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SKS rifle
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: 8.5 lbs (3.9 kg)
- Length: 40.2 in (102.1 cm)
- Barrel length: 20.5 in (52.1 cm)
- Muzzle velocity: 2,411 ft/s (735 m/s)
- Capacity: 10-round fixed magazine (detachable AK magazines on the Norinco SKS-D and some other variants)
- Fire Modes: Semi-Auto
The SKS rifle and variants can be seen in the following films, television series, video games, and anime used by the following actors:
Film
| Title | Actor | Character | Note | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mad Max: Fury Road | Charlize Theron | Imperator Furiosa | 2015 | |
| Tom Hardy | Max Rockatansky | |||
| Zoe Kravitz | Toast | |||
| Nightingale the Robber (Solovey-Razboynik) | Igor Jijikine | Agent N7 | Heavy customized | 2012 |
| Machine Gun Preacher | Ikagene Mogotusi | Sniper | 2011 | |
| Largo Winch II (2011) | Burmese freedom fighters | 2011 | ||
| Home (Dom) | Vladimir Epifantsev | Pashka Shamanov | OP-SKS hunting carbine | 2011 |
| Ivan Dobronravov | Andrey Shamanov | |||
| Sergey Garmash | Viktor Shamanov | |||
| 71: Into the Fire | Student soldiers | 2010 | ||
| North Korean soldiers | ||||
| The Debt | Extras | East German Border Guards | 2010 | |
| Sam Worthington | Young David | |||
| Hooked 2. Next Level (Na Igre 2. Novyy Uroven) | Sergey Chirkov | Vampire | Heavy customized | 2010 |
| Pavel Priluchnyy | Doc | |||
| Brothers | Taliban militants | 2009 | ||
| Hooked (Na Igre) | Sergey Chirkov | Vampire | Heavy customized | 2009 |
| Pavel Priluchnyy | Doc | |||
| Tropic Thunder | Flying Dragon rebels | 2008 | ||
| Wild Field (Dikoe pole) | Bandits | 2008 | ||
| Rescue Dawn | Laotian militia leader | Type 56 carbine | 2007 | |
| Tins (Konservy) | Aleksey Serebryakov | Usoltsev (Solyonyy) | OP-SKS | 2007 |
| The Condemned | Prison guard | SKS-D model | 2006 | |
| The Good Shepherd | Soviet soldiers | 2006 | ||
| The Battle of Long Tan | Vietcong | with underfolding bayonet | 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 | |
| Detention | A terrorist | 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 | ||
| Arlington Road | Hunter Burkes | Hutch Parsons | without underfolding bayonet | 1999 |
| Three Kings | Shia rebel | 1999 | ||
| Savior | Militiamen | 1998 | ||
| Blues Brothers 2000 | Militiamen | With synthetic stock | 1998 | |
| American Beauty | Inside Frank's gun cabinet | 1998 | ||
| Composition for Victory Day (Sochinenie ko Dnyu Pobedy) | Honor guards | 1998 | ||
| The Peacemaker | Russian soldier | 1997 | ||
| Red Corner | Chinese PAP officer | Type 56 carbine | 1997 | |
| The Quest | Dobbs' men and Turks | 1996 | ||
| Dead Presidents | NVA soldiers | Type 56 carbine | 1995 | |
| Open Fire | A terrorist | 1994 | ||
| Robocop 3 | A resistance fighter | 1993 | ||
| Toy Soldiers | Colombian soldiers | 1991 | ||
| Flight of the Intruder | NVA soldiers | Type 56 carbine | 1991 | |
| The Iron Triangle | Vietcong fighters | 1989 | ||
| Born on the Fourth of July | NVA soldiers | 1989 | ||
| 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 | ||
| Kamal Khan's guards | ||||
| The Dogs of War | Zangaran soldier | 1981 | ||
| In Flight are the Night Witches (V nebe 'Nochnye vedmy') | Soviet marines | 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 | ||
| Dark of the Sun | Jim Brown | Sgt. Ruffo | 1968 | |
| Dark of the Sun | Peter Carsten | Capt. Henlein | 1968 | |
| The War Game | . | Soviet soldier | 1965 | |
| The Spy Who came in from the Cold | East German Border guards | 1965 | ||
| Maksim Perepelitsa | Soviet soldiers | 1955 |
Television
| Title/Episode | Actor | Character | Note | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The War Game | East German soldiers | . | 1965 | |
| Doctor Who / "Inferno" | John Levene | Platoon Under Leader John Benton | . | 1970 |
| Doctor Who / "Inferno" | David Simeon | Pvt. Latimer | . | 1970 |
| Doctor Who / "Inferno" | . | Republican Security Forces | . | 1970 |
| M*A*S*H (TV Series) - The Best of Enemies (S9E01) | Mako | North Korean soldier | Chinese Type 56 | 11-17-1980 |
| Tour of Duty | VC and NVA units | . | 1987-1990 | |
| 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 | |
| Iris - Season 1 | Seung Hyun Choi | Vick | Yugoslavian M59/66 SKS rifle with Choate stock | 2009 |
| Iris - Season 1 | Tae-hee Kim | Choi Seung-hee | Yugoslavian M59/66 SKS rifle with Choate stock | 2009 |
| Iris - Season 1 | IRIS snipers | Yugoslavian M59/66 SKS rifle with Choate stock | 2009 | |
| Missing (2012) / "Rain on the Evil and on the Good" (S1E10) | Russian soldier | Russian Simonov Type 45 | 2012 |
Video Games
| Game Title | Appears as | Mods | Notation | Release Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jagged Alliance 2 | 1999 | |||
| Vietcong | 2003 | |||
| Battlefield: Vietnam | 2004 | |||
| Project Reality | With & without bayonet | 2005 | ||
| Vietcong 2 | 2005 | |||
| Elite Warriors Vietnam | 2005 | |||
| The Stalin Subway | 2005 | |||
| Insurgency | 2007 | |||
| 7.62 High Calibre | various models | w/ various attachments | 2008 | |
| Karma Online | 2011 | |||
| 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 | ||
| Project Reality: Vietnam | 2012 | |||
| Jagged Alliance: Back in Action | SKS | w/ bayonet and grenade launcher | 2012 | |
| Insurgency 2 | w/ various attachments | Norinco SKS-D short barrel | 2014 | |
| Survarium | Izhmash SKS Paratrooper Sporter | 2014 | ||
| Contract Wars | Norinco SKS-D | 2014 |
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)