M59 rifle

To the beginning of the year 1950, the USSR delivers to Yugoslavia of the SKS. After the divorce as a Stalin and Tito, the Yugoslav state decides to produce a local copy for its police force and its army: model 59. Between 1959 and 1970, more than 400000 weapons will be produced for JNA or export.

Presentation

The Zastava PAP (for semi-automatic weapons) M59 were similar to the SKS 45 but the guns are not internally chrome. Models M59/66 and M59/66A1 are easily identifiable other versions: they lay out indeed, of a cylindrical hiding place flame lengthened allowing the shooting of various models from grenades of 22mm the standards NATO. Moreover, a folding azimuth reading device of aiming for the curved shooting is placed at the top of the gun on these models which were largely exported in Uruguay and at the Mozambique. The Mozambican versions have a mounting in Teck provided by this nation. but the great majority of the Yugoslav rifles have sticks out of wooden of Hêtre. The quality of manufacture is near even higher than that to the model coming from the USSR.

Commercial releases

Since 2003, the Serb manufacturer took again the manufacture of M59/66 for the civil market. He also designed a version drives out: the ZKP 66. This one with a stick, a hand-shield and elements of aiming different from the military model.

M59 data sheet

Mass: 3,85 kg
Length: 1020 mm
Canon: 520 mm
Store: 10 cartridges

Data sheet M59/66 and 59/66A1

Mass: 4,10kg
Sleeve lance-grenade: 22mm NATO
Length: 1.120mm
Canon: 560mm
Store: 10 cartridges

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