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Interesting reference from Suez Crisis in 1956
« on: February 02, 2015, 02:04:03 PM »
I found this post on gunboards:

http://forums.gunboards.com/showthread.php?183023-SKs-outside-russia-in-1956-pic

Guy claimed the photo shows Russian SKSs being picked over after the Suez Crisis of '56.  We're all about not taking stuff off the net and regurgitating it here at SKS-Files, so I decided to take a look and see what I could find.  It turns out that the photo is indeed from a book entitled: The Suez Crisis 1956 written by Derek Varble.

I was able to figure out this is where the image came from:
The Suez Crisis 1956 - Page 87

There are clearly some Russian SKS45's in the mix there up front, the magazine, bayo, and gas tube are unmistakeable.  If this is the aftermath of the 1956 Suez crisis, it appears the Russians exported the SKS while they were still being manufactured.  Pretty neat stuff and these guns are likely the genesis of the silly "Egyptian Contract" theories floating around out there...

 
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Re: Interesting reference from Suez Crisis in 1956
« Reply #1 on: February 02, 2015, 02:49:26 PM »
What a fascinating discovery running-man! Thank you sir.
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Re: Interesting reference from Suez Crisis in 1956
« Reply #2 on: February 02, 2015, 05:30:23 PM »
Great job following that up, RM.
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Re: Interesting reference from Suez Crisis in 1956
« Reply #3 on: February 02, 2015, 06:57:25 PM »
Yup, from then on, Egypt was always close to Russia.

Cool find rm
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Re: Interesting reference from Suez Crisis in 1956
« Reply #4 on: February 02, 2015, 10:16:52 PM »
Wow! How cool is that. Is neat finding the real history of the sks.
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Re: Interesting reference from Suez Crisis in 1956
« Reply #5 on: February 02, 2015, 10:21:28 PM »
Cool stuff G-2!
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Re: Interesting reference from Suez Crisis in 1956
« Reply #6 on: February 04, 2015, 02:15:55 AM »
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There are clearly some Russian SKS45's in the mix there up front, the magazine, bayo, and gas tube are unmistakeable.  If this is the aftermath of the 1956 Suez crisis, it appears the Russians exported the SKS while they were still being manufactured.  Pretty neat stuff and these guns are likely the genesis of the silly "Egyptian Contract" theories floating around out there...

Aaaaaand....  It shows they were well supplied with RUSSIAN sks rifles as 1956 would have been too early for any Chinese yet alone a 9 or 12m.   thumb1
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Re: Interesting reference from Suez Crisis in 1956
« Reply #7 on: February 04, 2015, 12:14:35 PM »
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They were commonly labeled as "Egyptian Contract SKS's" as some sport Arab marked stocks. But, there is no evidence of China ever sending Egypt small arms. In fact, it doesn't make much sense. Egypt was being supplied by Russia at the time and by the West later on.
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