[Weapon] SKS Redux

[BroCop]

Originally Posted by Wakain

That grenadier version would seem to be a very rare sight nowadays, though.

Actually the Yugo SKS is quite common and the rifle grenades for it are available in dozens to you average farmer (over here that is)

[Wakain]

Originally Posted by CroCop

Actually the Yugo SKS is quite common and the rifle grenades for it are available in dozens to you average farmer (over here that is)

lol, I thought I'd seen madness when I saw Slovenian peasants dressed up like ww2 partizans trying to take Trieste from the Germans (?!) in the movie Trst je nash (Trieste is ours) but now I'm picturing crazy hrvatski farmers with riflegrenades barbequing on the beaches of Dalmatia!

Yugoslavia, fuck yeah!

[RazoR41]

Originally Posted by [R-DEV]Tim270

There were two of them, born in meltdown of the most devastating war and living in the looming of the new one, created to take lives and become icons of their and following times. The warriors, the legends, the kings, the blood brothers - SKS and AK.

To win in a future war Soviet armies needed new weapons, capable to channel the fury of new 7.62x39 round, fail-safe and deadly. First weapon was thought as heir of the old glory, semi-automatic carbine that would bring down enemies with accurate single shots at 400 m range without enormous recoil of Mosin rifle. Second one was created to go USSR on everybody's asses with devastating automatic fire and so it does up until now! While unbound badassery of AK-47 is a fact known worldwide, the topic is dedicated to older brother who had his own great moments.

SKS had it's trial by fire in the end of Great Patriotic War, when some elements of 1st Belarussian front recieved new carbines and tested them in Germany during Wermacht's last stand. The weapon proved it's worth, but still required some development, which lasted till 1949.

In the next decade, AK and SKS stood side by side in the service, supplementing each other's strengths. AK was an assaulting beast, while SKS was like hunter's bow, delivering strike to the heart. Thanks to loading automation and ability to feed the 10-round box magazine with clips, SKS concept satisfied to all requirements of that time for middle-to-long distance combat.

50s have passed and new doctrines made those qualities unnecessary and SKS started to fade away and became second line weapon. But there ain't no grave to hold this body down, so SKS emerged and appeared in number of conflicts around the world. Whether it was in jungles of Vietnam, African sands or Korean mountains, SKS stood strong and deserved to be in line with greatest firearms of 20th century. It was produced in number of variants, in Project Reality we have SKS with folding bayonet and Type 59/66 with grenade launcher muzzle and front sight, which is able to shoot grenades at almost 200 yards.


Credits:
Model/Texture - [R-DEV]Tim270
Text - [R-DEV]Nosferatu

Damn that weapon looks good.

[karambaitos]

too bad the BF2 engine will completely destroy the models beauty

[nater]

Originally Posted by karambaitos

too bad the BF2 engine will completely destroy the models beauty

Not true, there's a lot of high quality weapons in game already.

[General Dragosh]

Zastava M59/66 PAP

I say !

[Stealthgato]

Originally Posted by karambaitos

too bad the BF2 engine will completely destroy the models beauty

No, look at FH2 and some of the weapons in PR aswell.

[Rambo Medic]

My pants.

[saXoni]

Looks great, good job!

[BroCop]

Originally Posted by General Dragosh

Zastava M59/66 PAP

I say !

Subliminal messages bro, subliminal messages.


Nothing to see here lads, move along.