SKS Rifle with Bayonet

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The SKS (Russian: Самозарядный карабин системы Симонова, romanized: Samozaryadny Karabin sistemy Simonova, 1945, self-loading carbine of (the) Simonov system, 1945) is a semi-automatic rifle designed by Soviet small arms designer Sergei Gavrilovich Simonov in 1945.

It was widely used by the Soviet Red Army, Warsaw Pact militaries, and Chinese forces (as the Type 56), as well as by North Vietnamese and guerrilla fighters during the Korean and Vietnam wars.