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[[Image:Zastava M70AB2.jpg‎ |thumb|right|500px|Zastava M70B2 folding stock rifle - 7/62x39mm]]
[[Image:Zastava M70AB2.jpg‎ |thumb|right|500px|Zastava M70AB2 folding stock rifle - 7.62x39mm (non-standard pistol grip)]]
Note: 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 made by Zavodi Crvena Zastava (Red Banner Plant), now Zastava Oružje / Zastava Arms in a Yugoslavian (now Serbian) city of Kragujevac.
The Zastava M70 was the Yugoslavian variant of the Russian AK-47 (later AKM), however, it utilized a strengthened lower receiver, more akin to the RPK than the AK-47/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 made by Zavodi Crvena Zastava (Red Banner Plant), now Zastava Oružje / Zastava Arms in a Yugoslavian (now Serbian) city of Kragujevac.
It was most widely used and seen in the Wars in the 1990s of the former Yugoslavian republics - Bosnia, Croatia, Serbia and Montenegro (Slovenia and Macedonia were not a major combatants in the fighting). Yugoslavia also sold them to many countries such as Iraq (which produced a licensed copy known as the Tabuk, which lacked the grenade-launching sight) and Kuwait.
It was most widely used and seen in the Wars in the 1990s of the former Yugoslavian republics - Bosnia, Croatia, Serbia and Montenegro (Slovenia and Macedonia were not a major combatants in the fighting). Yugoslavia also sold them to many countries such as Iraq (which produced a licensed copy known as the Tabuk, which lacked the grenade-launching sight) and Kuwait.


The Zastava M70 was produced in the following variants:
The Zastava M70 was produced in the following variants:


* M70 - First model
* M70 - milled receiver, fixed stock
* M70B1 with grenade launcher sights and solid stock
* M70A milled receiver, underfolding stock
* M70B1N with grenade launcher sights and solid stock and mount for night, or optical sights.
* M70A1 milled receiver, underfolding stock, mount for night or optical sights
* M70B2 with grenade launcher sights and underfolding stock
* M70B1 – stamped receiver, fixed stock
* M70B2N with grenade launcher sights and underfolding stock and mount for night, or optical sights.
* M70AB2 stamped receiver, underfolding stock
* M70B1N stamped receiver, fixed stock, mount for night or optical sights
* M70AB2N – stamped receiver, underfolding stock, mount for night or optical sights
 
* Variants M70B, M70AB and M70AB1 also exist, but they are rare and their specifications are unclear.





Revision as of 23:51, 2 February 2009

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Zastava M70AB2 folding stock rifle - 7.62x39mm (non-standard pistol grip)

The Zastava M70 was the Yugoslavian variant of the Russian AK-47 (later AKM), however, it utilized a strengthened lower receiver, more akin to the RPK than the AK-47/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 made by Zavodi Crvena Zastava (Red Banner Plant), now Zastava Oružje / Zastava Arms in a Yugoslavian (now Serbian) city of Kragujevac. It was most widely used and seen in the Wars in the 1990s of the former Yugoslavian republics - Bosnia, Croatia, Serbia and Montenegro (Slovenia and Macedonia were not a major combatants in the fighting). Yugoslavia also sold them to many countries such as Iraq (which produced a licensed copy known as the Tabuk, which lacked the grenade-launching sight) and Kuwait.

The Zastava M70 was produced in the following variants:

  • M70 - milled receiver, fixed stock
  • M70A – milled receiver, underfolding stock
  • M70A1 – milled receiver, underfolding stock, mount for night or optical sights
  • M70B1 – stamped receiver, fixed stock
  • M70AB2 – stamped receiver, underfolding stock
  • M70B1N – stamped receiver, fixed stock, mount for night or optical sights
  • M70AB2N – stamped receiver, underfolding stock, mount for night or optical sights
  • Variants M70B, M70AB and M70AB1 also exist, but they are rare and their specifications are unclear.


The Zastava M70 was seen in the following:

Film

Television

Video Games