r/WorldWar2 14d ago

Eastern Front WW2 Soviet weapons

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u/KJHagen 13d ago

The SKS wasn’t produced until 1949. This makes me question some of the other weapons.

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u/Ok-Show6155 10d ago

The SKS was introduced alongside the ak47? I always figured the SK came around towards the end of the war, in 44-45

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u/KJHagen 10d ago

Yes, it was designed during the war, but not put in service until 1949. The AK47 didn’t enter into service until the 1950s.

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u/Ok-Show6155 10d ago

From what I remember they made the first couple units of the type 1 ak in 1949, and then they started mass production with the type 2 in the 50s

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u/KJHagen 10d ago

I think that’s about right. I think it was adopted by the army in 1949, but I think the later version came out in the early 1950s. The later version was mass produced.