#Ak 47 bayonet lug aftermarket series#
As with the American M1 carbine, the SKS is shorter and less powerful than the semi-automatic rifles which preceded it: most notably, the Soviet SVT series and the American M1 Garand. Some versions, such as the Yugoslavian-made M59/66 variant, are also equipped with a grenade launching attachment. Most versions are fitted with an integral folding bayonet which rotates downward from the end of the barrel. The SKS has a conventional carbine layout, with a wooden stock and no pistol grip. Yugoslavian SKS M59/66 with the muzzle formed into a spigot-type grenade launcher, and folding bayonet It was designed to utilize an intermediate round which was the 7.62×39mm round. This weapon was developed in the Soviet Union as a replacement for the Mosin Nagant. The SKS Rifle is a semi-automatic rifle that was designed in the Soviet Union and used in Vietnam by Communist forces. Hooded post front sight, tangent notch rear sight graduated from 100 to 1,000 meters Short stroke gas piston, tilting bolt, self-loadingħ35 m/s ( Script error: No such module "Math". ft/s)ĥ00 metres ( Bad rounding here Script error: No such module "Math". yd)ġ0 round stripper clip-fed or individual round loading SKS Carbine from the collections of Armémuseum, Stockholm, SwedenĬhinese Type 56 Yugoslavian PAP Romanian SKS Albanian SKS East German SKS (North) Vietnamese SKS North Korean SKSġ,021 millimetres ( Bad rounding here Script error: No such module "Math". in), M59/66 length 1,117 millimetres ( Bad rounding here Script error: No such module "Math". in)ĥ21 millimetres ( Bad rounding here Script error: No such module "Math". in), M59/66 558.8 millimetres ( Bad rounding here Script error: No such module "Math". in) Script error: No such module "Namespace detect".