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Posted: 9/1/2004 1:25:40 PM EDT
I was just wondering about this.  Mosins were used in WWII, alot of the other surplus guns were used in wars, what about the SKS?  Has it ever been the weapon of choice in a large scale conflict?  

Jim
Link Posted: 9/1/2004 1:34:53 PM EDT
[#1]
does Vietnam count?

but hell the NVA/VC used anything they could get there hands on.
Link Posted: 9/1/2004 5:52:02 PM EDT
[#2]
Their were alot more SKS's in Vietnam then AK's.
Link Posted: 9/1/2004 5:54:56 PM EDT
[#3]
Link Posted: 9/1/2004 6:02:35 PM EDT
[#4]
It wasn't just Vietnam.  There were insurgencies and civil war throughout the area.  Cambodia, Laos, Thailand and Vietnam come to mind, plus exports to SW Asia to Arab client states and Iran.
Link Posted: 9/1/2004 8:02:37 PM EDT
[#5]
I see them on MASH all the time.  Were they widely used in Korea?
Link Posted: 9/1/2004 8:06:34 PM EDT
[#6]
They were tested against the Nazis by a battalion of Russian soldiers during the drive to Berlin. The troops were reportedly very satisfied.
Link Posted: 9/1/2004 8:24:41 PM EDT
[#7]
Link Posted: 9/1/2004 8:32:43 PM EDT
[#8]
Bosnia, Chechnya, Serbia, Yuogslavia, Iran, Iraq.. It should have it's own "World Tour" t-shirt...
Link Posted: 9/1/2004 9:19:51 PM EDT
[#9]
we got alot of SKS's off the somali's also.
Link Posted: 9/4/2004 11:24:33 PM EDT
[#10]
They've been used in alot of wars since WWII:

http://www.simonov.net/battlehistory.htm
Link Posted: 9/5/2004 4:00:43 AM EDT
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