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The following are categories and further below are all analytics posts sorted by date from newest to oldest:
- AK-Series Weapons
- AR-Series Weapons
- Ammunition
- Chinese Topics
- Designated Marksman, Precision & Sniper Rifles
- Disaster and Collapse Scenarios
- Firearms Accessories
- Global Small Arms – Market and Manufacturers
- History and Socio-Political
- Law Enforcement, SWAT Teams and Federal Agencies
- Military and Special Operations Forces
- Pistols
- Russian and Soviet Topics
- Shotguns
- Small Arms Optics
- Special Operations Forces (SOF) / Special Mission Units (SMUs) Analytics
- Submachine Guns and Pistol Caliber Carbines
- Tactical Gear – Body Armor, Packs, Bags and Cases
- US Small Arms Market Analytics
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- Yugoslavia’s AK Path: The Venerable M72 RPK May 16, 2025If you’ve ever held a military era Yugo M70B1, you know it’s heavy for an AK. If you thought that was heavy, now lift an M72B1 … now’s that’s heavy. The M70B1 and M72B1 are my favorite AK variants. I’ve owned and sold M76s, M77s, M92s and just keep returning to the ...
- Yugoslavia’s AK Path: The M70 Family of Rifles May 15, 2025Really, my experience with Yugo rifles began with the stamped M70 series. We’ve spent these last few posts providing the backstory, but how did Zastava move from the M64 to the M70 series? Let’s find out. 1. Introduction: Yugoslavia’s Independent Path to the Kalashnikov In the complex geopolitical landscape following World War II, the Socialist Federal Republic ...
- Yugoslavia’s AK Path: Where Did the 2,000 Russian AK-47 Rifles Come From May 14, 2025So far, we have covered the history of Yugoslavian and Soviet relations and then the two Albanian defectors and early Yugo AK development leading to the M64 but we glossed over an enduring mystery that deserves its own post. In this artice, we dive into the riddle of what third world nation Yugoslavia purchased 2,000 ...
- Yugoslavia’s AK Path: The Launch of the Zastava Family of Automatic Weapons and the M64 May 13, 2025In the last post, we reviewed the political climate and how the USSR did not want to share their revolutionary AK-47 design with Yugoslavia. At this point, we need to look at the ambitious 1959 launch of the project “Familija Automatskog Oružja Zastava” (FAZ), or the Zastava Family of Automatic Weapons and how the ...
- Yugoslavia’s AK Path: The USSR Would Not Share Their AK-47 Rifles or Designs With Yugoslavia May 12, 2025I’ve owned and built a number of AK-47 pattern rifles over the years and slowly one of my favorite series are the ones from Zastava when they were part of Yugoslavia partly because they are unique. Now, that opens the door – why were they unique? There is some very interesting history behind ...
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