SKS Simonov 1945 Low-poly 3D model

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The SKS is a semi-automatic carbine chambered for the 7.62×39mm round, designed in 1943 by Sergei Gavrilovich Simonov. Its complete designation, SKS-45, is an initialism for Samozaryadny Karabin sistemy Simonova, 1945; Self-loading Carbine of (the) Simonov system, 1945). A reliable, simple, and relatively inexpensive weapon, the SKS was first produced for the Soviet Union but later widely exported and manufactured under license by various nations. Its distinguishing characteristics include a permanently attached folding bayonet and a non-detachable, hinged magazine. As the SKS could only be fired in semi-automatic and had a limited ten-round magazine capacity, it was rendered obsolete in the Soviet Armed Forces by the introduction of the AK-47 in the 1950s. Nevertheless, SKS carbines continued to see limited service with the Soviet Border Troops and second-line and reserve units for decades.