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T C
9 -5 6
DEPA RTM ENT
O F
T H E
A RM Y
T R A IN IN G
C IR C U L A R
SK S
R IF L E
S IM O N O V
T Y P E
5 6
iEA D Q U A R T ER S ,
DEPA RTM ENT
O F
T H E
A RM Y
O C T O B ER
19 6 9
T H E
7 .6 2 ~ M M
S IM O N O V
S E M IA U T O M A T IC
C A R B IN E
(S K S )
G eneral
T he
S o v ie t-d e s ig n e d
S im o n o v
s e m ia u to m a tic
c a rb in e
(fig 1
) ,
a
g a s -o p e ra te d ,
in te g ra l
b o x
m agazine-fed
w eapon
e q u ip p e d
w ith
a
fo ld in g
b la d e
b a y o n e t,
is
n o w
o b s o le te
in
th e
S o v ie t
A rm y,
b u t
i s
u s e d
b y
m ost
o f
th e
o th e r
E u ra s ia n
C o m m u n is t
c o u n trie s .
T h is
w eapon
h a s
b e e n
m anufactured
in
E ast
G erm any
a s
th e
K a ra b in e r-S
( f ig
2
) ,i n
th e
P e o p le \u2019s
R e p u b lic
o f
C h in a
a s
th e
T y p e
5 6
s e m ia u to m a tic
c a rb in e ,
in
N o rth
K orea
a s
th e
T y p e
6 3
c a rb in e ,
a n d
in
Y u g o s la v ia
a s
th e
M 5 9 /6 6
r if le .
T he
c o u n try
o f
o rig in
c a n
b e
d e te rm in e d
b y
th e
m arkings.
T he
S o v ie t
a n d
E ast
G erm an
w eapons
u s u a lly
c a rry
th e
y e a r
o f
m a n u fa c tu re
a n d
th e
s e ria l
num ber
o n
th e
fro n t
le f t
o f
th e
re c e iv e r;
th e
PR C
w eapons
h a v e
th e
sym bol
X hA
(T y p e
5 6 )
lo c a te d
th e re ,
a n d
th e
la te
PR C
T y p e
5 6
h a s
a
s p ik e
b a y o n e t.
T he
N o rth
K orean
w eapons
h a v e
\u201c 6 3 \u201d
stam ped
in to
th e
re c e iv e r
c o v e r.
T he
E ast
G erm an
v e rs io n
h a s
a
h o le
th ro u g h
th e
s to c k
fo r
a tta c h in g
th e
lo w e r
e n d
o f
th e
s lin g ;
th e
o th e rs
a ll
h a v e
s lin g
sw ivels.
T he
Y ugoslav
M 5 9 /6 6
( f ig
3
!h a s
a
p ro m in e n t
s p ig o t-ty p e
g re n a d e
la u n c h e r
p e rm a n e n tly
a tta c h e d
t o
th e
m u z z le
a n d
a
fo ld in g
g re n a d e
la u n c h in g
s ig h t
( f ig
4
) at
th e
re a r
o f
th e
la u n c h e r.
O PERA TIN G
H A N D LE
I
W u . 9 .5 1 1 3 9 6
SA FtlY
F ig u re
1
.
S o v ie t
S im o n o v
s e m ia u to m a tic
c a rb in e
(S K S ).
1
F ig u re
2
.
E ast
G erm an
K a ra b in e r-S .
F ig u re 3
.
Y ugoslav
M 5 9 /6 6
r if le .
F ig u re
4
.
M 5 9 /6 6
g a s
c u to ff.
T e c h n ic a l
D a ta
T e c h n ic a l
d a ta
c o n c e rn in g
th e
SK S
c a rb in e
w ill
b e
fo u n d
i n
ta b le
I I .
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