The Soviet version of the SKS shown here has more similarity to the Romanian Type 56 than to the East German Karabiner S, apart from its distinct markings. The Karabiner S, on the other hand ...
Developed in the 1940s by Russian weapons designer Sergey Simonov, the Samozaryadny Karabin Sistemy Simonova or SKS is a semi ...
The Kalashnikov rifle was ... it was the SKS carbine. While not a household name like the AK, the SKS carbine is a very well-known firearm in its own right. “[T]he Russian military began to ...