retired from second-line service in the 1980s. Yugoslavia: ZastavaM59/66 variant. Initially, the SKS was a rarity in the US, with the only examples being souvenirs
from the early 1950s until its replacement by the ZastavaM59/66, a licensed copy of the Soviet SKS semiautomatic carbine, in the early 1960s. After World
The cartridge is widely used due to the worldwide proliferation of Russian SKS and AK-47 pattern rifles, as well as RPD and RPK light machine guns. This