
|-
| ''[[Born on the Fourth of July]]'' || || NVA soldiers ||Type 56 carbine|| 1990
|-
|''[[RoboCop 3]]'' || || Resistance fighter || || 1990
|-
|''[[Toy Soldiers]]'' || || Colombian soldier || || 1990
|-
|''[[The Iron Triangle]]'' || || Vietcong fighters || || 1989
|-
|''[[Siege of Firebase Gloria, The|The Siege of Firebase Gloria]]'' || || Vietcong sniper || || 1989
|-
|''[[Red Heat]]'' || || Soviet soldiers || || 1988
|-
|''[[Rambo III]]'' || || Afghan villagers || || 1988
|-
|''[[Hamburger Hill]]'' || || NVA soldiers || Type 56 carbine || 1987
|-
|''[[Platoon]]'' || || NVA soldiers || Type 56 carbine || 1986
|-
|''[[Coordinates of Death (Koordinaty smerti)]]'' || || Viet Cong guerrillas || || 1985
|-
|''[[Year of the Dragon]]'' || || Soldier || || 1985
|-
|''[[Uncommon Valor]]'' |||| NVA soldiers || || 1983
|-
|''[[Octopussy]]'' || || Soviet soldiers || || 1983
|-
|''[[The Dogs of War]]'' |||| Zangaran soldier || || 1981
|-
|''[[Coming Home]]'' ||[[Bruce Dern]]|| Bob Hyde || minus wood furniture || 1978
|-
| ''[[Coming Home]]'' || [[Jon Voight]]|| Luke Martin ||minus wood furniture || 1978
|-
| ''[[The Green Berets]]'' |||||| Mounted on a display board || 1968
|-
|''[[War Game, The (1965)|The War Game]]'' || .|| Soviet soldier || || 1965
|-
|''[[Spy Who Came in from the Cold, The|The Spy Who came in from the Cold]]'' || || East German Border guards || || 1965
|-
|''[[Maksim Perepelitsa]]'' || || Soviet soldiers || || 1955
|-
|}

=== Television ===

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!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="280"|'''Title/Episode'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="170"|'''Actor'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="200"|'''Character'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="250"|'''Note'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="50"|'''Date'''
|-
| ''[[The War Game (1965)| The War Game]]'' || || East German soldiers || . || 1965
|-
| ''[[Mash / The Best of Ememies (S9E01)]]'' || [[Mako]] || North Korean soldier || . || 11-17-1980
|-
| ''[[Tour of Duty]]'' || || VC and NVA units || . || 1987-1990
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| ''[[China Beach]]'' || || VC and NVA units || . || 1988-1991
|-
| ''[[Lost]]'' || [[Evangeline Lilly]] || Kate Austen || . || 2004-2010
|-
| ''[[Lost]]'' || [[Terry O'Quinn]] || John Locke || . || 2004-2010
|-
| ''[[Lost]]'' || [[Andrew Divoff]] || Mikhail Bakunin || . || 2004-2010
|-
| ''[[The Unit]]'' / "200th Hour" (S1E03) || || Indonesian rebel|| Norinco SKS Paratrooper, thumbhole stock, detachable mag || 2006
|-
| ''[[The Unit]]'' / "In Loco Parentis" (S2E20) || || Chechen terrorists|| || 2007
|-
| ''[[Situation Critical]]'' / "Downed Pilot" (S01E05)|| || Serb Soldiers || M59/66 || 2007
|-
|}

===Video Games===

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|-bgcolor=#D0E7FF
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!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="150"|'''Appears as'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="250"|'''Mods'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="200"|'''Notation'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="100"|''' Release Date'''
|-
| ''[[Project Reality]]'' || || With & without bayonet || || 2005
|-
| ''[[Insurgency]]'' || || || || 2007
|-
| ''[[Syphon Filter: The Omega Strain]]'' || || With inaccurate 50-round magazine and automatic fire || || 2004
|-
| ''[[Vietcong]]'' || || || || 2003
|-
| ''[[Conflict: Vietnam]]'' ||SKS || || || 2004
|-
| ''[[Jagged Alliance 2]]'' || || || || 1999
|-
| ''[[Silent Storm: Sentinels]]'' || || With & without scope || || 2004
|-
| ''[[Battlefield: Vietnam]]'' || || || || 2004
|-
| ''[[7.62 High Calibre]]'' || ||various models ||w/ various attachments|| 2008
|-
| ''[[Battlefield 3]]'' || || With synthetic black Tapco furniture, detachable 20-round magazine, and optional PKS-07 scope || || 2011
|-
| [[Battlefield Play4Free]] || || With Tapco synthetic furniture, 20-round magazine, and PSO-1 scope || || 2011
|-
| ''[[Vietcong 2]]'' || || || || 2005
|-
| ''[[Karma Online]]'' || || || || 2011
|-
| ''[[Project Reality: Vietnam]]'' || || || || 2012
|-
| ''[[Jagged Alliance: Back in Action]]''||SKS||w/ bayonet and grenade launcher||||2012
|-
|}

==See Also==
* [[Izhevsk Machinebuilding Plant]] - A list of all firearms manufactured by Izhmash.
* [[Norinco]] - A list of all firearms manufactured by Norinco.
* [[Type 63 Rifle]] - '''(Externally Resembles the SKS Rifle)'''

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