Slovenian Small Arms Inventory

[HCV]

Handguns
Common Name: M70
Calibre: 7.65×17mmSR
Origin: Zavodi Crvena Zastava (ZCZ), Kragujevac, Serbia.
Use: Police forces: limited service. OBSOLETE.

Common Name: Mod 92FS
Calibre: 9×19mm
Origin: Pietro Beretta SpA, Gardone Val Trompia, Italy.
Use: Police forces: general service. Standard sidearm.

Common Name: Mod 8000 Cougar
Calibre: 9×19mm
Origin: Pietro Beretta SpA, Gardone Val Trompia, Italy.
Use: Police forces: general service. Standard sidearm.

Common Name: CZ99
Calibre: 9×19mm
Origin: Zavodi Crvena Zastava (ZCZ), Kragujevac, Serbia.
Use: Police forces: limited service. OBSOLETE.

Submachine Guns and Personal Defence Weapons
Common Name: vz. 61 Škorpion (M84 Škorpion)
Calibre: 7.65×17mmSR
Origin: Zavodi Crvena Zastava (ZCZ), Kragujevac, Serbia (licensed from ČZ, Uherský Brod, Czechoslovakia).
Use: Armed forces: reserve service.
Details: Folding stock.

Common Name: M56
Calibre: 7.62×25mm
Origin: Zavodi Crvena Zastava (ZCZ), Kragujevac, Serbia.
Use: Armed forces: reserve service. OBSOLETE.
Details: Folding stock.

Common Name: PPSh-41
Calibre: 7.62×25mm
Origin: Russia.
Use: Armed forces: reserve service. OBSOLETE.

Common Name: MP5A4
Calibre: 9×19mm
Origin: Heckler & Koch GmbH, Oberndorf, Germany.
Use: Armed forces: limited service. In use with military police.
Details: Fires semiautomatic, 3-round burst, and full-automatic.

Common Name: MP5A5
Calibre: 9×19mm
Origin: Heckler & Koch GmbH, Oberndorf, Germany.
Use: Armed forces: special service.
Police forces: special service. In use with Specialna Enota.
Details: Fires semiautomatic, 3-round burst, and full-automatic. Retractable stock.

Rifles
Common Name: SAR-80
Calibre: 5.56×45mm
Origin: Chartered Industries of Singapore (CIS), Singapore, Singapore.
Use: Armed forces: reserve service. OBSOLESCENT.

Common Name: SR-88A
Calibre: 5.56×45mm
Origin: Chartered Industries of Singapore (CIS), Singapore, Singapore.
Use: Armed forces: reserve service. OBSOLESCENT.
Details: Carbine with 292mm barrel. Folding stock.

Common Name: F2000
Calibre: 5.56×45mm
Origin: Fabrique Nationale SA (FN), Herstal, Belgium.
Use: Armed forces: limited service?
Details: MIL-STD-1912 sight rail.

[Not sure if the photos showing this are not just trials pics. Has this actually been adopted?]

Common Name: AK-47 (M64)
Calibre: 7.62×39mm
Origin: Zavodi Crvena Zastava (ZCZ), Kragujevac, Serbia (licensed from USSR).
Use: Armed forces: reserve service. OBSOLESCENT.

Common Name: AKM (AKM-63)
Calibre: 7.62×39mm
Origin: Fegyver és Gazkeszulekgyar, (FÉG), Budapest, Hungary (licensed from Russia).
Use: Armed forces: reserve service.

Common Name: AKM (M63)
Calibre: 7.62×39mm
Origin: ROMARM, Bucharest, Romania (licensed from Russia).
Use: Armed forces: reserve service.

Common Name: AKM (M70A)
Calibre: 7.62×39mm
Origin: Zavodi Crvena Zastava (ZCZ), Kragujevac, Serbia (licensed from Russia).
Use: Armed forces: general service. Some 40,000 AKM and AKMS acquired when Slovenia seceded from Yugoslavia.
Police forces: general service.

Common Name: AKMS (M70AB2)
Calibre: 7.62×39mm
Origin: Zavodi Crvena Zastava (ZCZ), Kragujevac, Serbia (licensed from Russia).
Use: Armed forces: general service. Some 40,000 AKM and AKMS acquired when Slovenia seceded from Yugoslovia.
Police forces: general service.
Details: Folding stock.

Common Name: SKS (M59/66)
Calibre: 7.62×39mm
Origin: Zavodi Crvena Zastava (ZCZ), Kragujevac, Serbia (licensed from Russia).
Use: Armed forces: reserve service. In use for ceremonial drill service.
Police forces: limited service.

Common Name: AW-F
Calibre: 7.62×51mm
Origin: Accuracy International Ltd, Portsmouth, England.
Use: Armed forces: limited service.
Details: Folding stock. ???× scope. Bipod.

Common Name: SSG 69
Calibre: 7.62×51mm
Origin: Steyr-Daimler-Puch GmbH, Steyr, Austria.
Use: Police forces: special service. In use with Specialna Enota.
Details: Kahles 6× scope.

Common Name: Mini-Hécate
Calibre: 8.6×70mm
Origin: PGM Précision SARL, La Chambre, France.
Use: Armed forces: limited service.
Details: Scrome 10× scope. Bipod.

Common Name: Hécate II
Calibre: 12.7×99mm
Origin: PGM Précision SARL, La Chambre, France.
Use: Armed forces: limited service.
Details: Scrome 10× scope. Bipod.

Machine Guns
Common Name: Ultimax 100 Mk III
Calibre: 5.56×45mm
Origin: Chartered Industries of Singapore (CIS), Singapore, Singapore.
Use: Armed forces: reserve service.
Details: Bipod. 100-round drum.

Common Name: MINIMI Mk 2
Calibre: 5.56×45mm
Origin: Fabrique Nationale SA (FN), Herstal, Belgium.
Use: Armed forces: limited service.
Details: Bipod.

Common Name: MINIMI-Para Mk 2
Calibre: 5.56×45mm
Origin: Fabrique Nationale SA (FN), Herstal, Belgium.
Use: Armed forces: limited service.
Details: 347mm barrel. Retractable stock. Bipod.

Common Name: RPK (M72B1)
Calibre: 7.62×39mm
Origin: Zavodi Crvena Zastava (ZCZ), Kragujevac, Serbia (licensed from Russia).
Use: Armed forces: general service.
Details: Bipod.

Common Name: PKT
Calibre: 7.62×54mmR
Origin: Kovrovsky Mekhanichesky Zavod (KMZ), Kovrov, Russia; Molot, Vyatskiye Polyany, Russia.
Use: Armed forces: limited service. In use as coaxial gun on T-55 main battle tank and M80A infantry fighting vehicle.
Details: Lacks stock and bipod.

Common Name: PKM (M84)
Calibre: 7.62×54mmR
Origin: Zavodi Crvena Zastava (ZCZ), Kragujevac, Serbia (licensed from Russia).
Use: Armed forces: limited service.
Details: Bipod.

Common Name: PKMT (M86)
Calibre: 7.62×54mmR
Origin: Zavodi Crvena Zastava (ZCZ), Kragujevac, Serbia (licensed from Russia).
Use: Armed forces: limited service. In use as coaxial gun on M84 main battle tank.
Details: Lacks stock and bipod.

Common Name: MG42 (M53)
Calibre: 7.92×57mm
Origin: Zavodi Crvena Zastava (ZCZ), Kragujevac, Serbia.
Use: Armed forces: limited service.
Details: Bipod.

Common Name: Browning M2HB
Calibre: 12.7×99mm
Origin: USA.
Use: Armed forces: general service. In use on M1025 HMMWV truck and Pandur armoured personnel carrier.

Common Name: DShKM
Calibre: 12.7×108mm
Origin: Russia.
Use: Armed forces: limited service. In use on T-55 main battle tank

Common Name: NSV-12.7
Calibre: 12.7×108mm
Origin: Zavodi Crvena Zastava (ZCZ), Kragujevac, Serbia (licensed from Russia).
Use: Armed forces: general service. In use on M84 main battle tank.

Grenade Launchers
Common Name: GL1
Calibre: 40×46mmSR
Origin: Fabrique Nationale SA (FN), Herstal, Belgium.
Use: Armed forces: limited service?
Details: Mounted under F2000.

Common Name: GMG
Calibre: 40×53mmSR
Origin: Heckler & Koch GmbH, Oberndorf, Germany.
Use: Armed forces: limited service. In use on M1025 HMMWV truck.

Hand Grenades
Designation: M95
Common Name: HG 73 (M75)
Origin: Kemijska Industrija Kamnik, Kamnik.
Use: Armed forces: general service.
Details: Defensive hand grenade.

Light Antitank Weapons
Common Name: Armbrust
Calibre: 67mm
Origin: Chartered Industries of Singapore (CIS), Singapore, Singapore (licensed since 1988 from MBB, München, Germany).
Use: Armed forces: general service
Details: Disposable.

[PsihoKeke]

F2000 pictures were from trial, new assaulr rifle has not been chosen yet. Main assault rifles are still M70A and M70AB2.
AW-F was only in trial, Hecate rifles were chosen.
Missing here is sniper rifle Zastav M76 (7,92x57)
Army also has some FN MAG machine guns used on helicopters and BOV-VP APCs, it will also purchase more as well as minimi-para.
Armbrusts were taken out of service (provably also sold off), for anti tank defens infantry uses Zolja and Osa rocket launchers.

[shadower]

Why would you call zastava m99 absolete it is fairly new weapon and it is based after sig p226 one of the best handguns around with minor improvments.In my opinion it's not worse than beretta m92f.

[HCV]

Many thanks for your comments, PsihoKekec.

Cheers

HANS

[HCV]

Why would you call zastava m99 absolete.

Because it is no longer issued or on the way out. It is obsolete to Slovenian requirements.

Cheers

HANS

[PsihoKeke]

I think there is misunderstanding here. CZ(Crvena Zastava) 99 was never used in Slovenia except by private users. However CZ(Ceska Zbrojevka) 75-85 were ordered for slovenian police years ago but order was suddenly changed to Beretta 92. Despite that few found their way into use and were finaly replaced when new batch of berettas was bought few years ago.

[HCV]

CZ(Crvena Zastava) 99 was never used in Slovenia except by private users.

Hm. I have that bit of info from here (http://ispec.specwarnet.net/slovenia/se.html), although obviously they could be wrong . . .

Cheers

HANS

[Robroy]

Why would you call zastava m99 absolete it is fairly new weapon and it is based after sig p226 one of the best handguns around with minor improvments.In my opinion it's not worse than beretta m92f.

You are right! CZ 99 is a great gun! Personally I think it's better than Beretta 92.

[mladina]

This is what I know about Slovenian small arms inventory:

SMGs: - different versions of MP 5, including MP 5SD in use with army and
police SF,
- slovenian MGV - 176 not in use since 1992,
- Ingram M 11 in use since 1970s, OBSOLETE, was used by
naval commandos,
- UZI was in use within army SF, probably for training.

AR: - CZ M 70, yugoslav copy of AK - 47, still in general service,
- AKM - 63, hungarian AK - 47, all were send to Afghanistan,
- AKM M - 63, romanian AK - 47, all send to Afghanistan,
- bolgarian AK - 47, all send to Afghanistan,
- SKS(yugoslav copy PAP) still in use for ceremonial duties,
- SAR - 80, probably in reserve,
- SR - 88 and SR - 88A probably still in use within army SF,
- FN 2000, some 6.000 purchased, 3.000 received by now, is
to became genral service issue rifle,
- carbine SIG 552, small numbers in use within police SF,
- H&K G 36, standard AR within police SF.

Sniper rifles: - CZ M 76, send to Iraq, OBSOLETE,
- SSG 69, in use within army and police,
- SIG 3000, in use within police SF,
- mini Hecate, in use within army SF,
- HECATE II, in use within army SF,
- L96 AW, to became general service issue rifle,
- M 82 Barrett, in use within police SF.

Machine guns: - MG42, used for training,
- PK(yugoslav M 84) still in use for training,
- CZ M 72(yugoslav PKT) still in general service,
- FN Minimi - Para, in use within motorised infantry
and SF,
- FN MAG, in use within motorised infantry, SF and
on Bell 412 helicopters,
- Ultimax, probably still in use within army SF.

Shotguns: - SPAS 15, in use within police SF.

Rockets: - RPG - 22, probably not in service anymore,
- Armbrust, probably in reserve,
- M - 80 Zolja, still in use within army,
- RPG - 7, small numbers used within SF for training,
- RGW - 90, to became general service weapon,
- M - 79 Osa, still in general service,
- ATGMs: SPIKE(new in use with 10th motorised battalion),
FAGOT(general service), METIS(probably in
reserve), MALJUTKA(SAGGER/ OBSOLETE).

Grenade launchers: - GL 1(on FN 2000),
- CIS 40 GL,
- GMG, in use with motorised infantry.

[FROGFOOT-MKDN]

CZ-99 newer versions, like the CZ-999 & the CZ-999 Scorpion are very solid handguns, even for Slovenian standards.
Ceska Zbrojevka CZ-75 is also a great handgun, no matter how old it is.