Is anyone here a member of Gunboards?
I am not yet, so I can only see tiny thumbnails in this thread.
http://forums.gunboards.com/showthr...-the-quot-The-History-of-Russian-Machine-quot
Can someone repost big photos here, thanks?
Interesting thread, links to other documents, and prototype photos near the bottom.
Good find. This page (
LINK - see 2/3rd down the page) covers the issue - although the translation is dodgy:
In the same 1944 party big enough SKS was sent to undergo military trials in Part 1 of the First Belorussian Front and the courses "The Shot," where he received positive Estimates: noted the simplicity of the device, the ease and convenience of handling him in a combat situation.
Testing in a real combat situation revealed some shortcomings of the new weapons, including the insufficiently high reliability of its automation in difficult conditions. Its construction required a revision. Unfortunately, the Soviet soldiers have not received the final phase of the war is quite a powerful weapon. Full completion and debugging of the rifle units already completed only after the end of the Great Patriotic War. And the Soviet Army, he was only adopted in 1949 under the name "7.62mm SKS system (SCS)."
The troops quickly caught on a new weapon, which greatly contributed to its good combat and service and performance, including good marksmanship battlefield. In the distance of 800 m dissipation was the median deviation: height - 290 mm. side - 380 mm. Carbine entered service motorized infantry, artillery and engineer units. In the lowest tactical echelon infantry and mechanized regiment of the Soviet Army - the department of 7 people had three arrow SCS. The first large-scale combat use of these weapons was his participation with Kalashnikovs in the suppression of the rebellion in Hungary in 1956, where they have proven to be a good side.
Serial production of carbines Simonov was mastered in 1949 Tula arms factory, and in 1952 - Izhevsk mechanical and continued until 1956
During this time, it was manufactured 2685900 SKS SKS.
