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| feed = 32-round box magazine <ref>{{cite web|title=Croatian Ministry of Interior Affairs museum|url=http://www.mup.hr/main.aspx?id=1120|accessdate=25 November 2011|language=Croatian}}</ref>
| feed = 32-round box magazine <ref>{{cite web|title=Croatian Ministry of Interior Affairs museum|url=http://www.mup.hr/main.aspx?id=1120|access-date=25 November 2011|language=hr}}</ref>
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The name of the gun likely relates to Zagi - squirrel mascot of [[1987 Summer Universiade|XIV Summer Universiade]] that was held in Zagreb, in 1987.
The name of the gun likely relates to Zagi - squirrel mascot of [[1987 Summer Universiade|XIV Summer Universiade]] that was held in Zagreb, in 1987.


Weapon's mechanism is based on [[Sten submachine gun]], famous for its simplicity of production<ref>{{cite web|title=Zagi M91|url=http://www.orugia.net/weapon.php?id=183|accessdate=25 November 2011|language=Russian}}</ref> Magazine is based on the MP40, dual stack, single feed magazine.
Weapon's mechanism is based on [[Sten submachine gun]], famous for its simplicity of production<ref>{{cite web|title=Zagi M91|url=http://www.orugia.net/weapon.php?id=183|access-date=25 November 2011|language=ru}}</ref> Magazine is based on the MP40, dual stack, single feed magazine.
Extending stock resembles one used in [[M3 submachine gun|Grease gun]]. However, unlike its [[World War II]] predecessors, it features partially plastic receiver/handle.
Extending stock resembles one used in [[M3 submachine gun|Grease gun]]. However, unlike its [[World War II]] predecessors, it features partially plastic receiver/handle.
The guns were of uneven quality and proved unreliable, so their production was soon discontinued.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://hrvatski-vojnik.hr/kratke-strojnice-domovinskog-rata/|title=Kratke strojnice Domovinskog rata|magazine=[[Hrvatski vojnik]]|issue=123|date=9 July 2007|language=hr|access-date=14 September 2020}}</ref>
The gun was fairly solid in construction, precise and apparently liked by its users.{{citation needed|date=November 2011}}


Some of these guns ended up as military aid in 1992 in Bosnia and Herzegovina after the war started there, and were used by Muslim army forces, desperately in need of the weapons.
Some of these guns ended up as military aid in 1992 in Bosnia and Herzegovina after the war started there, and were used by Bosnian army forces, desperately in need of the weapons.
Somewhat interesting fact is that they copied the gun (with some small modifications, like using the wooden lower receiver/handle instead of the original plastic one) and produced it in Pobjeda factory in town [[Goražde]], calling it "Bosanski Zagi" (Bosnian Zagi),<ref>{{cite book|last=Nurkić|first=Fadil|title=Oružje Bosanskog otpora (Weapons of Bosnian Defense)|year=2005|publisher=Slovo Mostar|url=http://www.knjiga.ba/Strucne-knjige/Drustvene-nauke/Vojska/Oruzje-Bosanskog-otpora_K3875.html|language=Bosnian}}</ref> in apparently very small numbers.
They copied the gun (with some small modifications, such as using the wooden lower receiver/handle instead of the original plastic one) and produced it in Pobjeda factory in town [[Goražde]], calling it "Bosanski Zagi" (Bosnian Zagi),<ref>{{cite book|last=Nurkić|first=Fadil|title=Oružje Bosanskog otpora (Weapons of Bosnian Defense)|year=2005|publisher=Slovo Mostar|url=http://www.knjiga.ba/Strucne-knjige/Drustvene-nauke/Vojska/Oruzje-Bosanskog-otpora_K3875.html|language=bs}}</ref> in apparently very small numbers.


==See also==
==See also==
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[[Category:Submachine guns of Croatia]]
[[Category:Submachine guns of Croatia]]
[[Category:9mm Parabellum submachine guns]]
[[Category:9mm Parabellum submachine guns]]
[[Category:Insurgency weapons]]

[[Category:Weapons and ammunition introduced in 1991]]
[[Category:Weapons and ammunition introduced in 1991]]



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Latest revision as of 22:02, 20 March 2024

Zagi M-91
Zagi M91, upper left
TypeSubmachine gun
Place of origin Croatia
Service history
In service1991-?
Used byCroatia
WarsYugoslav Wars
Production history
Designed1991
ManufacturerLikaweld, Zagreb
Produced1991-?
Specifications
Mass3.41 kg
Lengthstock retracted 565mm / stock extended 850mm
Barrel length220mm
Cartridge9×19mm Parabellum
Caliber9 mm
ActionBlowback, open bolt
Rate of fire700 rpm
Feed system32-round box magazine [1]
SightsIron sights

Zagi M-91 is a submachine gun created in 1991, when the dissolution of Yugoslavia left Croatia with few or no weapons to arm their military in the time of Croatian War of Independence. Since the embargo prevented the newly formed state from legally buying equipment abroad, they had no choice but to design new weapons locally. This gun was produced by LIKAWELD, now bankrupt machine tools factory based in Zagreb, also called the "First Croatian Weapons Factory", PHTO (Prva Hrvatska Tvornica Oružja).

The name of the gun likely relates to Zagi - squirrel mascot of XIV Summer Universiade that was held in Zagreb, in 1987.

Weapon's mechanism is based on Sten submachine gun, famous for its simplicity of production[2] Magazine is based on the MP40, dual stack, single feed magazine. Extending stock resembles one used in Grease gun. However, unlike its World War II predecessors, it features partially plastic receiver/handle. The guns were of uneven quality and proved unreliable, so their production was soon discontinued.[3]

Some of these guns ended up as military aid in 1992 in Bosnia and Herzegovina after the war started there, and were used by Bosnian army forces, desperately in need of the weapons. They copied the gun (with some small modifications, such as using the wooden lower receiver/handle instead of the original plastic one) and produced it in Pobjeda factory in town Goražde, calling it "Bosanski Zagi" (Bosnian Zagi),[4] in apparently very small numbers.

See also

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  • Pleter 91, another "homemade" Croatian firearm.

References

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  1. ^ "Croatian Ministry of Interior Affairs museum" (in Croatian). Retrieved 25 November 2011.
  2. ^ "Zagi M91" (in Russian). Retrieved 25 November 2011.
  3. ^ "Kratke strojnice Domovinskog rata". Hrvatski vojnik (in Croatian). No. 123. 9 July 2007. Retrieved 14 September 2020.
  4. ^ Nurkić, Fadil (2005). Oružje Bosanskog otpora (Weapons of Bosnian Defense) (in Bosnian). Slovo Mostar.


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