{"id":29990,"date":"2026-07-19T08:00:35","date_gmt":"2026-07-19T13:00:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/19\/history-of-zastava-and-iraqi-tabuk-aks-with-vladimir-onokoy\/"},"modified":"2026-07-19T08:00:35","modified_gmt":"2026-07-19T13:00:35","slug":"history-of-zastava-and-iraqi-tabuk-aks-with-vladimir-onokoy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/19\/history-of-zastava-and-iraqi-tabuk-aks-with-vladimir-onokoy\/","title":{"rendered":"History of Zastava and Iraqi Tabuk AKs with Vladimir Onokoy"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mejs-video-container\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" allow=\"autoplay\" width=\"580\" height=\"380\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/JdEb8ICVhxg?autoplay=1&#038;mute=1&#038;controls=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>Historian, researcher and armourer Vladimir Onokoy (@machaksilver) joins me to talk about his exciting new book about Zastava AK-pattern rifles! Vlad explains how he came to write his new book and talks us through the process, combining in-depth research, first hand accounts and hands on experience. The new book sheds new light on Zastava&#8217;s history, busts some long-held myths and highlights interesting variants and little-know prototypes.<\/p>\n<p>You can pick up a copy of Vlad&#8217;s book &#8216;From Balkans to Babylon: Zastava AKs of Yugoslavia, Serbia, and Iraq\u2019 , published by Safar Publishing (@SafarPublishing)  here &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.safar-publishing.com\/product-page\/from-balkans-to-babylon-zastava-aks-of-yugoslavia-serbia-and-iraq?ref=ARMOURERSBENCH10<br\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.safar-publishing.com\/product-page\/from-balkans-to-babylon-zastava-aks-of-yugoslavia-serbia-and-iraq?ref=ARMOURERSBENCH10<br<\/a> \/><br \/>Be sure to check out our accompanying article for this video here &#8211; <br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/armourersbench.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/armourersbench.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>If you enjoy our work please consider supporting us via Patreon, TAB is a viewer supported channel and any help is very much appreciated!  We have some great new perks, check out our Patreon page here: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/thearmourersbench\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/thearmourersbench<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Where to find TAB:<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/armourersbench.com\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/armourersbench.com<\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/facebook.com\/armourersbench\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/facebook.com\/armourersbench<\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/thearmourersbench\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/thearmourersbench<\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/armourersbench\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/armourersbench<\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/discord.gg\/DAjRSBc\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/discord.gg\/DAjRSBc<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Historian, researcher and armourer Vladimir Onokoy (@machaksilver) joins me to talk about his exciting new book about Zastava AK-pattern rifles! Vlad explains how he came to write his new book and talks us through the process, combining in-depth research, first hand accounts and hands on experience. The new book sheds new light on Zastava&#8217;s history,&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/19\/history-of-zastava-and-iraqi-tabuk-aks-with-vladimir-onokoy\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">History of Zastava and Iraqi Tabuk AKs with Vladimir Onokoy<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":29991,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[89,19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-29990","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-content","category-video"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29990","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29990"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29990\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29991"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29990"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29990"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29990"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}