Zastava (arms factory)

Zastava Oružje
legal form	AD ( stock corporation )
founding	1853
Seat	Kragujevac , Serbia
management	Rade Gromović
Number of employees	circa. 2100
sales	119.74 million euros (2010)
Branch	Defense industry
Website	www.zastava-arms.rs

Illustration of the factory premises around 1856

The workshop around 1910

Zastava M21 5.56 × 45 mm NATO assault rifle on the technical basis of a Soviet AK-47

The Zastava Oružje AD ( Serbian - Cyrillic Застава Оружје АД , internationally also Zastava Arms ; pronunciation: Sassawa, voiced 'S' at first) is a Serbian arms company founded in 1853 with headquarters in Kragujevac , about 140 kilometers southeast of Belgrade . The company is the main handgun supplier to the Serbian armed forces and police and the leading firearms manufacturer in Serbia .

Most of the production of pistols , assault rifles and sniper rifles , in particular license replicas and further developments of the Russian AK-47 , are made in the factory in Kragujevac. The arms are exported through the state-owned company Yugoimport SDPR .

Products

Pistols

• M 57 ( 7.62 × 25 mm )
• M 60
• M 67 ( 7.65 × 17 mm rear and 9 × 17 mm )
• M 70 (d) , (also M 65) ( 9 × 19 mm )
• M 70 (7.65 × 17 mm rear), M 70 (k) (9 × 17 mm)
• M 99 (9 × 19 mm. 45 ACP. 40 S&W)

Rifles / carbines

• Zastava M48 replica of the 98k carbine in 7.92 × 57 mm
• Zastava M69 sniper version of the M48 (7.92 × 57 mm)
• Zastava M93 sniper rifle / anti-materiel rifle (12.7 × 99 mm NATO or 12.7 × 108 mm.)
• Zastava M07 sniper rifle (7.62 × 51 mm)

Self-loading rifles

• Zastava M76 (7.92 × 57mm, 7.62 × 54mm R , 7.62 × 51mm)
• Zastava M91 further development of the M76 (7.62 × 54 mm R)

Self-loading carabiner

• Zastava M59 / M59 / 66 A1 license production of the Simonow SKS-45 (7.62 × 39 mm)

Assault rifles

• Zastava M70 (7.62 × 39 mm)
• Zastava M77B1 ( 7.62 × 51mm NATO ); Zastava M80 ( 5.56 × 45 mm NATO )
• Zastava M85 / M90
• Zastava M21

Submachine guns

• Zastava M49 , Zastava M49 / 57 (7.62 × 25 mm)
• Zastava M56 (7.62 × 25 mm)
• Zastava M61 (j) (7.65 × 17 mm HR) license version of the Scorpion 61

Machine guns

• Zastava M53 replica of the MG 42 (7.92 × 57 mm)
• Zastava M72 license build of the RPK (7.62 × 39 mm)
• Zastava M77 lMG based on the RPK / Zastava M77B1 (7.62 × 51 mm), Zastava M82 (5.56 × 45 mm)
• Zastava M84 license build of the Kalashnikov PK (7.62 × 54 mm R)
• Zastava M86 license production of the Kalashnikov PKT (7.62 × 54 mm R)

Grenade launcher

• BGA 30 , license of the Soviet AGS-17

Machine guns

• R20 / 3-mm , three-barreled anti-aircraft gun with fire control unit J171
• 20/1 mm M75 automatic cannon for infantry units
• 20/4 mm M57 A4 , four-barrel anti-aircraft gun
• 20/3 mm M55 , three-barrel anti-aircraft gun that has been modified several times

Web links

Commons : Zastava (arms factory)  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Official website

Individual evidence

1. ↑ NATO Vojnici nose srpske puške. Blic.rs dated February 28, 2008
2. ↑ ^{a b c} Günter Wollert, Reiner Lidschun, Wilfried Copenhagen : Rifle weapons (1945–1985) . In: Illustrated encyclopedia of rifles from around the world . 5th edition. tape 1 + 2 . Brandenburgisches Verlagshaus, Berlin 1988, ISBN 3-89488-057-0 , p. 304 .
3. ↑ Günter Wollert, Reiner Lidschun, Wilfried Copenhagen: small arms (1945-1985) . In: Illustrated encyclopedia of rifles from around the world . 5th edition. tape 1 + 2 . Brandenburgisches Verlagshaus, Berlin 1988, ISBN 3-89488-057-0 , p. 311-312 .
4. ↑ Günter Wollert, Reiner Lidschun, Wilfried Copenhagen: small arms (1945-1985) . In: Illustrated encyclopedia of rifles from around the world . 5th edition. tape 1 + 2 . Brandenburgisches Verlagshaus, Berlin 1988, ISBN 3-89488-057-0 , p. 307 .
5. ↑ Günter Wollert, Reiner Lidschun, Wilfried Copenhagen: small arms (1945-1985) . In: Illustrated encyclopedia of rifles from around the world . 5th edition. tape 1 + 2 . Brandenburgisches Verlagshaus, Berlin 1988, ISBN 3-89488-057-0 , p. 316 (In the book under universal machine gun model 80 7.62 mm ; with the manufacturer Zastava but M84.).
6. ^ Machine Gun M84. In: zastava-arms.rs. Zastava-arms, accessed March 28, 2015 . 
7. ^ Machine Gun M86. In: zastava-arms.rs. Zastava-arms, accessed March 28, 2015 .