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SK 59/66

A ten-shot semi-automatic rifle, fed from an internal magazine. Older model, but still reliable. Uses 7.62x39mm rounds.

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Classname SKS

Section: Weapons
Weight: 3.85 kg
Inventory size: 9×3 27 slots
Worn or carried in: Shoulder, Melee slot
Durability: 300
Fire modes: Semi-auto
Spawns on: Chernarus, Livonia, Sakhal

3 variants

Characteristics

Repaired with: Gun Cleaning Kit
Chamber: 10

Fire modes

Semi-auto: 500 rounds/min

Rate of fire is 60 seconds divided by the delay between shots in the config.

Ammunition damage

Bullet	Health	Blood	Shock	Muzzle velocity
`Bullet_762x39`	110	100	110	704 m/s
`Bullet_762x39Tracer`	110	100	110	704 m/s

Damage of the bullet class from the config, before armor and hit zone multipliers. Muzzle velocity already counts this barrel.

Melee

Attack	Health	Shock	Blood	Reach
Light attack	10	15	100	1.2 m

Compared with similar

Weapons that take the same ammo, strongest bullet first.

Item	Weight	Rounds/min	Muzzle velocity	Damage
KA-M	2.14 kg	612	576 m/s	110
SK 59/66	3.85 kg	500	704 m/s	110
BK-18	3.2 kg	60	672 m/s	110
CR-527	2.72 kg	60	768 m/s	110
Sawed-off BK-18	2.8 kg	60	480 m/s	110

Compatibility

Ammunition

10rd SK 59/66 Clip

7.62x39mm Rounds

7.62x39mm Tracer Rounds

Attachment slots

Suppressor Impro

Plastic Bottle Suppressor

Bayonet SKS

SK 59/66 Bayonet

Optics Mosin

PU Scope

Wrap

Ghillie Rifle Wrap

Matched by config slots and lists. Game scripts block a few combinations on top of this.

Where it spawns

Spawns as loot on Chernarus, Livonia, Sakhal: Military.

	Chernarus	Livonia	Sakhal
Nominal	8	5	11
Minimum	6	3	7
Lifetime	8 h	8 h	8 h
Restock	0	0	0
Quantity	25–75%	25–75%	25–75%
Loot category	Weapons	Weapons	Weapons
Places	Military	Military	Military
Tiers	Tier 3 Tier 4	Tier 3	Tier 3

Nominal is how many the economy keeps on the map, minimum is where restocking starts. Lifetime is how long an untouched item lies before cleanup.

Spawns with

Spawns with 30% to 70% damage.

Attachments · 10%

PU Scope100%

types.xml

Vanilla entries from the mission files of each map. Paste one into db/types.xml of your mission to bring back the default.

types.xml · Chernarus

<type name="SKS">
    <nominal>8</nominal>
    <lifetime>28800</lifetime>
    <restock>0</restock>
    <min>6</min>
    <quantmin>25</quantmin>
    <quantmax>75</quantmax>
    <cost>100</cost>
    <flags count_in_cargo="0" count_in_hoarder="0" count_in_map="1" count_in_player="0" crafted="0" deloot="0"/>
    <category name="weapons"/>
    <usage name="Military"/>
    <value name="Tier3"/>
    <value name="Tier4"/>
</type>

types.xml · Livonia

<type name="SKS">
    <nominal>5</nominal>
    <lifetime>28800</lifetime>
    <restock>0</restock>
    <min>3</min>
    <quantmin>25</quantmin>
    <quantmax>75</quantmax>
    <cost>100</cost>
    <flags count_in_cargo="0" count_in_hoarder="0" count_in_map="1" count_in_player="0" crafted="0" deloot="0"/>
    <category name="weapons"/>
    <usage name="Military"/>
    <value name="Tier3"/>
</type>

types.xml · Sakhal

<type name="SKS">
    <nominal>11</nominal>
    <lifetime>28800</lifetime>
    <restock>0</restock>
    <min>7</min>
    <quantmin>25</quantmin>
    <quantmax>75</quantmax>
    <cost>100</cost>
    <flags count_in_cargo="0" count_in_hoarder="0" count_in_map="1" count_in_player="0" crafted="0" deloot="0"/>
    <category name="weapons"/>
    <usage name="Military"/>
    <value name="Tier3"/>
</type>

cfgspawnabletypes.xml · Chernarus, Livonia, Sakhal

<type name="SKS">
    <damage min="0.3" max="0.7"/>
    <attachments chance="0.1">
        <item name="PUScopeOptic" chance="1"/>
    </attachments>
</type>

Variants

SKS Chernarus 8Livonia 5Sakhal 11 This page

SKS_Black

SKS_Green

The same item in other colors or versions. Each one has its own classname and loot settings.

Config

Classname: SKS
Config class: CfgWeapons
Inherits from: SKS_Base › Rifle_Base › RifleCore › DefaultWeapon › Weapon_Base
Model: \dz\weapons\firearms\SKS\SKS.p3d
Defined in: Addons/weapons_firearms.pbo::SKS/config.bin
Inventory slots: Shoulder, Melee