Despite this, both the AK-47 and SKS would serve in frontline service for a time, with the SKS serving as a stopgap weapon of sorts for units without sufficient AKs. However, it was only in 1949 that the weapon would actually come to be adopted by the Soviets, along with the AK-47 developed for the same round at this point, the SKS was immediately obsoleted by the AK-47 in frontline service, for it had a far higher magazine capacity, had a detachable magazine, was easier to manufacture and was capable of fully automatic fire. The weapon was well received during testing, being said to be "simple, light and maneuverable and easily mastered during training". This design was dubbed the SKS, with a few being tested on the frontlines in 1945. As such, a new intermediate cartridge was developed for use by the Soviets, designed by Nikolai Elizarov and Boris Semin this cartridge was dubbed the M43.ĭesigner Sergei Simonov was tasked with designing a new firearm around this new cartridge. During World War II, most contemporary service rifles of the time, such as the Mosin-Nagant and Karabiner 98k were regarded as being too long, too heavy and used high-powered cartridges these were often at short ranges of about 300 metres (980 feet 330 yards), creating excessive recoil.
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