The SKS (Russian: Самозарядный карабин системы Симонова, romanized: Samozaryadny karabin sistemy Simonova, lit. 'self-loading carbine of the Simonov system') is a semi-automatic rifle designed by Soviet small arms designer Sergei Gavrilovich Simonov in the 1940s.

Mar 12, 2024 · Contrary to popular belief, the SKS was not the first 7.62×39 mm weapon put into service in the Red / Soviet Army: it was in fact preceded by a few months by the “RPD” light machine gun: validated in 1944, the weapon was put into production in …

The Type 56 (Chinese: 56式突击步枪; literally; "Assault Rifle, Model of 1956") [12] is a Chinese 7.62×39mm automatic rifle, a licensed derivative of the Soviet-designed AK-47 (specifically Type 3 variant).

May 2, 2023 · The SKS is a self-loading, semiautomatic rifle with a tilting bolt and a short-stroke gas piston action. The weapon features an integral 10-round box magazine, and the bolt locks to the rear automatically on the last round fired.

Dec 1, 2001 · The Rushnol Pulemet Degtyareva (RPD) was fielded in the early 1950s and would become the Red Army’s standard issue light machine gun and squad automatic weapon. An evolution of other designs by design engineer Vasily Alexseyevich Degtyarev, the RPD is a gas operated, open-bolt, locked-breech design.

Aug 5, 2021 · The original ‘new’ soviet post-WWII infantry layout was going to be the SKS as the primary, the AK replacing the PPsh sub gun types, and the RPD as the squad light machine gun. Simple. All ate the new 7.62×39 M43 ammunition.

The Soviet RPD light-machine gun has its origins in the latter days of the Second World War, when the Red Army sought to introduce a machine gun chambered for the new M43 intermediate cartridge used by the SKS carbine. The RPD was the winner of a series of competitive trials.

The Type 56 carbine, also colloquially known as the Chinese SKS carbine or a Chicom SKS (used mostly in USA) was a license-built version of the Soviet Simonov SKS carbine, firing the intermediate-power 7.62x39mm ammunition, also of the Soviet origin.

Nov 1, 2004 · The RPD was designed to replace the venerable work horse of the Soviet Union, the 7.62x54R DP “Degtyarev Infantry” that appeared in 1926. The RPD utilizes the ever popular and incredibly inexpensive 7.62x39mm Russian intermediate cartridge as does the SKS and AK family of weapons.

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