APS - 95 The APS - 95 was an assault rifle manufactured in Croatia by Končar - Arma d . o . o since 1995 and offered for export up to at least 2007 ( the year when the Končar - Arma website , where the APS - 95 had been featured , disappeared from the web ) . The manufacturing company , a subsidiary of the Croatian ARMA - GRUPA Corporation , has been manufacturing the ERO and Mini - ERO submachine guns ( copies of the Israeli UZI and Mini - UZI respectively ) since the mid - 1990s . The APS - 95 was developed under request of the Croatian Army , which wanted to shift as soon as possible from the then - issued Yugoslavian - made 7 . 62x39mm Zastava M70 assault rifles to a service rifle chambered for the NATO - standard 5 . 56x45mm cartridge . During the Croatian War of Independence , the Croatian side had been supplied by the Croatian businessman Antun Kikaš of several batches of the Vektor R4 , a South African copy of the Israeli IMI Galil assault rifle . The Croatian fighters appreciated the weapon and wanted a locally - manufactured version of it as the new standard Croatian Army rifle . The APS - 95 was officially adopted by the Croatian Army around 1998 , acquired and distributed in very small quantities before budgetary constraints stopped procurement . The manufacturer tried to push the APS - 95 on the international market for several years , with no success . The number of rifles manufactured , and the quantity adopted by the Croatian Forces are unknown to date ; so is the current status of the weapon . Photographs and video from the 2011 Libyan civil war show that some purchases were made by the Libyan Gaddafi regieme . Overview . The APS - 95 was a conventional select - fire assault rifle operating via a gas - driven piston and employing a 35 - rounds detachable magazine for 5 ' 56mm ammunition , in all similar to the ones used in the Israeli " Galil " or South - African " R4 " assault rifles . The APS - 95 was made around a stamped receiver , rather than the refined milled receiver of the Galil and R4 , thus achieving reduction in cost and manufacturing time . Its fire selector was based upon two distinct commands located on both sides of the rifle , similarly to the Galil and Vektor R4 but different in operation . The lever located on the right side of the receiver , based upon the AK - 47 selector , had only two positions : lowered for " Fire " and raised for " Safe " ( when raised , it blocked the bolt working as a dust cover ) . The small switch located over the grip on the left side of the receiver , at easy thumb reach , had two positions for semi - automatic and full - automatic fire . The folding stock was made out of stamped steel , and folded on the right side of the receiver ; its profile didn ' t caused any hindrance to the handling of the weapon nor to the operation of the bolt - as such , the APS - 95 could be safely fired with the stock folded . The most prominent features of the APS - 95 over the Galil and the R4 were its distinctive handguard and front sight , and its carrying handle integrating an 1 . 5x optical sight and optional backup back iron sights . The pistol grip was also different , featuring finger grooves , much in the style of the M16 rifle . Available optionals for the APS - 95 included a removable bipod , sling , bayonet , and the RGB - 1 - a quick attach / detach undercarried single - shot grenade launcher chambered for 30mm grenades . The RGB - 1 was built with simplicity in mind , and equipped with a general mounting system to allow usage on many different assault rifles ; the main drawback of the RGB - 1 was its very sensitive single - action trigger which had no trigger guard or protection whatsoever , thus posing risks of accidental discharges in case of snags over a soldier ' s equipment .