Nyorera kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Nhamba yeType 56 carbines yakawanikwa uye yakashandiswa pamwe chete neAK-pateni pfuti dzakapararira neProvisional Irish Republican Army panguva yeMatambudziko. Munguva yeDhofar Rebellion, maSKS carbines akapinzwa muOman nemugungwa, pamwe neSoviet bloc, kuzoshongedza vapanduki vePeople's Front for the Liberation of Oman (PFLO) imomo. The Communist Party of Thailand (CPT) akashandisa SKS panguva kupandukira ayo kusvikira mangwanani 1980s, apo yakarega zvechisimba akavhiyiwa. Mauto eCuba neGrenada akashandisa SKS carbines panguva yekupinda kweUnited States muGrenada muna 1983
. Mauto eU.S. akabata 4,074 SKS carbines panguva yekupinda, kunyanya kubva kuzvitoro zvemaoko.