Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Zvombo zvinoverengeka zveType 56 zvakawanikwa uye zvakashandiswa pamwe chete nepfuti dzeAK-patani dzakapararira neProvisional Irish Republican Army panguva yeMatambudziko. Munguva yeDhofar Rebellion, maSKS carbines akapinzwa muOman nemugungwa, kazhinji 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 zvombo zveSKS munguva ye
Kupinda kweUnited States muGrenada muna 1983. Mauto eU.S. akabata 4,074 SKS carbines panguva yekupinda, kunyanya kubva kuzvitoro zvemaoko.