Type Semi-automatic pistol Designed 1970 Weight 670 grams | Place of origin SFR Yugoslavia Produced 1970–present | |
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Manufacturer Crvena Zastava (now Zastava Arms) | ||
The Zastava M70 (formerly known as CZ M70 (Crvena Zastava Model 1970) is produced by Zastava Arms as a sidearm for Yugoslavian police and certain military officers. The pistol was loosely based on the Zastava M57, but is scaled down to accept smaller and less powerful 7,65mm Browning (.32 ACP) or 9mm Kratak (.380 ACP).
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Design details
The M70 pistol is a recoil action design and can be easily removed during disassembly of the pistol. The trigger is Single Action. Owing to its Tokarev design lineage, the hammer unit is removable as one piece. The manual safety lever is located on the left side of the frame, above grip panel, and is forward to fire, back for "safe." The sights are fixed.
Users
For many years these pistols were used by Yugoslavian police and military. Today many of these pistols are sold worldwide as surplus and are popular among the civilians in Serbia, sometimes referred as "Pčelica" (little bee), as well as backup guns for police.