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  2. SKS - Wikipedia

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

  3. Type 63 assault rifle - Wikipedia

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    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. [4]

  4. List of 7.62×39mm firearms - Wikipedia

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    The below table gives a list of firearms that can fire the 7.62×39mm cartridge, first developed and used by the Soviet Union in the late 1940s. [1] The cartridge is widely used due to the worldwide proliferation of Russian SKS and AK-47 pattern rifles, as well as RPD and RPK light machine guns.

  5. Experts say Trump's would-be assassin had an SKS, not ... - AOL

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    Of the three, the SKS is the oldest. Developed in the 1940s by Russian weapons designer Sergey Simonov, the Samozaryadny Karabin Sistemy Simonova or SKS is a semi-automatic rifle that comes with a ...

  6. Soviet-style rifle used in Trump assassination attempt ... - AOL

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    The SKS was a slightly older rifle than the AKs with replicas sold worldwide in the civilian market. Traditionally, the SKS came with a 10-round “fixed magazine,” a distinguishing feature from ...

  7. Assault rifle allegedly used by Ryan Wesley Routh in attempt ...

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    The image of the Soviet-designed SKS rifle that was found stashed in Ryan Wesley Routh’s alleged sniper’s nest at the West Palm Beach golf course on Sept. 15 was included in a detention memo ...

  8. Zastava M59/66 - Wikipedia

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    The Zastava M59/66 PAP is a Yugoslavian licensed derivative of the Soviet SKS semi-automatic rifle.In Yugoslavia, it received the popular nickname "papovka" derived from PAP, the abbreviation for poluautomatska puška, or Serbo-Croatian for "semi-automatic rifle". [4]

  9. 7.62×39mm - Wikipedia

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    The 7.62×39mm (aka 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 rifles, the SKS semi automatic rifle, as well as the RPD and RPK light machine guns.