Zastava M70

The Zastava M70 (Serbian: Застава М70) was Yugoslavia's domestically designed variant of the Soviet AK-47, and was the primary standard service rifle of the Yugoslav People's Army and later the Serbian Army (until its replacement by the Zastava M21). Developed and manufactured by Zastava Arms, the M70 was developed by reverse engineering AKs that Yugoslavia received from unofficial sources, and was manufactured without license, as Yugoslavia was a neutral nation during the Cold War. Yugoslavia began developing its AK in 1959, and first began unlicensed production in 1964 with the Zastava M64, which was modified to produce the more widely adopted M70.
The Zastava AKs featured many differences compared to Soviet AKs designs, many of which are clearly visible and immediately recognizable. Their most distinctive features are their longer forearms with 3 cooling vents.
==Zastava M70==
thumb|right|400px|Zastava M70AB2 - 7.62x39mm (non-standard pistol grip). The military version of the M70AB2 underfolder rifle has a black plastic pistol grip as seen in the image above. However all of the Zastava M70AB2 rifles imported in the U.S. by Mitchell Arms had the wooden pistol grip seen in this photo. So a wooden pistol grip is indicative of a 'Mitchell Arms' rifle.
The Zastava M70 is the standard variant of the Zastava AKs that saw the most use in the Yugoslavian military. It was most widely used and seen in the Yugoslav Wars of the 1990s. 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 M70 utilized a strengthened lower receiver, more akin to the RPK than the AK-47/AKM. It also has grenade launcher sights that when raised cut off gas flow to the piston allowing use of blanks for grenade launching; the rear trunion has a plunger to lock the receiver cover to prevent loss when used with a grenade launcher. Flip-up sights are standard equipment for optional night use: two dot rear and one dot front filled with phosphorescent material. M70 magazines are standard AK-47 type, but have a follower that blocks the bolt open when empty (much like the 30 round M1 Carbine magazine follower). Some of the variants also have finned barrels to aid in heat dispersion. 
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
* M70AB3 – stamped receiver, underfolding stock, rifle grenade sight removed and replaced with a GP-25 40mm underbarrel grenade launcher
* 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.
=== Specifications ===
===Film===
Title 	Actor 	Character 	Note 	Date
Armour of God 	 	Cultists 	M70AB2 	1987
Detonator II: Night Watch 	 	Mao's henchmen 	M70AB2 	1995
Pretty Village, Pretty Flame 	 	Serbian soldiers 	M70B1 and M70AB2 versions 	1996
The Peacemaker 	 	Terrorists, Russian soldiers and UN peacekeepers	 	1997
Black Cat, White Cat (Crna macka, beli macor) 	 	Train Guards, Dadan's henchman 	 	1998
Savior 	 	Serbian and Bosnian forces 	 	1998
No Man's Land 	 	Serbian and Bosnian forces 	 	2001
Behind Enemy Lines 	 	Serbian soldiers 	 	2001
Warriors (Guerreros) 	 	Serbian and Albanian soldiers 	 	2002
Warriors (Guerreros) 	Eloy Azorín 	Pvt. Vidal 	 	2002
Strawberries in the Supermarket (Jagoda u supermarketu)	Srdjan Todorovic 	Marko Kraljevic 	 	2003
Stealth 	 	North Korean soldiers 	M70AB2 version, with taped on flashlight	2005
Shake Hands with the Devil 	 	Rwandan soldiers and RPF rebels 	M70AB2 version 	2007
The Brothers Bloom 	 	Czech soldiers 	 	2008
Punisher: War Zone 	 	Russian mobsters 	M70B1 and M70AB2 versions 	2009
Watchmen 	 	Viet Cong fighter 	 	2009
A Dangerous Man 	Jesse Hutch 	Sergey 	M70AB1 version 	2009
District 13: Ultimatum 	 	Thugs 	M70AB2 & M70B1 versions 	2009
The A-Team 	 	Iraqi guards 	M70AB2 version 	2010
Fast Five 	 	Gunmen 	M70AB2 version 	2011
The Guard 	Don Cheadle 	F.B.I. Special Agent Everett 	M70B1 	2011
Coriolanus 	Gerard Butler 	Tullus Aufidius 	M70AB2 version 	2011
Machine Gun Preacher 	 	LRA troops 	 	2011
Machine Gun Preacher 	 	SPLA troops 	 	2011
Machine Gun Preacher 	Ronnie Nyakale 	AJ 	 	2011
Chernobyl Diaries 	Jonathan Sadowski	Paul 	 	2012
The Dark Knight Rises 	 	Mercenaries 	M70AB2 version 	2012
Guardian Angel (Schutzengel) 	 	Assailant 	M70AB2 version with synthetic hand guard	2012
Wicked Blood 	Sean Bean 	Frank Stinson 	 	2014
American Sniper 	 	Iraqi insurgents 	M70B1 and M70AB2 versions 	2014
6 Underground 	 	Turgistanian soldier 	 	2019
Bad Boys for Life 	 	gunman 	 	2020
Escape from Mogadishu 	 	 	 	2021
===Television===
Show Title 	Actor 	Character 	Note / Episode 	Air Date
Ultimate Force 	Ross Kemp 	Sgt. Henno Garvie 	"Something to Do with Justice", M70B1 	2002 - 2006
Ultimate Force 	 	Serbian rebels 	"Something to Do with Justice", M70B1 	2002 - 2006
Ultimate Force 	Damian O'Hare 	Sean Weir 	"The Killing of a One-Eyed Bookie", M70B1 	2002 - 2006
Ultimate Force 	 	Chechen rebels & Russian soldiers 	"Weapon of Choice", M70B1 	2002 - 2006
Ultimate Force 	 	Al-Qaeda terrorists 	"Deadlier Than the Male", M70AB2 	2002 - 2006
Ultimate Force 	 	SAS, Chechen rebels & Russian soldiers	"Weapon of Choice", M70AB2 	2002 - 2006
Ultimate Force 	 	Al-Qaeda terrorists 	"Dividing Line", M70AB2 	2002 - 2006
Stargate SG-1 	 	Russian SG team 	"Icon" 	1997 - 2007
Stargate SG-1 	Victor Favrin 	Chalo 	"Evolution", 	1997 - 2007
Stargate SG-1 	Frank Roman 	Rafael 	"Evolution", M70AB2 	1997 - 2007
Stargate SG-1 	 	Honduran rebels 	"Evolution" 	1997 - 2007
24: Redemption 	 	Child soldier 	M70AB2 	2008
Ultimate Weapons 	 	 	"Close Quarter Battle", M70AB2 	2009 - 2011
Nikita 	 	Bank robbers and Chilean rebels 	M70AB2 	2010
Covert Affairs 	 	A Taliban Terrorist 	"Half a World Away" (S2E7) 	2011
Banshee - Season 1 	Ulrich Thomsen 	Kai Proctor 	Episode 10 / M70B1 	2013
The Walking Dead - Season 7 	Gary Stephen Brock	Savior 	Continuity error; "The Day Will Come When You Won't Be" (S7E01)	2016
The Walking Dead: Red Machete 	Uncredited 	Claimer 	M70BA2; "What We Become" (S1E04) 	2018
The Man in the High Castle - Season 4	Alexa Davalos 	Juliana Crain 	 	2019
Fear the Walking Dead - Season 5 	Mia Urrabazo 	Young survivor 	M70AB2; "Skidmark" (S5E04) 	2019
Fear the Walking Dead - Season 5 	Uncredited 	Logan's Crewmember 	M70AB2; "Channel 4" (S5E09), "Leave What You Don't" (S5E13) 	2019
Fear the Walking Dead - Season 5 	Alexandra Payne 	Logan's Crewmember 	M70AB2; "You're Still Here" (S5E11) 	2019
Fear the Walking Dead - Season 5 	Matthew Arbo 	Logan's Crewmember 	M70AB2; "You're Still Here" (S5E11) 	2019
Fear the Walking Dead - Season 5 	Mikala Gibson 	Doris 	M70AB2; "Leave What You Don't" (S5E13) 	2019
Fear the Walking Dead - Season 5 	Jenny Biggs 	Pioneer Ranger 	M70AB2; "Leave What You Don't" (S5E13) 	2019
Fear the Walking Dead - Season 7 	 	Stalker 	M70AB2; "Cindy Hawkins" (S7E03) 	2021
Fear the Walking Dead - Season 7 	 	Tower Rangers 	M70AB2; "The Portrait" (S7E07) 	2021
Fear the Walking Dead - Season 8 	BB Habersham 	Troy's Group Member 	M70AB2; "Anton" (S8E07), "Keeping Her Alive" (S8E10) 	2023
Fear the Walking Dead - Season 8 	Julio Cotto Rivera	Troy's Group Member 	M70AB2; "Iron Tiger" (S8E08) 	2023
Fear the Walking Dead - Season 8 	Uncredited 	Troy's Group Member 	M70AB2; "Iron Tiger" (S8E08) 	2023
===Video Games===
Game Title 	Appears as	Mods	Notation	Release Date
24: The Game	Z85 	 	 	2006
==Zastava M72==
===Specifications===
(1973 - Present)
* Type: Light Machine Gun
* Caliber: 7.62×39mm M43
* Weight: 
* Length: 
* Barrel length: 
* Feed System: 30, 40 round magazines or 75 round drum
* Fire Modes: Semi-Auto/Full-Auto
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=== Film ===
Title 	Actor	Character 	Note 	Date
The Fall of Italy (Pad Italije)	 	SS soldiers, Ustasha 	 	1981
Black Hawk Down 	 	Somali militiaman 	 	2001
No Man's Land 	 	Serbian soldiers 	 	2001
No Man's Land 	 	Bosnian soldiers 	 	2001
The Hunting Party 	 	 	 	2007
Coriolanus 	 	soldier 	Stock footage	2011
The Hunting Party 	 	 	 	2007
Mosul 	 	ISIS fighters 	 	2019
Mosul 	 	Iraqi Federal Police officers	 	2019
===Video Games===
Game Title	Appears as	Mods	Notation	Release Date
Vigor 	"ZA M72" 	 	 	2018
==Zastava M77 B1==
The Zastava M77 B1 is a battle rifle developed and manufactured by Zastava Arms in Serbia. It was introduced in 1977. It is a derivative of the Zastava M70 and modified copy of the Soviet AKM chambered in 7.62×51mm with an enlarged receiver, and a Western-style flash suppressor. It is gas-operated, air-cooled, magazine-fed, selective fire battle rifle with a fixed wooden stock. The M77 AB1 has a folding stock. Early versions had a milled receiver and an adjustable gas block with flip up rifle grenade sights.
=== Specifications ===
===Video Games===
Game Title 	Appears as	Mods	Notation	Release Date
Call to Arms	 	 	 	2021
== Zastava M85 ==
The Zastava M85 is a compact carbine manufactured by the Yugoslavian Zastava company, similar to the AKS-74U, albeit in 5.56x45mm NATO, with an underfolding stock instead of a side-folder, and a three-holed handguard.
=== Specifications ===
=== Video Games ===
Game Title 	Appears as 	Mods	Notation	Release Date
Syphon Filter: The Omega Strain	"Stava M85"	 	 	2004
Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days 	"Vamazast" 	 	 	2010
==Zastava M92 ==
Very similar to the Zastava M85 but chambers 7.62x39mm instead of 5.56x45mm. Note the curved magazine.
=== Specifications ===
===Film===
Title 	Actor	Character 	Note 	Date
Zero Dark Thirty 	 	Terrorist 	 	2012
The Equalizer 	 	Andri's henchman 	 	2014
The Fate of the Furious	 	Russian separatists 	with Magpul MOE handguard and Magpul Zhukov buttstock	2017
6 Underground 	 	Afghan fighters and Alimov's guards	 	2019
Bad Boys: Ride or Die 	 	Gangster and henchmen 	with Magpul MOE handguard and Magpul Zhukov buttstock	2024
=== Video Games ===
Game Title 	Appears as	Mods	Notation 	Release Date
America's Army	 	 	Seen in crates with other AK-series weapons, unusable	2002
==Zastava M21 ==
The Zastava M21 is a family of modern 5.56x45mm firearms developed by Zastava Arms as a replacement for the older M70 series of rifles. The M21 is currently the standard service rifle of the Serbian military, and is also used by security services in Bosnia-Herzgovina, Iraq and Cameroon. 
The Zastava M21 is produced in the following variants:
* M21A - standard full-length rifle (M21ABS includes picatinny rail system for the mounting of attachments).
* M21S - compact short-barrelled variant of the M21 (M21SBS includes picatinny rail system for the mounting of attachments).
* M21C - carbine variant of the M21.
=== Specifications ===
===Film===
Title 	Actor 	Character	Note 	Date
S.W.A.T.: Under Siege	 	Gunmen 	 	2017
Without Remorse 	Todd Lasance	Dallas 	M21 C	2021
Without Remorse 	Jack Kesy 	Thunder 	M21 C	2021
===Television===
Show Title 	Actor 	Character 	Note / Episode 	Air Date
Strike Back - Season 5	Philip Winchester 	Sgt. Michael Stonebridge 	M21 C / S05E09 	2015
Strike Back - Season 5	Russian and North Korean operatives	 	M21 C / S05E09 	2015
Strike Back - Season 6	Warren Brown 	Sergeant Thomas "Mac" McAllister	S06E09 	2017
Whiskey Cavalier 	 	Fascia Rossa guards 	"When in Rome" / S01E03	2019
Whiskey Cavalier 	 	Human trafficker 	M21 S / S01E06 	2019
=== Video Games ===
Game Title 	Appears as	Mods	Notation 	Release Date
Call to Arms	 	 	Zastava M21BS	2018
==Zastava LKP PAP==
The Zastava LKP PAP (Serbian: Polu-automatska puška, "Semi-automatic rifle") is a series of sporting rifles manufactured by the Yugoslavian Zastava company, which designed to comply with US firearms import laws. 
=== Specifications ===
* Type: Semi-automatic rifles
* Caliber: 7.62x39mm (PAP M70), 7.62x51mm (PAP M77), 5.56x45mm (PAP M85)
* Weight: 
* Length: 
* Barrel length: 
* Feed System: 10-round box magazine
* Fire Modes: Semi-Auto
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=== Video Games ===
Game Title	Appears as 	Mods	Notation	Release Date
Cross Fire	"Zastava M21"	 	 	2007
==Tabuk Sniper Rifle==
 
The Tabuk sniper rifle is an Iraqi-designed semi-automatic sniper rifle. Largely based on the Zastava M72 light machine gun, the Tabuk is built on a RPK-style receiver that utilizes the long-stroke piston action of the AK-47 and has many parts in common with the Zastava M70 family of rifles. Chambered in 7.62x39mm, the Tabuk can also utilize magazines from other Kalashnikov variants. The Tabuk has been produced by the Al-Qadissiya Establishments from the 1980s to present, even after the American invasion and is widely using as a designated marksman's rifle by Iraqi soldiers, insurgents and militiamen throughout the various wars in Iraq. 
===Specifications===
(1978-present)
* Type: Sniper Rifle 
* Caliber: 7.62x39mm M43
* Weight: 
* Length: 
* Barrel length: 
* Capacity: 10-rounds, 20-rounds, 30-rounds 
* Fire Modes: Semi-Auto
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===Film===
Title 	Actor	Character	Note 	Date
American Sniper	 	 	Seen in weapons cache	2014
=See Also=
* Zastava M76
* Zastava Arms - A list of all firearms manufactured by Zastava.
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