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The grenade consists of a heavy warhead section of 30–75 mm (1.2–3.0 in) in diameter for the nose, and a lightweight hollow tube for the tail section. The inner diameter of this tube is 22 mm, and fits over the tube attachment on the muzzle with only a small amount of play, to create a good gas seal and promote accuracy.
The original Soviet blade bayonet as standard to the SKS had to be replaced by a unique Yugoslav bayonet to accommodate the new mount placement. [7] A commercial variant of the M59 and M59/66 series, available for sale to civilians in some of the post-Yugoslav republics, lacked the bayonet or the ability to fire rifle grenades. [15]
Yugo (pronounced) is the common name used for the Zastava Yugo, [1] later also marketed as the Zastava Koral (pronounced [ˈzâːstaʋa ˈkǒraːl], Serbian Cyrillic: Застава Корал) and Yugo Koral. Originally introduced as the Zastava Jugo 45, various other names were also used over the car's long production run, like Yugo Tempo ...
An SKS with a blade-type bayonet in its closed (folded back) and open positions. A field-stripped SKS carbine (disassembled into major components for cleaning). The SKS is a gas-operated carbine with a conventional wooden stock and a fixed ten-round box magazine enclosed inside the receiver. [7]
A 22 mm (0.87 in) grenade can range from powerful anti-tank rounds such as the M9 rifle grenade, to simple finned tubes with a fragmentation hand grenade attached to the end such as the M1 grenade adapter. The "22 mm (0.87 in)" refers to the diameter of the base tube which fits over the spigot of the launcher, not the diameter of the warhead ...
SKS / Simonov self-loading carbine 7.62×39mm: 1945–present still used by some police & militia forces, also used as ceremonial rifle Soviet Union: Dragunov SVD: 7.62×54mmR: 1963–present SVU (bullpup) SVDK SVDS (folding stock): 590mm barrel (SVDS-D) Soviet Union
The Zastava M48 (Serbo-Croatian: Puška M.48 7,9 mm / Пушка M.48 7,9 mm, "Rifle M.48 7.9 mm") is a post World War II Yugoslav version of the Belgian designed M24 series with some influence from German Karabiner 98k.
Uniquely, it lacks vent cuts on the upper gas tube heatguard. Also retains a metal ferrule that sits between the lower handguard and the front of the receiver that the AK-47 had. The pistol grip is the same kind as the AK-47 being made out of wood with a metal ferrule between it and the receiver instead of the later one piece bakelite like the AKM.