The SKS (Russian: Самозарядный карабин системы Симонова, romanized: Samozaryadny karabin sistemy Simonova, lit. 'self-loading carbine of the Simonov system') is a semi-automatic rifle designed by Soviet small arms designer Sergei Gavrilovich Simonov in the 1940s.

Chinese SKS 56 7.62mm Rifle, Specifications, photos and field manual, Korean War infantry weapons and annotated combat photos

中華人民共和國仿製的SKS被命名為“56式半自動步枪”，東德仿製的SKS則命名為“S型卡賓槍（Karabiner S）”，北韓仿製的則稱為“63式”。由於SKS目前已經被大部份國家的軍隊淘汰而大量的作為盈餘物資廉價出售，加上7.62×39毫米彈藥也很普及和很便宜，它目前在 ...

2021年2月6日 · Throughout the Korean War, Communist North Korean and Chinese forces used a variety of small arms from different sources to arm their soldiers. Here we explore some of these Communist-used...

Later adopted by the People's Republic of China as the Type 56 Carbine, the SKS was manufactured in quantity in the Soviet Union, China, North Korea, East Germany, and Yugoslavia. The SKS was widely used by North Vietnamese and Vietcong troops, and by various rebel and irregular forces around the world, and they are still encountered as second ...

2020年11月3日 · In movies and war games the SKS is shown being used in the Korean war. This may stem from the Osprey men at arms book “The Korean War 1950-53” that has a drawing of a North Korean soldier using one in 1950. I have done considerable research over the years and have found no photographic evidence of these weapons being used during this time ...

2021年8月20日 · I don’t know of any SKSs with Korean War provenance. That doesn’t mean they don’t exist, but I’ve never heard of any. In the early 50s, the SKS was pretty cutting edge. The Chinese didn’t really get them until 1956, so it’s pretty safe to assume the North Koreans got few, if …

Later adopted by the People's Republic of China as the Type 56 Carbine, the SKS was manufactured in quantity in the Soviet Union, China, North Korea, East Germany, and Yugoslavia. The SKS was widely used by North Vietnamese and Vietcong troops, and by various rebel and irregular forces around the world, and they are still encountered as second ...

The North Korean version of the SKS, the Type 63, was started in 1963. Many people believed it was to arm second-line militias, and in fact, almost from the beginning the Type 63 SKS went to “Labour-Farming Red Guard” (The North Korean Home Guard), while the Type 58 AK-47s went to the main military units.

As the Type-63 was introduced in 1963, it most closely resembles the Chinese Type-56 carbine that was in simultaneous production at the Jianshe Arsenal, Factory /26\. However both the North Korean and the Chinese were based on the Russian SKS-45. On this page we will illustrate the most noticeable differences compared to other nations.