Zastava M57

The Zastava M57 pistol, was a standard sidearm of Yugoslavian army. Adopted in 1957, it was a licensed produced copy of the Soviet Tokarev TT pistol, although M57 had longer grip that hosted longer magazine (9 rounds versus 8 rounds in TT). In around 1970 Crvena Zastava began production of the similar pistol, chambered for 9x19 Luger ammunition. This model is known as M70A.

Design details
M57 pistol is short recoil operated, locked breech pistol that uses browning type action with swinging link. trigger is of single action type, but pistol has no manual safeties except for a half-cock notch on the hammer. Magazine is single stack. Sights are fixed.

Variants
M57 basic model

M57A is an upgrade of basic model M57. It has an external safety

M70A 9mm version

M70AA is an upgrade of basic model M70A. It has external safety.

M88 shorter version of M70A

M88A features an external safety on the slide, polymer handgrips and the bottom of easily detachable magazine.

As of 2011 M88A are imported in U.S.A. by K-VAR/FIME Group

As of 2012 M57A, M70AA and M88A are imported into the U.S. by Century International Arms