You can walk into just about any gun store in America and find a semiautomatic variation of an AK-47 that is available for sale for civilian use. The AK-47 was designed as a main battle rifle, while the SKS was designed to be used by supporting/non-front line troops.ģ) The author states that the SKS carries 10 rounds (which is true, unless the magazine is replaced with a 5, 20, 30,or 75round magazine), and that the AK-47 can fire 600 rpm, but never gives a magazine capacity (the author actually used the term ‘cartridge’ in place of magazine, which is incorrect…as the word cartridge would be synonomous wit the word ’round’) for the AK-47 (which is usually 30, but again, magizine size can vary).Ĥ) Not all AK-47’s are fully automatic. Second, they were developed simultaneously (though commissioned at different times, ’46 for SKS, and ’49 for AK), to fulfill different roles in the Soviet military.
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This article is misleading in many ways, and is clearly written by someone who has little to no (probably the latter) first hand experience with firearms.ġ) The entire first paragraph is full of sentiment and subjective rhetoric, which would be fine had the article not been entitled “Difference between the SKS and the AK-46.” You personal feelings about the use of either weapon, or of the maladies of the world, have no place in a supposedly technical article comparing two rifles.Ģ) “The gas operation feature of the AK 47 makes it a lot easier to utilize by soldiers as compared to the SKS, which perhaps is one reason why the AK 47 replaced the SKS as the primary assault rifle used in combat.” First off, both are gas operated. On the other hand, AK 47 is not allowed to be used by individuals and is only meant for military purposes. Each SKS cartridge has just 10 bullets whereas AK 47 cartridges have about 30 bullets. In SKS there is a limited number of bullets and are far lower to that of what can be placed in AK 47. SKS or called as Samozaryadnyi Karabin sistemi Simonova was designed by Sergei Gavrilovich Simonov. SKS was the first to be designed in 1945 and the AK 47 came later in 1947.ĪK 47 or Automatic Kalashnikov was designed by Mikhail T Kalashnikov. When talking of civilian use of these rifles, people are permitted to use SKS. This is another reason why soldiers prefer AK 47 instead of SKS as they will be able to save reloading time. There is also difference of the cartridges used in AK 47 and SKS. This is because of the ease with which AK 47 guns can be used. The AK 47 has almost replaced SKS in combats. On the contrary AK 47 comes with selective fire and has an under folding metal shoulder stash. The SKS comes with wooden stock, short gas piston and tilting bolt.
When comparing the two assault rifles, while both are gas operated, the SKS is semi automatic. SKS was the first to be designed in 1945 and the AK 47 came later in 1947.
AK 47 or Automatic Kalashnikov was designed by Mikhail T Kalashnikov. AK 47 and SKS are both assault rifles, which have been widely used the world over.īoth the weapons are Russian made.
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