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'''The SKS rifle appears in the following films and television series used by the following actors:''' | '''The SKS rifle appears in the following films and television series used by the following actors:''' | ||
| − | [[Image: | + | [[Image:Simonov-Russian-SKS45.jpg|thumb|right|500px|Russian Simonov Type 45 aka the Russian SKS rifle - 7.62x39mm. The Russian SKS has a milled receiver and a blade bayonet. The rifles were issued with hardwood or laminated stocks. This example has a hardwood stock.]] |
| − | [[Image: | + | [[Image:ChineseType56Carbine.jpg|thumb|right|500px|Chinese Type 56 Carbine aka the Chinese SKS rifle - 7.62x39mm. The Chinese SKS has a stamped receiver and a spike bayonet (aka a "pig sticker") much like one of their AK47 copies - the Type 56 assault rifle. This version, like many imported SKS rifles, have the infamous 'orange cratewood' stocks, probably the lowest quality wood in any mass produced rifle, save for the last ditch Arisaka Type 99 rifles at the end of WW2. Many SKS rifles during the Vietnam War were issued with reddish plastic stocks, because of the incidents of 'wood rot' in the humid SE Asian jungles.]] |
| − | [[Image: | + | [[Image:SKS rifle.jpg|thumb|right|500px|Yugoslavian SKS rifle with fold out bayonet, a common SKS varient 7.62x39mm.]] |
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=== Film === | === Film === | ||
| − | * NVA | + | * NVA soldiers in ''[[Rescue Dawn]]'' |
| − | * NVA | + | * NVA soldiers in ''[[Flight of the Intruder]]'' |
* NVA soldiers in ''[[We Were Soldiers]]'' | * NVA soldiers in ''[[We Were Soldiers]]'' | ||
Revision as of 04:56, 19 November 2008
The SKS rifle appears in the following films and television series used by the following actors:
Chinese Type 56 Carbine aka the Chinese SKS rifle - 7.62x39mm. The Chinese SKS has a stamped receiver and a spike bayonet (aka a "pig sticker") much like one of their AK47 copies - the Type 56 assault rifle. This version, like many imported SKS rifles, have the infamous 'orange cratewood' stocks, probably the lowest quality wood in any mass produced rifle, save for the last ditch Arisaka Type 99 rifles at the end of WW2. Many SKS rifles during the Vietnam War were issued with reddish plastic stocks, because of the incidents of 'wood rot' in the humid SE Asian jungles.
File:SKS rifle.jpg
Yugoslavian SKS rifle with fold out bayonet, a common SKS varient 7.62x39mm.
Film
- NVA soldiers in Rescue Dawn
- NVA soldiers in Flight of the Intruder
- NVA soldiers in We Were Soldiers
- Guerilla fighter in RoboCop 3
- Việt Cộng in The Odd Angry Shot
- Militia fighters and rebels in Tears of the Sun