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TC 9-56 SKS Rifle, Simonov Type 56

TC 9-56

SKS Rifle, Simonov Type 56

Army · TC · Oct 1969 · 23 pages

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THE SIMONOV SEMIAUTOMATIC CARBINE (SKS) General The Soviet-designed Simonov semiautomatic carbine (fig1 ), a gas-operated, integral box magazine-fed weapon equipped with a folding blade bayonet, is now obsolete in the Soviet Army, but is used by most of the other Eurasian Communist countries. This weapon has been manufactured in East Germany as the Karabiner-S (fig 2 ), in the People's Republic of China as the Type 56 semiautomatic carbine, in North Korea as the Type 63 carbine, and in Yugoslavia as the M59/66 rifle. The country of origin can be determined by the markings. The Soviet and East German weapons usually carry the year of manufacture and the serial number on the front left of the receiver; the PRC weapons have the symbol XhA (Type 56) located there, and the late PRC Type 56 has a spike bayonet. The North Korean weapons have "63" stamped into the receiver cover.

DesignationTC 9-56

EditionOct 1969

StatusSuperseded

Pages23

FunctionSustainment

CollectionHistoric

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