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Its a stripper clip. Starting from the position in the picture, you would push down on the bullets and they "strip" (or slide) off the clip into the magazine. You're left with an empty clip sticking out the top of the gun which you lift away and throw at the enemy or your buddy or whatever. If you want to look up a video, they're commonly used on the SKS.
En-bloc clips also exist. Those do go into the gun like you're thinking, but they actually eject out the top when you fire the last round. Like the M1 Garand from any WWII game.
there are also many rifles where the en bloc clips fall out of the bottom of the magazine after firing the last round