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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.
The below table gives a list of firearms that can fire the 7.62×39mm cartridge, first developed and used by the Soviet Union in the late 1940s. [1] The cartridge is widely used due to the worldwide proliferation of Russian SKS and AK-47 pattern rifles, as well as RPD and RPK light machine guns.
Russian Armed Forces Russia MP-443 Grach Yarygin pistol 9×19mm Parabellum: 2003–present one of the standard sidearms for all branches of Russian Armed forces 6P35 Yarygin (prototype) 9×19mm Parabellum. MP-446 Viking (commercial) 9×19mm Parabellum. MP-446C (sporting variant) 9×19mm Parabellum Russia SR-1 Vektor Serdyukov pistol 9×21mm Gyurza
The 7.62×39mm (also called 7.62 Soviet, formerly .30 Russian Short) [5] round is a rimless bottlenecked intermediate cartridge of Soviet origin. The cartridge is widely used due to the global proliferation of the AK-47 rifle and related Kalashnikov-pattern rifles, the SKS semi-automatic rifle, and the RPD/RPK light machine guns.
The Zastava M59/66 PAP is a Yugoslavian licensed derivative of the Soviet SKS semi-automatic rifle.In Yugoslavia, it received the popular nickname "papovka" derived from PAP, the abbreviation for poluautomatska puška, or Serb for "semi-automatic rifle". [4]
Approximate Units Sold: 2,000,000 Country of Origin: United States 47. Marlin Model 1891/1892/1897/1939
The PTRS-41 (Russian: ... In 1943 Simonov used a scaled-down PTRS-41 design for the SKS, that would accommodate the new 1943-designed 7.62×39mm cartridge.
Year entered service: 1887 Type: Bolt-action service rifle Country of origin: France Action: Bolt-action lever Caliber & feed: 8mm Lebel & 8-round tube magazine 67. Mannlicher Model 1888