The sights on the new Tanker are a new, shorter version of the military open sights on the Model 48. To further increase versatility, a new Special Performance Kit is available that makes the Tanker into a perfect Scout rifle. The Tanker’s rich, deep blue is nicely contrasted by its beautiful semi-gloss finished, blond-wood stock. It comes with a muzzle guide and a nice dual-tone, two-ply, stitched leather sling made especially for the Tanker.

Where did the M-63 Tanker come from? Its roots began during the genocidal horrors of Nazi occupation during WWII. After the Nazi's were defeated and completely expelled from Yugoslavia in 1944, the people said "Never Again!" To maintain their independence from both the East and the West, they eventually broke away from the Russians and pursued an independent "Third Way" between the USSR and USA. As a non-aligned nation, Yugoslavia maintained its own military industries. For tanks in the 1950’s and 1960’s the Yugoslavians had adopted the Russian T-54/55 battle tank; but later they began domestic production of their own M-84 tank (which was a highly advanced version of the Russian T-72). The Yugoslavians had already been producing Mauser rifles at Kragujevac, Serbia, with which they had armed and trained the entire populace in order to repel any new invader. So, when a short rifle was needed in a tank, the logical choice was a short Mauser. Everybody was already trained to use the K98/M48, which is operationally identical to the new Tanker.

These M63 Tankers are brand-new rifles produced with all new parts, using modern materials and methods.