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ZASTAVA ARMS M59 Guns International #: 102262205 Seller's Inventory #: 788517 Category: Zastava Arms Rifles - SKS Rifles Seller's Information When emailing or calling sellers direct, please mention that you saw their listing on GunsInternational.com Seller: Guns Dot Com Member Since: 9/8/21 State: Minnesota Zip: 55337 Country: United States Phone: (866) 582-4867 Platinum Seller Number of Active Listings: 26573 Total Number of Listings: 224098 Seller: FFL Dealer Return Policy: 3 day inspection and return policy on used guns. CERTIFIED USED GUNS Guns Certified Used Guns may be returned within 3 days after the transfer is complete for any reason for a full refund, minus any fees, shipping costs and a 15% restocking fee. A Guns Certified Used Gun may also be returned within 7 days if it is malfunctioning with proper use. 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Zastava M59/66 PAP, also known as papovka, is a Yugoslav licensed version of Soviet SKS semi-automatic rifle. The nickname \"papovka\" is a derived from PAP, the abbreviation for poluautomatska puška, Serbian for \"semi-automatic rifle\". History Development Yugoslavia‚‚s defense industry started planning the development and production of a new self-loading rifle design during the 1950s, namely to replace the bolt-action Zastava M48 then in service with the Yugoslav People‚‚s Army. In 1959, Yugoslavia acquired the rights to manufacture the Soviet SKS semi-automatic carbine under license. Limited production of the SKS commenced in 1961 at Preduzece 44 (Enterprise Facility 44), which was a successor to the former Yugoslav Military Technical Institute in Kragujevac and had undergone an unprecedented expansion in 1953 to better accommodate mass production of various weapons.[2] Aside from this preliminary production run, however, no SKS carbines were produced at the Kragujevac facility again until 1964, when the weapon type finally entered serialized mass production.[1] The earliest examples of the SKS manufactured in Kragujevac under the auspices of Zastava received the designation M59 PAP and initially resembled late Soviet pattern carbines, albeit without the chrome-lined barrels characteristic to the latter.[1] However, the weapon‚‚s design had been much more heavily modified by 1966 and most subsequent examples were known as the M59/66 PAP.[2] Service The M59/66 remained in service with military and security forces in Yugoslavia until the dissolution of that country in 1991, although by that time it had been largely superseded by the M70 assault rifle, a Yugoslav derivative of the Soviet AK-47.[3] Due to the availability of surplus M70s and other Kalashnikov-pattern rifles during the Yugoslav Wars, the M59/66 vanished from active service in Yugoslavia‚‚s various successor states during the 1990s.[3] During the South African Border War, the People‚‚s Liberation Army of Namibia (PLAN) received an unknown number of M59/66s and 22mm M60 rifle grenades, also of Yugoslav origin, as military aid.[4] Even in the southern African theater, the weapon‚‚s basic design was considered quite dated by the peak of the war in the 1980s;[5] however, PLAN retained the M59/66 due to its lack of equivalent weapons capable of launching rifle grenades.[6] PLAN insurgents made effective use of rifle grenades fired from M59/66s against light armoured South African military vehicles, namely the Casspir.[5][7] The insurgents loaded their M59/66s with the M60 anti-tank variant as well as the more slender M60 AP1 anti-personnel rifle grenade.[5][7] They frequently sprang ambushes of South African military or police columns by attempting to disable the lead vehicle with an M60, either targeting the engine block or the wheels.[7] By the end of the war, each PLAN section included at least one insurgent armed with an M59/66, and another with an RPG-7.[4] Larger PLAN units included an equal number of insurgents armed with M59/66s and RPGs, with each carrying at least three rifle grenades or five PG-7 projectiles, respectively.[7] Description The Zastava M59/66 PAP is identical in function and operation to the Soviet SKS in nearly every respect, except its ability to launch 22mm rifle grenades from an integral grenade launcher spigot mounted at the front of the ba SOLD Manufacturer: ZASTAVA ARMS Model: M59 Caliber Info: 7.62X39MM Condition: Used - Non-Certified Barrels: 22 BARREL Finish: WOOD