Serbian M-70 Kalsahnikov bayonet

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sledgeh44	Serbian M-70 Kalsahnikov bayonet	Lead	[-]
Posts: 24 (07/04/09 10:29 AM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	Tags : None This one served me throughout the unfortunate Yugoslav conflict... The bayo itself seems to be a rather typical one, although it came with an unusual flatside M-70 rifle that I promptly discarded for a beautiful vintage M-64... HDR photo of the M-70... Any theories on what that lanyard's for? The only usefull puspose of this bayo is its wire cutting ability...
gpschmidt		#1	[-]
Posts: 646 (07/04/09 12:37 PM) active member Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	I have a Yugo Bayo for my M70AB2. I've always throught it was for slipping your hand through and providing better grip. But it's a guess on my part. My 2 Yugoslavian AKs. Greg Last Edited By: gpschmidt 07/04/09 12:46 PM. Edited 1 times.
oldsmithy		#2	[-]
Posts: 928 (07/05/09 06:34 AM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	Try http://www.theakforum.net they specialise int he Ak bayoents Carl www.old-smithy.info
AndyB		#3	[-]
Posts: 141 (07/07/09 02:10 AM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	Kupreschak is carved into wood of AK -its well known Serbian name. Its a yugoslavian AKM 1974 bayonet. Last Edited By: AndyB 07/08/09 02:12 AM. Edited 1 times.
sledgeh44		#4	[-]
Posts: 25 (07/08/09 08:50 AM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	Greg That's a nice M-72 LMG... I prefer them with milled actions... I've heard the theory that the lanyard's ment to improve the grip. However, one would have to hold the bayo in the upside-down position which is rather awkward. Anyway, the M-70 is a really poor piece of combat equipment and I seriously doubt they have seen any use other than cutting wire and driving nails. Your M-70AB2 indeed has some serbian motifs carved in the forearm... I disagree with Andy about the interpretation of the cyrillic text. To the best of my knowledge, "Kupreshak" is not a person's name but an adjective derived from Kupres, a name of a small town in Bosnia, indicating that your AK had been used by someone from there. Wikipedia says the population of Kupres was just 800 in 2006. Here's the link - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kupres_Republike_Srpske
AndyB		#5	[-]
Posts: 142 (07/08/09 09:25 AM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	Maybe sledgeh is right but by searching of the name was found -dr Miloš Kuprešak - Virtuelna ginekolosko akuserska ordinacija. Ginekologija, akuserstvo i lecenje neplodnosti -Ms. Adriana Kupresak is a Clothes Stylist who is based in London London, England United Kingdom so i believe it could be used as name, maybe by peoples of the area?