OVERWIEW:In the People's Republic of Zetastan (PRZ in short) the weapons manufacture sector is under the direct control of the State. Supplies for the various branches of the military corps are produced and distribuited by a state-owned company, The Zetastani National Arsenals (ZNA in short). ZNA builds almost any kind of weapon and military equipment, from combat knives to aircraft carriers, in its production plants located throughout all the national territory. ZNA also owns two subsidiary companies: Zetastani Naval Constructions (responsable of ships production for the Zetastani Navy) and National Bureau for Avionic Tools (that manufactures fighters, bombers and other types of planes).
During the Cold War the PRZ had made a deal with the Soviet Union for licensed production of soviet-developed weaponry and purchase of blueprints of innovative prototypes not adopted by Eastern Block armies in exchange for money and consumer goods.
After the Soviet Union collapse similar agreements were signed with both chinese companies and western manufactures. As a result, the PRZ's armories can be described as "mixed", being composed of weapons from both Western and Eastern Block.
Munitions, weapons upgrades, optical devices and other weapons attachments are domestically developed and produced.
NOTE:
In PRZ the civil market of weapons is stricly regulated: for example varmint rifles, shotguns and rifles for hunting, arms for sports use can be sold without particular restrictions while the sale of guns for personal defense is limited to small caliber weapons (.22, .25, .32, .38 Special) and less-than-lethal ones. In any case the buyer must obtain the permit to bear arms from public authorities before buying the gun. For common citizens is forbidden to buy, detain or use military weapons of any type and it's also forbidden to customize legally sold weapons in order to make them more powerful.
ABBREVIATIONS:
(D) = The weapon is domestically produced.
(L) = The weapon is produced under license.
(B) = The weapon is produced following the purchase of the blueprints/construction diagrams.
(R) = The weapon is produced following the acquisition of the blueprints trough the reverse engineering.
(I) = The weapon is imported.
LIGHT WEAPONS:
Tanfoglio P25-ADP (B)
The ADP (Advanced Defensive Pistol) has been developed by South African gun designer Alex Du Plessis in about 1991, intended for concealed carry by police and security services, as well as by civilian users. First production guns appeared in 1994 from South African company Aserma. At about the same time, rights for ADP design were sold to Italian company Tanfoglio, that briefly manufactured ADP as Tanfoglio P25. Before 2000 Tanfoglio and ZNA reached an agreement for the transfer of the license and the production of the weapon continued under both previous names in Zetastan.
P25-ADP pistol uses gas-delayed blowback action with stationery barrel, in the same manner as in famous HK P7 pistol. The frame is made from impact-resistant polymer, with removable steel insert that hosts slide rails and barrel. Trigger is striker-fired, double-action only with pre-cocking. Manual safety levers are located just behind the trigger, at either side of the frame, sights are fixed, magazine capacity is 10 rounds (9mm Para caliber).
It's used by the People's National Militia (the Zetastani police), the Red Border Guard, Red Coast Guard and the other branches of the PPU (People's Protection Units, the Zetastani armed force that gathers police, SWAT teams, border guards, intelligence and counter-espionage agencies).
Tanfoglio Force S (L)
In January 2019 Zetastani Armed Forces decided to replace the old CZ 75 "Pre-B" with a new gun model; after a series of trials, in March the Central Military Commission choose the Tanfoglio Force S as the new standard service pistol for Army, Navy and Air Force.
In order to speed up the procurement of the new guns to all military branches by the scheduled deadline of June 2023, an exclusive license with Tanfoglio has been signed: the Force S will be produced directly by ZNA but couldn't be exported to other countries nor sold in foreign civil markets.
Tanfoglio Force S is essentially an upgraded, striker-fired clone of the CZ 75 with a polymer frame, rails and slide made of nickel-chromium-molybdenum steel and a Picatinny rail under the barrel for laser sights or tactical lights.
Magazine capacity is 15 rounds (9mm Para caliber).
ZNA MP-AR Type 74M (B)
ZNA MP-MA Type 74 (original model)
ZNA MP-MAR Type 74M (current production model)
In the first years of the 70s, when the Soviet Union launched a contest for the creation of a new compact assault rifle, Yegveny Dragunov proposed a very small and lightweight AR, with a top-folding buttstock and several parts made in polyamides. The weapon proved excellently in the tests but was rejected anyway due to the costs of production.
One year later the People's Republic brought the original blueprints of the weapon and began its mass production under the name of ZNA MP-AR Type 74. In recent years, a new model (MP-MAR Type 74M) (with barrel and inner mechanism made of modern steel alloys, polimeric frame, side-folding buttstock, a new muzzle brake more suited to the use of suppressors and a rail on the top of the recevier for various attachments) has replaced the original one.
The weapon, fed by a 30-rounds (5,45X39mm caliber) detachable box magazine is used both as a submachine gun by all branches of the armed forces, PDW for vehicles crews and as one of the standard assault rifle for SDMC troops (Special Divisions for Metropolitan Combat - the Zetastani SWAT teams) and Special Operations Teams of Army, Navy and Air Force.
MEDIUM WEAPONS:
Hawk Type 97 shotgun series (I)
Type 97-1 "police model"
Type 97-2 "combat model"
The Hawk Type 97 is a line of pump action shotguns, patterned after the Remigton 870 shotgun, made by the chinese company Hawk Industries Co. Ltd. and exported in the PRZ through the NORINCO corporation.
The Type 97-1(fixed buttstock, heat shield, underbarrel tubular magazine) is used by the People's National Militia for police and anti-riot purposes.
The Type 97-2 (side-folding buttstock, heat shield, removable box magazine) is used by Army, Navy and Air Force soldiers as a secondary weapon on the battlefield or for security purposes in military bases.
Both tubular magazine and detachable box magazine can carry 5 ammunitions 12 gauge.
SVD "Dragunov" (L)
One of best accurate and most famous sniper rifles in the world, the semi-automatic rifle "Dragunov" don't needs presentations. It uses the 7,62x54mm R caliber cartridge and a 10 rounds box magazine. It's used by the snipers of all Zetastani armed forces.
ZNA STG Type 940 series (R)
During the 80s the DDR
(Deutsche Demokratische Republik, commonly known as East Germany) started a program for development of a new gas-operated assault rifle based on the AK-74 stamped steel recevier and mechanism but with polymer buttstock and forend instead of wood parts, a new birdcage flash suppressor and front sights on the gas block. It was intended both for export purposes (in 5,56x45 mm NATO caliber) and adoption as standard service by the Nationale Volksarmee (in 5,45x39 mm calber).
However production started only in 1988 and most of the made rifles were scrapped by german government after the reunification. The remaining stocks were bought by the PRZ, at that time in search of a new, lighter assault rifle for the People's Liberation Army wherewith replace the AK-74. In 1991, after one year of research and further developments the ZNA started the production of the "STG Type 940 series".
Currently there are 6 variants of the assault rifle:
- Model 940 (fixed buttstock, standard barrel, full-auto/semi-auto, 5,56x45 mm NATO caliber): Produced only for export;
- Model 941 (fixed buttstock, standard barrel, full-auto/semi-auto, 5,45x39 mm caliber): Standard assault rifle of the PLA;
- Model 942 (side-folding buttstock, standard barrel, full-auto/semi-auto, 5,45x39 mm caliber): used by mechanized troops of the PLA;
- Model 943 (side-folding buttstock, shortened barrel, semi-auto only, 5,45x39 mm caliber): used for training and security purposes in military bases;
- Model 944 (fixed buttstock, heavier barrel, detachable bipod, full-auto only, 5,45x39 mm caliber): light machinegun version;
- Model 945 (fixed buttstock, threaded barrel for suppressors adoption, telescopic sights, semi-auto only, 5,45x39 mm caliber): used by the PLA as DMR (Designated Marksman Rifle).
All versions are fed by a 30-rounds magazine.
ZNA STG Type 88 (R)
The KBK WZ. 88 "Tantal" was a version of the AK-74 assault rifle designed in the late 80's by Fabrika Broni Radom (Poland) as the new main weapon for the polish army. After the collapse of Soviet Union and the adhesion of Poland to NATO, polish armed forces switched to the Beryl assault rifle (due to the different calibers used by NATO forces) and the few hundreds Tantals produced were sold to foreign nations. A small quantity of these weapons was purchased by ZNA that, after obtaining construction projects through reverse engineering, began the mass production under the name "ZNA STG Type 88".
The main difference between the "Tantal" and the others AK-74 models is the possibility to choice between three fire modes (single shot, burst, full automatic) instead of the classical two (semi-automatic/full automatic) of the original AK models.
The "Tantal" uses a 30 rounds box magazine (5,45x39mm caliber) and can be customized with a bipod, various attachments and a 100 rounds drum magazine; if equipped with the bipod and the drum magazine, the "Tantal" can easily play the same role of a light machinegun. It's the standard weapon of soldiers of Zetastani Navy, Red Border Guard and Red Coast Guard.
ZNA STG Type 408M (B)
The original TKB-408 prototype was the first bullpup assault rifle in the world, designed by the engineer German A. Korobov in 1943. Koborov's project has rivaled with the Kalashnikov's one in the contest for choosing the new primary weapon of the Red Army. However Kalashnikov's weapon was choosen (becoming the world famous AK47) and the TKB-408 never exited the experimental phase, despite its better perfomances.
After several years ZNA bought the blueprints of the weapon from Soviet Union, considering its compact design ideal for combat operations of the paratroopers. The original model was renamed "ZNA STG Type 408" and modified to fire the 5,45x39mm cartridge instead of the 7,62x39mm one (despite the caliber is the same of other assault rifles used by the Zetastani armed forces, the 30 rounds box magazine model of the Type 408 is unique and can't be shared with other weapons).
The "408M" model ("M" means "modernized") is the current model built by Zetastani National Arsenals, using a polymer frame with Picatinny rails and modern alloys instead of wood and steel. Besides being used by paratrooper divisions of the Air Force, the 408M is also one of the standard weapon of the SDMC (Special Divisions for Metropolitan Combat).
HEAVY WEAPONS:
PKM (L)
In the early 70's ZNA obtained from the Soviet Union the license to produce its newest improved weapon: the general purpose machine gun PKM. The PKM use a gas operated mechanism similar to the AK's one but mounted upside down and can be fed by a non-disintegrating belt (100 rounds, 7,62x54mm R caliber) or an ammunition box (200/250 rounds) and can be equipped with a detachable bipod.
The PKM replaced the older M53 machine gun (a Yugoslavian clone of the MG42) as SAW (Squad Automatic Weapon) in all branches of the Zetastani armed forces. It also mounted on Mil MI-17 helicopters near the side doors to provide gunfire support to the troops on the ground. Another version of the same weapon, mounted on a tripod (PKMS), is used by the Border Red Guard in defensive positions along the DMZ between the People's Republic of Zetastan and the Republic of Bullghivja.
The SDMC (Special Divisions for Metropolitan Combat) troops uses a domestic custom version of the PKM, equipped with a frontal vertical grip and feeded by a belt with 2,500 rounds stored in a plastic backpack, mounted on the shoulders of their T-19 armored suits.
Zijiang M99 (I)
The Zijiang M99 is a gas-operated semi-automatic anti-material rifle made by the chinese company Zijiang Machinery Company. Feed from a 5 rounds detachable box magazine (12.7x108mm caliber), it's fitted with an adjustable bipod, an adjustable rear monopod, a buffered buttstock and a Picatinny rail which can accept a variety of telescopic sights. It's used by all branches of the Zetastani armed forces.
QLB-06 (I)
The QLB-06 is an automatic grenade launcher (35x32mm SR caliber) developed from the chinese company NORINCO. On the battlefield it's used by all branches of the Zetastani armed forces as a squad-support weapon for destroying machine gun nests or mortars, for killing troops inside pillboxes or for ambushing convoys of vehicles with a light armor. The drum magazine can carry 6 rounds.
DP-64 "Nepryadva" (L)
The DP-64 is a double-barreled grenade launcher developed in 1989 and introduced in 1990 by the Soviet Union. It was designed to defend surfaced submarines, ships, military dockyards and other coastal installations against enemy frogmen or other naval special forces.
Essentially it operates like a large, breech-loading over/under shotgun, utilising both direct and indirect iron sights for aim and firing 45 mm grenades; once fired the grenades explode like depth charges.
It's currently used by the Zetastani Navy and the Red Coast Guard.
RGS-50 (L)
The RGS-50 is a smoothbore single-shot (50 mm caliber) break action grenade launcher developed in the late 80s by the Soviet Union for law enforcement purposes. It normally fires rubber slugs, tear gas grenades, flashbangs, smoke grenades, door busters and other types of less-than-lethal projectiles but is also capable of firing high explosive or armor piercing rounds.
It's used by the Zetastani police for riot control purposes and by the SDMC for anti-terrorism operations.
RPG-7 (L)
Probably the most famous grenade launcher of the world, the RPG-7 is basically a single-shot, reusable, unguided anti-tank weapon but it has proved efficient in other purposes on the battlefield (like anti-material, anti-personnel, anti-helicopters weapon). The standard ammunition is a 85 mm caliber HEAT rocket-propelled grenade but the current model of the RPG-7 can fire a variety of different warheads, from the small 40 mm anti-personnel fragmentation grenade to the 105mm thermobaric grenade or the "tandem grenade" (a dual 64 mm/105 mm warhead) used against modern armored vehicles with reactive armor blocks.
It's used by soldiers of People's Liberation Army and People's Navy. The paratroopers of the People's Air Force uses a slightly different model with a two-parts takedown barrel for easier transportation or airdrop.
RPG-27 (L)
The RPG-27 is a soviet disposable rocket launcher developed in the late 80s. It fires a single rocket-propelled grenade with a 105 mm caliber tandem warhead virtually capable of destroying any kind of modern reactive or composite armor. It's used by all branches of the Zetastani armed forces.
RPG-29 (L)
The RPG-29 is the last soviet rocket-propelled grenade launcher developed before the fall of the Soviet Union. Unlike others soviet RPGs it's a breech-loading weapon made from two quick detachable parts; the warhead it fires is a tandem type ( 65mm/105mm) derived from the RPG-7 one but with a more powerful rocket engine that doubles its effective operative range. It can be equipped with a night vision scope, while for aiming the RPG-29 in daylight both iron sight and laser range finders can be used. The RPG-29 is adopted by all branches of the Zetastani armed forces.
SPG-9 (L)
The SPG-9 is an anti-tank tripod-mounted 73 mm caliber recoilless gun of soviet origin, developed in the early 60s; once it was manufactured in great numbers by ZNA but it has been progressively phased out of active service, replaced by the more effective ATGMs. It's generally considered outdated because it's no match for the modern tanks armors but, thanks to the new types of HEAT and HE-FRAG ammunitions developed by ZNA, it's still useful against infantry, IFVs and APCs. It's used by the Border Red Guard in defensive positions along the DMZ between the People's Republic of Zetastan and the Republic of Bullghivja.
9K38 Igla (L)
The Igla is a 72mm MANPADS (man portable air defense system) missile developed by the Soviet Union and built under license by ZNA. It's intended for AA defense against helicopters and fighters at medium-low altitudes, within the operational range of 5.2 km; the weight of the warhead is 1.17 kg with 390 g of explosive. Although it resembles the launchers of the Strela series, it isn't an improved version of them but the result of a completely different development project. Adopted by all branches of the Zetastani armed forces.
UNDER-BARREL ATTACHMENTS:
GP-30 (L)
The GP-30 is a 40 mm caliber under-barrel grenade launcher of soviet origin. It's a lighter, simpler and less expensive upgrade of its predecessor, the GP-25 grenade launcher; moreover it has been further modified by ZNA to be mounted directly on any assault rifle in use by Zetastani armed forces without adaptors or forearm dismantling. It fires two types of caseless grenades, a fragmentation one and a canister for tear gas, the maximum effective range is 150 m.
ZNA Red Kyte Type 97-3 (D)
The Red Kyte is an under-barrel pump-action shotgun produced by ZNA for the assault rifles used by the Zetastani armed forces. It's based on the same concept as the "Masterkey" (made by the american company "Knight's Armament Company") but is derived from Hawk shotguns. The tube magazine can carry 3 rounds 12 gauge.
MOUNTED WEAPONS:
NSV (L)
The NSV is a heavy machine gun 12.7 mm caliber fed by 50 rounds belts. It's currently mounted on almost all the ground vehicles of the Zetastani armed forces.
AGS-17 (L)
The AGS-17 is a automatic grenade launcher that fires 30x 29mm caliber (from a 29 rounds drum magazine) cartridges. It's a weapon intended to be mounted on vehicles, providing heavy support to infantry and mechanized troops.
9M113 Konkurs (L)
The 9M113 Konkurs is a 135mm (warhead weight: 2.7 kg) wire-guided HEAT anti-tank missile, developed by Soviet Union during the mid 70s. It's designed to be fired from vehicles but it can be used from the ground with a tripod by a single soldier. Ths People's Liberation Army has also mounted it on its own version of the Iveco LMV (called M4 "Skorpio"), thus realizing a light vehicle, similar to the M1046 Humvee, for fast hit-and-run counter-attacks against tank divisions.
EXPLOSIVES:
F1 grenade (L)
The F1 is the standard defensive hand fragmentation grenade of the Zetastani armed forces. It contains 60 grams of TNT as explosive charge.
RGD-5 grenade (L)
The RGD-5 is the standard offensive hand fragmentation grenade of the Zetastani armed forces. It contains 110 grams of TNT as explosive charge.
MON-50 (L)
(Drawing of a MON-50 mine)The MON-50 is a soviet designed, claymore-shaped, plastic bodied, directional type of anti-personnel mine. It weighs 2 Kg and contains 700 g of RDX explosive. It can be detonated either from the distance by a manual inductor or by a series of switches (mechanical pull, electric breakwire, seismic controller).
MON-90 (L)
The MON-90 is an anti-personnel mine of soviet origin, similar to the MON-50 in shape but twice bigger in size. It contains 6.2 kg of RDX explosive and approximately 2000 steel rod fragments (total weight: 12.1 kg) and can be used also against unarmored vehicles. The MON-90 uses the same fuses and switches of the MON-50.
MON-100 (L)
The MON-100 is a circular, sheet metal bodied, directional type of anti-personnel mine manufactured by the Soviet Union since the early 60s. It contains 2 kg of TNT (total weight: 5kg) and resemble a large bowl with a weeping handle. For detonation, the MON-100 uses the same manual inductor or switches of the MON-50 and the MON-90.
TM-72 (L)
The TM-72 is a cylindrical anti-tank mine of soviet origin. Its 2.5 kg charge warhead is made of a mix of TNT and RDX and can be detonated by various different mechanisms (vibration or magnetism sensitive fuzes, clockwork arming mechanism, pneumatic bellows arming delay).
