From a combat perspective, the 7.62x39 mm SKS carbine with a fixed 10-shot magazine and underfolder bayonet saw its most prolific hour of combat during the Vietnam War, along with users in ...

from the top of the receiver via stripper clips into a fixed internal magazine. The SKS also differs from the AK insofar as being semiauto-only, with a sustained rate of fire of thirty-five to ...