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The Zastava M72 chambers and fires the 7.62×39mm M67 round. It is a gas-operated, air-cooled, drum-fed firearm with a fixed stock. It is a squad automatic weapon, like the Soviet RPK but has unique design features. This weapon is a near copy of the Soviet RPK light machine gun. There are a few differences on the M72/M72A.
Zastava Arms (Serbian: Застава оружје, romanized: Zastava oružje) is a Serbian manufacturer of firearms and artillery, based in Kragujevac, Serbia. In 1853, it was founded, and cast its first cannon. It is the leading producer of firearms in Serbia and is a large contributor to the local defense industry.
The below table gives a list of firearms that can fire the 7.62×39mm cartridge, first developed and used by the Soviet Union in the late 1940s. [1] The cartridge is widely used due to the worldwide proliferation of Russian SKS and AK-47 pattern rifles, as well as RPD and RPK light machine guns.
Zastava M02 Coyote: Zastava Arms: 12.7×108mm: Ammunition belt Serbia and Montenegro: Zastava M72: Zastava Oružja: 7.62×39mm: Detachable box magazine Yugoslavia: 1972 Zastava M77: Zastava Oružja: 7.62×51mm NATO: Detachable box magazine Yugoslavia: 1977 Zastava M84: Zastava Arms: 7.62×54mmR: Ammunition belt Yugoslavia: 1984 Zastava M87 ...
The Yugoslavian version of the RPK, the Zastava M72, is a longer barreled member of the M70 family and is the weapon upon which the Tabuk is based. The barrel length of the Iraqi Tabuk rifle is 23.6 inches – slightly longer and thinner than a Yugoslavian M72 barrel, but much longer than a traditional AKM or the M70 (16.25 inches).
In April 2020, it was announced that all future Z-PAP M70 rifles manufactured by Zastava Arms would now feature a 1.5mm receiver and bulged "RPK" trunnions, like the O-PAP M70. In addition, Zastava will now chrome-line the barrels of the Z-PAP M70, marking the first time the company used chrome in the lining of a barrel for any rifle chambered ...
Serbia: Manufactured locally as the Zastava M72. Somalia [18] Sudan [18] Syria: Used by both pro-Assad and rebel groups. [18] Tajikistan Tanzania [18] Transnistria [37] Uganda [18] Lord's Resistance Army [38] Ukraine: RPK-74 and RPK, also used by separatists. [39] United States: Used during the Iraq War. [40]
The Zastava M70 (Serbian Cyrillic: Застава М70) is a 7.62×39mm assault rifle developed in the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia by Zastava Arms. The M70 was an unlicensed derivative of the Soviet AK-47 (specifically the Type 3 variant). [ 4 ]