Number of albanian sks production numbers

#Number of albanian sks production numbers series

The SKS is a gas operated, semiautomatic-only carbine that has a fixed 10-round magazine that is designed to be loaded through the top of the receiver using stripper clips. The 7.62x39mm round would eventually replace the powerful long range 7.62x54R rifles and short range 7.62x25mm cartridge used in Soviet submachine guns. The SKS carbine was conceived during World War II to supplement the semiautomatic SVT 38 and SVT 40 (Samozaryadnaya Vintovka Tokareva) and 7.62x54mm bolt action Mosin Nagant battle rifles.

#Number of albanian sks production numbers series

The SKS carbine or Samozariadnyia Karabina Simonova was the first Soviet series production weapon chambered for an intermediate-range cartridge. During 1949 SimonovвЂ™s improved design was officially adopted as the 7.62 Simonov self-loading carbine, Model 1945 or SKS-45. Despite the problems, the trials commission recommended that Simonov continue to improve his carbine. Initial reports stated that the carbine was easily reloaded, light and maneuverable, but there were also problems with sensitivity to dust, jams and failures to eject. The first Simonov carbines were shipped to Soviet troops on the Byelorussian front and to the Vistrel officer-training school.

The Simonov carbine was basically similar to his 1941 design, with only a few minor changes. When work was finally resumed the carbine was re-chambered for the original mid-range 7.62x41mm cartridge (later changed to 7.62x39mm). As the Wehrmacht advanced, many factories had to be abandoned, delaying further progress on SimonovвЂ™s carbine until 1944. However, on the 22nd of June, 1941, the Germans launched a massive invasion in an attempt to conquer the Soviet Union.

Soviet designers Fedor Tokarev and Sergey Simonov submitted prototype carbines, but both were rejected after a poor performance during testing in 1940.Дuring 1941, Simonov submitted two more carbines designs, one of which passed initial testing and fifty more were ordered for field trials. Shortly after the semiautomatic SVT-40 Tokarev rifle entered Soviet service, work on a shortened carbine version commenced.