[SHOT 2025] Zastava Shows New VUK Titanium Suppressor

By Zac K

The VUK suppressor is specifically built for the 7.62×39 cartridge.

Zastava might be best-known for modern-day rifles adapted from ancient ComBloc patterns, but they know how to get with the times. Along with the modernized AKs on display in their SHOT Show booth, and the RPK rifle that’s finally made it to market after teasing last year, Zastava is also showing their new VUK suppressor, specifically built for 7.62×39 rifles.Zastava @ TFB [SHOT 2024] Zastava M70 Underfolder Is Here The Zastava M21 BS (Short Barrel M21 AK) TFB FIELD STRIP: Zastava M57, M70 And Soviet TT-33’s Zastava Arms Releases New ZPAP M70 Extended M-LOK Handguard RifleOld cartridge, new technologyThe 7.62×39 cartridge has been around since the 1940s, but that doesn’t mean you can’t apply new ideas to its use. In this case, Zastava’s VUK suppressor uses Purposely Induced Porosity (PIP) to cut about 32 dB off the rifle’s report. If you’re wondering what Purposely Induced Porosity is, you can read a patent explaining the technology here. And if that left you cross-eyed, let me explain it as easily as I can:

Source: The Firearm Blog