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SKS rifle

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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.
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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 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 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.
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Chinese SKS Paratrooper Sporter with thumbhole stock and 10-round magazine - 7.62x39mm
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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.
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Norinco SKS-D - 7.62x39mm
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Chinese SKS-63 with a 20-inch barrel - 7.62x39mm Carbine
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Russian hunting carbine OP-SKS, civil verson of SKS - 7.62x39mm Carbine

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

Capacity: 10 round internal box magazine (other variants use varying-capacity removable box magazines)

Fire Modes: Semiautomatic


The SKS rifle appears in the following films and television series used by the following actors:


Film

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

Television

Title/Episode Actor Character Note Date
The War Game East German soldiers . 1965
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

Video Games

Game Title Appears as Mods Notation 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
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 and detachable magazine 2011

See Also

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