Original Resin Film Prop SKS Rifle Used in “We Were Soldiers” (2002)
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Original Item. Only One Available. We Were Soldiers is a 2002 American war film written and directed by Randall Wallace and starring Mel Gibson. Based on the book We Were Soldiers Once… and Young (1992) by Lieutenant General (Ret.) Hal Moore and reporter Joseph L. Galloway, it dramatizes the Battle of Ia Drang on November 14, 1965.
This is a full-scale resin replica non-firing prop gun as used in the 2002 Film We Were Soldiers. This was acquired from a collector who had previously purchased it at a Hollywood Auction. It measures roughly 40” long.
This would have been a "background" used prop gun and not a close up camera versions. Films utilize dozens of background props to set the scene, and aside from being on a master list, we have no way to identify it being used in any specific film. It is quite lightweight, but also very well made, and would have looked perfect in the background. It does show some minor damage from storage and use. Ready for further research and display!
History of the SKS
The SKS is a semi-automatic rifle designed by Soviet small arms designer Sergei Gavrilovich Simonov in the 1940s.
The SKS was first produced in the Soviet Union but was later widely exported and manufactured by various nations. Its distinguishing characteristics include a permanently attached folding bayonet and a hinged, fixed magazine. As the SKS lacked select-fire capability and its magazine was limited to ten rounds, it was rendered obsolete in the Soviet Armed Forces by the introduction of the AK-47 in the 1950s. Nevertheless, SKS carbines continued to see service with the Soviet Border Troops and second-line and reserve army units for decades.
The SKS was manufactured at Tula Arsenal from 1949 to 1958, and at the Izhevsk Arsenal from 1953 to 1954. Altogether, the Soviet Union produced 2.7 million SKS carbines. Throughout the Cold War, millions of additional SKS carbines and their derivatives were also manufactured under license in the People's Republic of China, as well as a number of countries allied with the Eastern Bloc. The SKS was exported in vast quantities and found favour with insurgent forces around the world as a light, handy weapon which was adequate for guerrilla warfare despite its conventional limitations.
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