Here’s What You Need to Remember: It’d be a stretch to say that the SKS was ahead of its time. The carbine was a Soviet competitor to the German Gewehr 42 and the American M1 Garand — but more ...
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The Birth of the SKS Carbine’s 7.62x39mm Cartridge
If asked about the 7.62x39mm cartridge (aka the 7.62 Soviet and .30 Russian Short), the first firearm that comes to mind is almost certainly the Avtomat Kalashnikova, i.e., the AK-47 assault rifle.
Key point: It’d be a stretch to say that the SKS was ahead of its time. The most iconic rifle of the 20th century is the AK-47. One of the most iconic rifles of World War II — granted, this is more ...
Both weapons became the weapon-of-choice for guerrilla warfare and are still being used in conflicts around the globe, even 70 years after their conception. In the late 1940s, the Soviet army was ...
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