SKS

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Factions	Weapon	Icon	Classes	Ammo	VC	SKS		Medic Radioman	10 / 40

Damage Base	Headshot ×	Chest ×	Stomach ×	Leg ×	Arm ×	Bayonet	Rifle Grenades	Reload Speed
Damage Base	Headshot ×	Chest ×	Stomach ×	Leg ×	Arm ×	Bayonet	Rifle Grenades	Reload Speed	43	×2.52 = 108.36	×1.2 = 51.6	×1.15 = 49.45	×0.8 = 34.4	×0.75 = 32.25	YES	YES	3.66 Seconds

Designation	Weapon Type	Fire Modes	Fire Rate	Bullet Spread °	Range Modifier	Muzzle Velocity	Projectile weight	Weight
Designation	Weapon Type	Fire Modes	Fire Rate	SKS	Carbine	Semi	40 RPM	6.3° & 1.15° ADS	0.950	735 m/s	7.9 g (121.916 gr)	3.85 kg (8.48 lbs)

Full name	Caliber	Place of Origin	Date	Manufacturer	Barrel Length	Total Length	Weapon Script Name
Full name	Caliber	Place of Origin	Date	Manufacturer	Barrel Length	Total Length	Weapon Script Name	Самозарядный карабин системы Симонова Samozaryadny Karabin sistemy Simonova, 1945	7.62x39mm	Soviet Union	1949	Tula Arsenal Izhevsk Arsenal Other Countries	20 in (520 mm)	40 in (1,020 mm)	weapon_sks

SKS (Samozaryadny Karabin sistemy Simonova) is a Soviet-designed semi-automatic carbine chambered for the 7.62×39mm cartridge. It uses a short-stroke gas piston with a tilting-bolt action and is normally fed by a fixed 10-round magazine loaded from the top with stripper clips. Most military SKS rifles include an integral folding bayonet and are built for rugged field use with minimal maintenance. It is best known as a widely exported early Cold War carbine that remained common long after it was replaced in Soviet front-line service, including extensive use in Vietnam.

HISTORY

Designed by Sergei Simonov during World War II and finalized in the postwar period, the SKS was adopted by the Soviet Union as a transitional infantry weapon pairing an intermediate cartridge with semi-automatic fire. Soviet production was concentrated in the late 1940s and 1950s, and the rifle was gradually displaced in Soviet front-line units by the selective-fire AK-47 family, which offered greater sustained firepower and a detachable magazine. Even after replacement, the SKS remained valuable as a durable, accurate-enough service carbine for second-line troops, allies, and export, and the pattern was widely manufactured under license or direct copy—most notably in China as the Type 56 carbine, and in several other states with local variations (including some models adding grenade-launching equipment).

From the 1960s onward, massive numbers of SKS carbines entered Cold War aid pipelines and insurgent arsenals, making the weapon a familiar sight in Southeast Asia. In the Vietnam War, SKS carbines were commonly used by the Việt Cộng and North Vietnamese forces—especially in periods and units where assault rifles were limited—alongside AK-pattern rifles, captured Western arms, and other surplus weapons. The SKS’s fixed 10-round magazine and semi-automatic-only fire could be a limitation in close-range firefights compared to assault rifles, but its simplicity, reliability, and adequate effectiveness at typical engagement distances helped it remain in service; captured examples were also valued as war trophies and were sometimes used for opposing-force familiarization and training.

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