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BASE MODELSerbia

AR-55 (1955–74)

The Yugoslav People's Army's standard light truck for two decades: 9,089 AR-55s built at Kragujevac between 1955 and 1974 on the Fiat 1101 chassis, with the 1,901 cc four in petrol and diesel forms.

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AR-55 (1955–74) — A Zastava AR-55 in Kragujevac, where it was built.KGC626 · CC BY-SA 4.0 ↗
MODEL LINEAR seriesBUILT BYZastava, KragujevacPRODUCED1955–74OPERATED INSerbiaPRODUCTION9,089 military vehiclesLAYOUT4 wheels · 89″

The record

The AR-55 was the last change of design — every Zastava Campagnola after it was built on the same car — and it served the JNA into the 1990s. From the initials it earned the nickname Aerka. Serbia's own AR series is the reason Zastava is a marque here rather than a line under Fiat: the works held two separate licences, Willys from 1953 and Fiat from 1955, numbered its vehicles its own way, and went on to build trucks of its own design from 1961.

Specification

MANUFACTURED1955–74
ENGINEFiat 1101 1,901 cc petrol four, 53–63 hp; 1.9-litre dieselFiat 1.9 diesel
PRODUCTION RUN9,089 military vehicles
COUNTRY OF ORIGINSerbia
OPERATED INSerbia
STATUSout of production; in JNA service into the 1990s
RECORD KINDBase model
MODEL LINEAR series
FAMILYAR series
WHEELS4
NOMINAL WHEELBASE89″
BODY STYLESoft top
VARIANTS2

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Body styles & colours

Body style

Factory colours

  • JNA Olive
  • Grey

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Sources

  1. 1Fiat Campagnola ↗Wikipedia · accessed 2026-09-23SOURCE
  2. 2Застава AR 51/55 ↗Wikipedia (Serbian) · accessed 2026-09-23SOURCE
  3. 3Zastava Trucks ↗Wikipedia · accessed 2026-09-23SOURCE

Registry record updated 2026-09-23 · status: researched