Notes: The APS-95 was designed shortly after the breakup of the former Yugoslavia, and first issue began in 1995. Though a very small amount were used in the various post-breakup conflicts between Croatia and Serbia, but these were largely over by 1995 and therefore the APS-95 has actually seen little real battle use. Nonetheless, the APS-95 appears to have acquitted itself quite well (perhaps because of its ancestry), and is well-liked by Croatian troops. Unfortunately, adoption of the APS-95 has been very slow due to financial restrictions, but the Croatian military expects it to eventually become its standard assault rifle.

Despite looking unrecognizably different, the APS-95 is a heavily redesigned version of a licensed Israeli Galil AR or South African R-4 (the story is still not clear). It is nonetheless the cousin of one of those weapons, with basically the same operation and internal guts, along with the inherent reliability of those weapons. One of the things that makes the APS-95 an unrecognizable cousin is that the APS-95’s shape is essentially nothing like the Galil or R-4; it is far more streamlined in appearance. The standard magazine issues with the APS-95 is a synthetic or light alloy 35-round box, but the APS-95 can also use magazines designed for the Galil or R-4. The APS-95 has a large carrying handle atop the receiver; this also contains the primary sight, which has 1.5x magnification and a mil-dot-type aiming reticule. Backup iron sights are also available, of course. Construction of the metalwork is partially steel and partially light alloy, with a plastic M-16A2-style pistol grip and a synthetic handguard. The skeletonized stock folds to the right and is steel covered with a plastic coating, along with a buttplate with a thin rubber butt. The 17.72-inch barrel is tipped with a Galil/R-4-type flash suppressor. A bipod is not standard issue with the APS-95, but it can use a bipod which has been specifically-designed for the APS-95, and it can also use US, NATO, Israeli, or South African-designed clip-on scissors bipods. (They are not included in the cost below.) The muzzle may use BTU rifle grenades of NATO or Israeli origin; standard former pact, Russian, or former Yugoslavian rifle grenades may also be used, but a ballistite cartridge must be used, and a gas cutoff valve must be switched.

Twilight 2000 Notes: This weapon would almost certainly not exist in the Twilight 2000 world.

Merc 2000 Notes: This would eventually, by 2005, become the standard weapon of Croatian armed forces. It is also quite popular among mercenary forces and other troops who are trying to hide their national ties (as are many weapons from the former Yugoslavian republics. There are even rumors of some members of the Iraqi Republican Guard being armed with the APS-95.