Talk:Zastava M70 assault rifle

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Correct military designation and AK-47 or AKM[edit]

correct military designation was M-70 and not M70!

the M-70 was based on AK design but it is not a AK-47 nor AKM as it deviates from those standards (like the IMI Galil)

also a variety of configurations was/is produced under the the M-70 designation (some closer to AK-47 and some to AKM)! — Preceding unsigned comment added by TheLokov (talk • contribs) 03:40, 24 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Correction of above stated[edit]

I do not know where did you hear or saw this, but correct military and manufacturer designation for it and for any other Zastava produced weapon is 'M70', not 'M-70'. But, that is actually irrelevant.

What is relevant, is the fact that M70 is just one of many modified copies of Soviet AKM assault rifle made by former Eastern bloc countries. The M70 actually has only a few modifications from the original. The only different factors of M70 are its handguard, grip and it has a rifle grenade sight on top of gas tube. But again, all those differences are again based on original design, which means that they are exchangeable with AKM parts. Everything else, from barrel, gas tube, compensator, sights, receiver, selector, bolt, under folding stock, caliber, and with that also magazines, and even mechanisms and action are de facto copies of AKM. So, M70 is not 'based' on anything, it is a copy, a copy of Soviet AKM, like, as an example, the Romanian PM-MD-63 or 65 is. Also, it is not copy of AK-47, because the AK-47 does not have compensator on barrel end, it also has an angled stock, not straigh, and it has a wooden grip, not plastic, like M70 and AKM have.

So, the conclude is that M70 is a copied weapon. And a copy of AKM, not AK-47. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 93.136.76.63 (talk) 12:38, 3 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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Proposed move to Zastava M70 assault rifle[edit]

Zastava has applied the "M70" designation to multiple weapons in its product line, including a bolt-action rifle and two types of handguns. Confusingly, "M70" has also been used to refer to the PAP series of semi-automatic rifles (for example, the ZPAP for sale in the US is known as the "M70 ZPAP"). For the sake of clarification, I'm going to propose we move this page to Zastava M70 assault rifle, as per Type 56 assault rifle. Thanks, --Katangais (talk) 20:18, 30 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Support per nom. Loafiewa (talk) 17:40, 31 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]