7.62×39mm
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The 7.62×39 mm round is a rimless bottlenecked intermediate cartridge of Soviet origin. The cartridge is widely used due to the global proliferation of the AK-47 rifle and related Kalashnikov-pattern
A steel-cased 7.62×39 mm FMJ cartridge
Steel-cased 7.62×39mm FMJ cartridge
From left to right: 7.62×54mmR, 7.62×39 mm and 7.62×25mm Tokarev
7.62×39 mm bullet wound on an American soldier from the Vietnam War
SKS
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The SKS is a semi-automatic carbine designed by Soviet small arms designer Sergei Gavrilovich Simonov in the 1940s.
7.62×39mm
…cartridge of Soviet origin. The cartridge is widely used due to the global proliferation of the AK-47 rifle and related Kalashnikov-pattern rifles, the SKS semi-automatic rifle, and the RPD/RPK light machine guns. The AK-47 was designed shortly after World War II, later becoming the AKM because the production…
A Russian variant SKS from the collections of the Swedish Army Museum
SKS with the magazine closed (top) and open. The magazine release is circled. The release gets pulled back to open the built-in magazine.
An SKS with a blade-type bayonet in its closed (folded back) and open positions.
A field-stripped SKS carbine (disassembled into major components for cleaning).