ZB vz. 26th
| ZB vz. 26th | |
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| general information | |
| Civil name: | ZB26 |
| Military designation: | Lehký kulomet vz. 26th |
| Developer / Manufacturer: | Václav Holek (Praga) / Zbrojovka Brno (ZB) |
| Development year: | 1926 |
| Manufacturer country: | Czechoslovakia |
| Production time: | 1926 to 1951 |
| Model variants: | Praga 1924, vz. 26, vz. 30, ZGB 1933 (Bren) |
| Weapon Category: | Machine gun |
| Furnishing | |
| Overall length: | 1168 mm |
| Weight: (unloaded) | 8.89 kg |
| Barrel length : | 600 mm |
| Technical specifications | |
| Caliber : | 7.92 x 57 mm |
| Possible magazine fillings : | 20 cartridges |
| Ammunition supply : | Bar magazine |
| Cadence : | 500 rounds / min |
| Fire types: | Single, continuous fire |
| Number of trains : | 4th |
| Twist : | right |
| Visor : | open |
| Closure : | Tilt block closure |
| Charging principle: | Gas pressure charger |
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The vz. 26 was the standard LMG used by the Czechoslovak Army in the 1930s. It was developed by Václav Holek in 1924 and manufactured by Zbrojovka Brno (ZB) in Brno under the name ZB 26 . The official name of the Czechoslovak army was Lehký kulomet vz. 26 , which means light MG model 1926.
description
The vz. 26 is an air-cooled gas pressure charger with a tilting block lock. The gas duct is under the barrel with cooling fins, the closing spring is in the piston. The firing weapon could fire single or continuous fire. The barrel had to be changed after 200 rounds of continuous fire. It was used by the infantry on a telescopic bipod , against aircraft on a tripod or in fortifications or in armored vehicles on a universal mount . The practical rate of fire was 180 rounds / min, with bursts of fire 100 rounds / min.
Technical specifications
| Parameter | Data |
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| Length with piston | 1168 mm |
| Length of the barrel | 602 mm |
| Weight | 8.89 kg (unloaded) |
| Run | 2.50 kg |
| full magazine | 0.80 kg |
| Cadence (theoretical) | 600 rounds / min |
| Initial velocity v 0 of the projectile | 760 m / s |
| Magazine capacity | 20 shots |
| Combat Range (Bipod) | 200-1500 m |
| Combat distance (tripod / mount) | 3000 m |
variants
- Praga 1924 (prototype)
- ZB vz. 26 (first series version)
- ZB vz. 27 (improved production version)
- ZB vz. 30 (further improved series version, also Romanian license production at Copsa Mica in Cugir , the most noticeable change is the shorter gas duct; from this model the gas extraction hole is located approximately in the middle of the barrel where the bipod is attached. Conversion of the gas regulator to a simplified version with only four instead of seven levels.)
- ZB vz. 30J (export model for Yugoslavia, more tolerant of different types of ammunition)
- ZGB 1933 (serial version for Great Britain based on the ZB 30J in caliber .303 British . 85 pieces exported, later license production as Bren ( Br no– En field) in Enfield .)
User states
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Afghanistan : 2000 ZB vz. 30th -
Egypt : 1060 Civil Code 1933 -
Ethiopia : 450 ZB vz. 30th -
Bolivia : 3350 ZB vz. 30th -
Brazil : 1080 ZB vz. 26th -
Bulgaria : 3000 Civil Code 1933 -
Chile : 11 ZB vz. 26th -
Republic of China : 30249 ZB vz. 26, e.g. vz. 27 -
German Empire : After Czechoslovakia was broken up and occupied by Nazi Germany in 1939 , existing ZB vz. 26 as a light machine gun MG 26 (t) (t = Czech) and ZB vz. 30 continued to be produced as MG 30 (t) for the Waffen SS and Wehrmacht . -
Ecuador : 200 ZB vz. 26, 750 ZB vz. 30th -
Guatemala : 50 ZB vz. 30th -
United Kingdom : 85 Civil Code 1933 -
Iraq : 850 ZGB 1933 -
Japan : 2200 ZB vz. 26th -
Yugoslavia : 1500 ZB vz. 26, 15,500 ZB vz. 30Y -
Latvia : 11 ZB vz. 30, 600 ZGB 1933 -
Lithuania : 3138 ZB vz. 26th -
Nicaragua : 5 ZB vz. 30th -
Peru : 1257 ZB vz. 30th -
Romania : 17131 ZB vz. 30th -
Czechoslovakia : at least 120,000 ZB vz. 26, 27 and 30 -
Turkey : 9805 ZB vz. 30th -
Uruguay : 80 ZB vz. 30th -
Venezuela : 110 ZB vz. 30Y
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Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Machine Guns. MG 30 (t) / ZB 1930. In: oocities.org. Retrieved November 11, 2015 .
literature
- Lubomir Popelinský: Československé Automatické Zbraně a Jejich Tvůrci. Naše vojsko NV - nakladatelství a knižní obchod, Praha 1999, ISBN 80-206-0567-3 , p. 30 ff.
- Günter Wollert, Reiner Lidschun: Infantry weapons yesterday. (1918-1945) . In: Illustrated encyclopedia of infantry weapons from around the world . 3. Edition. tape 2 . Brandenburgisches Verlagshaus, Berlin 1998, ISBN 3-89488-036-8 , p. 501-507 .
- Neil Grant: The Bren Gun (= Weapon ). Osprey Publishing, Oxford 2013, ISBN 978-1-78200-084-6 , pp. 4-29 .
Web links
Commons : ZB vz. 26 - Collection of images, videos and audio files
- EG-26 photos
- Ian McCollum: ZB26: The Best of the Light Machine Guns. Forgotten weapons, accessed on February 28, 2018 (English, video, 12:48 min).