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| aa. | Weapon | 7.62-mm Semi-Automatic Carbine, SKS |
| ab | Description | The SKS is a Soviet semi-automatic carbine chambered for the 7.62x39mm round, and was a stop-gap until the arrival of the newer AK-47, and was to be a fallback if the AK-47 design proved to be a failure.
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| ac. | Type | Semi-automatic Carbine |
| ad. | Calibre | 7.62 x39 mm |
| ae. | Overall Length | 102.1 cm (40.2 in) |
| af. | Overall Width | |
| ag. | OverallHeight | |
| ah. | Crew | 1 |
| ai. | Country of Origin | Soviet Union |
| aj. | Ammunition | 7.62x39mm M43 |
| ak. | Effective Range (HE) | 400 metres (440 yd) |
| al. | Muzzle Velocity (HE) | 735 m/s (2,411 ft/s |
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| ba. | Feed Mechanism | 10 round stripper clip, internal box magazine. |
| bb | Traverse | |
| bc. | Elevation | |
| bd. | Rate of Fire | Semi-automatic 35-40 rounds per minute |
| be. | Sights | Hooded post front sight, tangent notch rear sight graduated from 100 to 1,000 meters |
| bf. | Muzzle Energy | |
| bg. | Barrel Length | 520 mm (20 in) |
| bh. | Weight of Barrel | |
| bi. | Rifling | |
| bj. | Operation | Short stroke gas piston, tilting bolt, self-loading |
| bk. | Recoil | |
| bl. | Firing Support Base | |
| bm. | Breech | |
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| cj. | Designer | Sergei Gavrilovich Simonov |
| ck | Designed | 1944 |
| cl. | Manufacturer | |
| cm. | Produced | 15,000,000+ |
| cn. | Variants | Chinese Type 56; Yugoslavian PAP; Romanian SKS; Albanian SKS; East German SKS; (North) Vietnamese SKS; North Korean SKS |
| co. | In Service | 1945-present |
| cp. | Proliferation | Widespread |
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