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Denel Land Systems is a division of the Denel group.. It was formerly Lyttelton Engineering Works (LIW—from Afrikaans: Lyttelton Ingenieurswerke), a subsidiary part of the commercial network from Armscor.
[10] [12] They frequently initiated ambushes of South African military or police columns by attempting to disable the lead vehicle with an M60, either targeting the engine block or the wheels. [12] By the end of the war, each PLAN section included at least one insurgent armed with an M59/66, and another with an RPG-7 . [ 9 ]
An SKS with a blade-type bayonet in its closed (folded back) and open positions. A field-stripped SKS carbine (disassembled into major components for cleaning). The SKS is a gas-operated carbine with a conventional wooden stock and a fixed ten-round box magazine enclosed inside the receiver. [7]
The following is a list of the capitals of the provinces of South Africa. Province Capital ... Gauteng: Johannesburg: KwaZulu-Natal ... Western Cape: Cape Town
The 7.62×39mm (also called 7.62 Soviet, formerly .30 Russian Short) [5] round is a rimless bottlenecked intermediate cartridge of Soviet origin. The cartridge is widely used due to the global proliferation of the AK-47 rifle and related Kalashnikov-pattern rifles, the SKS semi-automatic rifle, and the RPD/RPK light machine guns.
North Korean copy of the Russian AK-105 with a shortened 20-round magazine carrying 5.45×39mm ammunition. The furniture such as the pistol grip and the lightweight stock are made of plastic. Issued to armored crews. [7] [8] Assault rifles Type 56 China: Chinese copy of the AK-47. [2]: A-75 Type 68 North Korea: North Korean copy of the AKM. [9 ...
The Type 63 (Chinese: 63式7.62mm自动步枪) is a Chinese 7.62×39mm assault rifle.The weapon's overall design was based on the SKS (known in Chinese service as the Type 56 carbine), but with select fire capability and a rotating bolt system adapted from the Type 56 assault rifle, a derivative of the AK-47. [7]
The fixed stock of a Type 56 has a less in-line stock like the AK-47, opposed to the AKM which has a straighter stock. It, however, uses the AKM style single upper tang insert type attachment method and has the rear sling mount on the underside of the stock as opposed to the AK-47 dual tang type and receiver side sling mount.