Talk:Zastava M70B

	This redirect does not require a rating on Wik.ipedia.Pro's content assessment scale. It is of interest to the following WikiProjects:
Firearms This redirect is within the scope of WikiProject Firearms, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of firearms on Wik.ipedia.Pro. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks.FirearmsWik.ipedia.Pro:WikiProject FirearmsTemplate:WikiProject FirearmsFirearms articles

This should be on the M70 article, the way the AKMS is a part of the AKM article. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Товарищ (talk • contribs) 20:38, 18 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I have removed this sentence:

Even though they were a Communist country, they had broken ties with the Soviet Union in the late 1940's and would not have had access to the Soviets supply.

This is essentially correct (ties with the Soviet Union were severed in 1948 and gradually restored after Stalin's death in 1953), but it's not relevant: the rifle was designed and introduced c. 1970, i.e. much later than that era. GregorB (talk) 01:58, 6 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Actually, it is relevant because prior to 1953. Yugoslavia mostly produced weapons of German origin, never Soviet. The first weapon Yugoslavia copied from USSR was the M57 (TT33) and later PAP M59 (SKS), and the first Yuoslav copy of AK-47 was M64, so actually, work that resulted in a creation of M70 started in early 1960s.

As Товарищ mentioned above, this rifle is merely a variant of the Zastava M70 and does not justify having its own seperate (not to mention unsourced) article. I've therefore suggested it be merged. (Buttons (talk) 12:08, 29 July 2010 (UTC))[reply]

• Agree - No need for a minor variant to have its own page. - Jonathon A H (talk) 17:48, 29 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

• Agree 24.109.238.3 (talk) 17:31, 25 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]