The sks was adopted by the soviet union in 1946 and is the basis for the later ak series of weapons.
Soviet semi auto rifle. This is what the “k” in the sks. In 1938 the new 14.5x114 mm. Description dragunov svd was designed not as a standard sniper rifle.
It works with a closed bolt blowback operation and comes with a 16.33 inches barrel.