SKS Ukraine

[FriendlyStranger]

Sorry if this has been posted before, here's a pro Russian/separatist fighter holding an SKS. I thought there would have been enough AK's to go around.

0:40

There's a lot of intense battles happening in Ukraine

 

[boss351cleveland]

SKSs are great for when theres magazine shortages for AKs , and you have some ammo on stripper clips .. I would rather have a SKS than a AK with only one mag .. Thats a big downfall of the AK it cant be loaded with strippers ,, VZ is the best of both worlds thats why the Veit Cong loved them so much .

 

[FriendlyStranger]

SKSs are great for when theres magazine shortages for AKs , and you have some ammo on stripper clips .. I would rather have a SKS than a AK with only one mag .. Thats a big downfall of the AK it cant be loaded with strippers ,, VZ is the best of both worlds thats why the Veit Cong loved them so much .

Good point and I have to agree.

Never knew the VZ was used in the Vietnam war.

 

[grelmar]

SKSs are great for when theres magazine shortages for AKs , and you have some ammo on stripper clips .. I would rather have a SKS than a AK with only one mag .. Thats a big downfall of the AK it cant be loaded with strippers ,, VZ is the best of both worlds thats why the Veit Cong loved them so much .

Not to mention the mags themselves add a not insubstantial amount of weight/bulk to the load out. You can carry an extra 50% or so ammo for the same weight/space if it's all loaded on stripper clips instead of mags. For a "run from rabbit hole to rabbit hole" insurgency, where re-supply is never guaranteed, those extra bullets count.

I feel sorry for everyone in the Ukraine right now. Geographically, it's located in a spot that pretty much guarantees their neighbours will f@ck them over on a regular basis for minor global strategic gains. That's the long and sad history of the region.

Easy to point the finger at Putin and say "Bully!!!" but I don't think he had much choice. The US was running classic psy-ops, opposition funding, regime destabilizing, in the country for the past decade. Sooner or later, it was bound to force Russia's hand. The Crimean ports are far too strategically important for Russia for them to just stand back and say "Okeleedokelee neighbour."

The US and EU are as much to blame as Russia in all this. The Russians may be a lot less subtle, but in a way, they're being more honest about it.

 

[KGB2014]

It is a civil war, and there are no rights or wrongs there,they are all right and wrong at the same time.

 

[collector67]

The black bayo is interesting. it looks "blue'd" rather than "BBQ" paint covered like the ones I have seen....

 

[crash277]

That's probably the gun he had from the last war he was involved in.

 

[grelmar]

It is a civil war, and there are no rights or wrongs there,they are all right and wrong at the same time.

Too true.

Civil wars have a tendency to be anything but civil.

 

[JimDO]

Is that a 49 spike bayo? Hard to see if its a spike..or a blood groove?

Ok..another pic from the video of the same rifle..sure looks like a spike.

 

[ljones]

The black bayo is interesting. it looks "blue'd" rather than "BBQ" paint covered like the ones I have seen....

There is more than one "Black" bayo finish. Blued, Black chrome and Painted

Is that a 49 spike bayo? Hard to see if its a spike..or a blood groove

It is a black blade bayo. Late refurb.

 

[JimDO]

My old eyes have failed me
Was getting excited that there's lots more 49s over there

 

[ljones]

The 49 spike are skinnier than that one. As well the bayo lug is a late model. This is a 49 spike and bayo lug:

 

[JimDO]

Thanks! Someday maybe

 

[ljones]

My old eyes have failed me
Was getting excited that there's lots more 49s over there

If there are they won't be making their way over here anyway...

 

[MagWedge Industries]

The black bayo is interesting. it looks "blue'd" rather than "BBQ" paint covered like the ones I have seen....

My Russian SKS bayo is blued as well ... many have offered to buy it, but I kind of like it. I didn't realize they were all that unusual when I bought the rifle.

 

[FriendlyStranger]

Here's a few more

33:00

Can't tell what year this one is

Tactical blade!

He's even using the old ammo pouch

Soldier sleeping with his SKS

12:22

Another war to be added to the list.

 

[FriendlyStranger]

I wonder if some of those really nice SKS rifles everyone wants are currently being used somewhere in Ukraine.

 

[RMXC51]

I have read that US troops in Vietnam came to hate and fear the SKS as much, if not more than the AK. Enemy troops would fire away until their AKs were empty, leaving a couple guys with SKSs to cover their reload. The Americans would pop up when the AKs stopped firing, only to get plugged by the SKS users.

 

[ljones]

I have read that US troops in Vietnam came to hate and fear the SKS as much, if not more than the AK. Enemy troops would fire away until their AKs were empty, leaving a couple guys with SKSs to cover their reload. The Americans would pop up when the AKs stopped firing, only to get plugged by the SKS users.

^^^I have read about this as well. The SKS and AK have different reload rates. Thus while the AK's were reloading, the SKS's were still firing. It created an almost continuous volley of withering fire that the Americans fell victim to and were rightfully fearful of.

 

[Quiet]

^^^I have read about this as well. The SKS and AK have different reload rates. Thus while the AK's were reloading, the SKS's were still firing. It created an almost continuous volley of withering fire that the Americans fell victim to and were rightfully fearful of.

More fearsome yet is the probability that the ones with the SKS were more likely to be aiming their shots.