SKS

"The SKS is a gas-operated, self-loading rifle developed after World War 2 by the Soviets to replace the bolt-action Mosin Nagant series of rifles. It saw service for a short amount of time until the AK series of rifles were adopted, yet it has seen significant adoption as a secong-line rifle by nations and groups. While outclassed by many of its contemproraries, it still packs a punch by firing the same 7.62x39mm round as the AK, and also comes with a folding bayonet."

- In-game description

The  is a carbine featured in Squad.

General Information
The SKS is a gas-operated, tilting bolt, self-loading semi-automatic carbine. It is designed by Sergei Gavrilovich Simonov in 1944 and adopted by the Soviet Army in 1945 as the standard infantry rifle. Large scale-production began in 1949 and continued until 1958. The SKS served as the standard infantry rifle in the Soviet Army, complementing the AK-47, which was used in the role of a Submachinegun. However, in the late 1950s, the decision was made to discard the SKS entirely and equip all infantrymen with AK-type rifles, resulting the SKS being relegated to use as a second-line service infantry rifle by the 1960s. Many countries in Asia and Europe had manufactured versions of the SKS carbine, such as the Chinese Norinco Type 56 Carbine, Yugoslavian M59/66, and the East German Karabiner S.

The SKS has a conventional wooden stock, rifle grip, a chrome lined barrel, and a foldable bayonet that comes with the carbine. The SKS is gas-operated that has a short gas piston and spring-loaded bolt carrier. Due to its long length, the SKS has slightly higher muzzle velocity than many Soviet firearms. Most SKS carbines have a free floating firing pin in which users must take good care while cleaning so the pin can freely move. The SKS uses 7.62x39mm cartridges.

Variants

 * SKS
 * Default variant featuring iron sights.


 * SKS + PU
 * Limited variant featuring the telescopic sight with a fixed magnification of 3.5x.

Trivia

 * SKS stands for Samozaryadnyj Karabin sistemy Simonova (Самозарядный карабин системы Симонова) which means in English from Russian, "Self-loading Carbine of (the) Simonov system".
 * There are more than fifteen million SKS carbines in the world built. That is five million more than the AKM and three times more than the AK-74.
 * In modern times, the SKS carbine is used for ceremonial purposes, mainly for the celebration of a country's navy. Notable examples include Russia and China.