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[[Image:Zastava M70AB2.jpg‎ |thumb|none|500px|Zastava M70AB2 folding stock rifle - 7/62x39mm]]
[[Image:Zastava M70AB2.jpg‎ |thumb|none|500px|Zastava M70AB2 folding stock rifle - 7/62x39mm]]
* This pistol grip is not standard (looks like a M76 grip)


The Zastava M70 was the Yugoslavian variant of the Russian AKM, however, it utilized a strengthened lower receiver, more akin to the RPK than the AKM.  It also has other design variations which make it immediately recognizable from it's Russian cousin.  Some of the variants also have finned barrels to aid in heat dispersion.    It was most widely used and seen in the Wars in the 1990s of the former Yugoslavian republics - Bosnia, Serbia and Croatia (Montenegro was not a major combatant in the fighting).   
The Zastava M70 was the Yugoslavian variant of the Russian AKM, however, it utilized a strengthened lower receiver, more akin to the RPK than the AKM.  It also has other design variations which make it immediately recognizable from it's Russian cousin.  Some of the variants also have finned barrels to aid in heat dispersion.    It was most widely used and seen in the Wars in the 1990s of the former Yugoslavian republics - Bosnia, Serbia and Croatia (Montenegro was not a major combatant in the fighting).   

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Zastava M70AB2 folding stock rifle - 7/62x39mm
  • This pistol grip is not standard (looks like a M76 grip)

The Zastava M70 was the Yugoslavian variant of the Russian AKM, however, it utilized a strengthened lower receiver, more akin to the RPK than the AKM. It also has other design variations which make it immediately recognizable from it's Russian cousin. Some of the variants also have finned barrels to aid in heat dispersion. It was most widely used and seen in the Wars in the 1990s of the former Yugoslavian republics - Bosnia, Serbia and Croatia (Montenegro was not a major combatant in the fighting).

The Zastava M70 was produced in the following variants:

  • M70 - First model
  • M70B1 – with grenade launcher sights and solid stock
  • M70B1N – with grenade launcher sights and solid stock and mount for night, or optical sights.
  • M70AB2 – with grenade launcher sights and underfolding stock
  • M70AB2N – with grenade launcher sights and underfolding stock and mount for night, or optical sights.


The Zastava M70 was seen in the following: