Rifle vz. 24
| Rifle vz. 24 | |
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| Civil name: | Zbrojovka Brno (ZB) Puška vzor 24 |
| Military designation: | Puška vz. 24 |
| Country of operation: | Czechoslovakia, Germany, Iran, Romania, Yugoslavia, Bolivia, Lithuania |
| Developer / Manufacturer: | Zbrojovka Brno (ZB) Brno |
| Manufacturer country: | Czechoslovakia |
| Production time: | 1924 to 1942 |
| Weapon Category: | gun |
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| Overall length: | 1100 mm |
| Weight: (unloaded) | 4.1 kg |
| Barrel length : | 590 mm |
| Technical specifications | |
| Caliber : | 7.92 x 57 mm |
| Possible magazine fillings : | 5 cartridges |
| Ammunition supply : | fixed box magazine |
| Fire types: | Single fire |
| Visor : | open sights |
| Closure : | Cylinder lock |
| Charging principle: | Multiple loaders |
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The rifle ZB vz. 24 (military name: Czech Puška vzor 24 'Gewehr Modell 24' ) was designed shortly after the First World War in Czechoslovakia and mainly produced there between 1924 and 1942 by Zbrojovka Brno in Brno . It is a variation on the Mauser System 98 , but is not an exact replica of any particular Mauser model. The carbine 98k it differs among other things by the non-cranked bolt handle .
History of development and use
The production facilities in Brno came from Mauser and had been sold to Czechoslovakia after the end of the war. Since the German Reich was not allowed to manufacture or export war weapons after 1919, the facilities in Germany were useless. Through the mediation of an Italian member of the Allied Armistice Commission, all of the production machines could be sold. The vz. 24 became the standard rifle of the Czechoslovak armed forces and replaced a variety of types such as the Gewehr 98 or the Mannlicher Model 1895 . With the occupation by German troops in 1939, production continued under German direction as the Gewehr 24 (t) . The rifles produced were mainly given to the Waffen SS , but were also used by the Wehrmacht during World War II . According to figures from the Heereswaffenamt, 330,000 rifles of the type Gewehr 24 (t) had been produced by 1942 . At the end of 1942, the production of repeating rifles in Brno was fully concentrated on the 98k carbine as part of rationalization efforts under the Reich Minister for Armaments and Ammunition Albert Speer .
The vz. 24 was widely exported before the Second World War, including to Romania , Iran , China , Guatemala and other South American countries. After the end of Czechoslovakia in 1939 , the rifle was retained as the standard rifle by the armed forces of Slovakia .
See also
The designation vz. 24 was also used for the Czech pistol vz. 24 , which was not made by ZB in Brno, but by the Bohemian Arms Factory Česká zbrojovka ( ČZ ) in Strakonice .
literature
- John Walter: Guns of The Third Reich . The Small Arms of Hitler's Armed Forces, 1933-1945. Greenhill Books, 2004, ISBN 978-1-85367-598-0 , Captured and non-standard weapons (English).
- Günter Wollert, Reiner Lidschun: Infantry weapons yesterday . (1918-1945). In: Illustrated encyclopedia of infantry weapons from around the world . 3. Edition. tape 1 + 2 . Brandenburgisches Verlagshaus, Berlin 1998, ISBN 3-89488-036-8 , weapons, p. 488-493 .