Česká zbrojovka Uherský Brod

Česká zbrojovka Uherský Brod

Type	Joint stock company
Industry	Firearms
Founded	June 27, 1936 (1936-06-27)
Headquarters	Uherský Brod, Moravia, Czech Republic
Area served	Worldwide
Products	Rifles, Pistols
Employees	2000
Divisions	CZ-USA, Union CS S.R.O
Website	http://www.czub.cz/

Česká zbrojovka a.s. Uherský Brod (ČZUB) is a Czech firearms manufacturer.

History

CZUB was established in 1936 as a branch of the Česká zbrojovka armament firm in the small Moravian town of Uherský Brod in Czechoslovakia, now in the Czech Republic.

After World War II all the firearms manufacturers were managed by a single central agency which required that "Any firearm exported will bear the BRNO markings"; this is why many CZUB firearms bear BRNO markings.

Throughout the Cold War CZUB manufactured a wide variety of military small arms including the Sa vz. 58 assault rifle, the Škorpion vz. 61, various .22 caliber training and target rifles and of course the CZ 75 family of pistols.

In 1991 the Czech weapons factories were "de-centralized" and began business as free market companies. In 1992, Česká Zbrojovka a.s.(PLC), Uherský Brod became private, moving into the free world economy and eventually establishing a small arms presence in over 60 countries.

In 1997 CZUB established a permanent presence in the United States with the founding of CZ-USA. CZUB and CZ-USA continue to expand and dominate the small arms market world wide, with military, police, defensive, sporting and recreational firearms.

The CZUB factory employs some 2000+ engineers, craftsmen and business personnel, making it one of the largest firearms manufacturers in the world.

Production

Handguns

• ČZ pistol, caliber 7.65 mm
• ČZ pistol, caliber 6.35 mm
• Model LK 38 pistol, 9 mm caliber.
• DUO pistol, caliber 6.35 mm
• Target pistol, Model ZKP 493
• CZ 40P (Limited run, no longer in production)
• CZ 45
• CZ 50
• Vz 52
• CZ 70
• CZ 75
• CZ 82 and CZ 83
• CZ 85
• CZ 97
• CZ 100
• CZ 110
• CZ 122
• CZ P-01
• CZ SP-01
• ZKR 590 Grand revolver, in calibers .38 and .22 and 7.62 Nagant short

Smallbore rifles

• Model 242.
• Model 243.
• Model 244.
• Model 245.
• Model 246.
• Model 247.
• ZKM 452 2E.
• CZ 452.
• CZ 455.
• CZ 453.
• CZ 511.
• CZ 513.
• CZ 527.

Bigbore rifles

• CZ 550.
• CZ 750.
• CZ 584, calibre 7x57R; 5.6x52R; 6.5x57R; .243Win; .308Win, etc

Aircraft machine guns

• LK 30.
• MG 17.

Military rifles

• Vz. 24.
• Vz. 33.
• Vz. 52 (rifle).
• Vz. 52/57.
• Sa vz. 58.
• CZ 2000.
• CZ 805 BREN A1/A2
• CZ S 810 HROM

Submachine guns

• CZ SCORPION EVO 3 A1 (9x19mm Parabellum).
• Škorpion vz. 61 (7.65x17mm Browning SR).
• Vz. 48 (9x19mm Parabellum and 7.62x25mm Tokarev). Under-barrel grenade launcher

Under-barrel grenade launcher

• CZ 805 G1

Shotguns

• The CZ 581 Over and under shotgun, 12/12 bore;

• The CZ 585 Over and under shotgun; the over and under rifle/shotgun; the CZ 582 prepared for SKEET shooting

Miscellaneous

• Signal / Flare pistol.
• Components for the infantry fire-support machine gun models MG 34, MG 81, and the K 35 anti-aircraft cannon.
• The UB 070 and 071 Alarm/Starting Pistols
• Signal pistols, models 44/67. Produced between 1981–1983
• Model ZKP 493 target pistol

• Air-rifle models Z 47, 235, 236, 237,612, 614, 618, 620, 624, 630, 631, 632, 634, 800, 801 and 802.
• Air-rifles. Models 802, 803, 603, 608, 612, 615, 618, 620, 622 and 624, mainly calibre 5.5 mm
• Slavia air-rifles - the 603, 608, 612, 620 and 622
• Air-pistol, Model ZVP, calibre 4.5 mm
• The APP Automatic Gas-fired pistol
• The Tex 086
• The Tex, Model 3 - a break-barrelled air pistol
• Model CZ 75D Compact 4.5mm Calibre CO₂ pistol

• Three-shot automatic shotgun - CZ 241, in 12, 16 and 20 gauge.
• Over and under shotguns, calibres 12,16 and 20.
• Over and under ČZ models 581 and 584 - 586

• The ZKK 600, 601 and 602 hunting rifles(calibers ranging from .243Win-.248Win)
• The ZKW 465 Hornet rifle and the ZKW 465 Fox rifle
• The ZKM 452, 561, 573 and 581 small-bore rifles
• The ZKW 465, 680
• The CZ 537 rifle

See also

• Czech semi-automatic pistols category

Literature

• David Pazdera, Ian Skramoušský: Česká zbrojovka. Historie výroby zbraní v Uherském Brodě [Česká zbrojovka. History of weapon manufacturing in Uherský Brod], 2006, ISBN 80-903450-9-3. Two chapters online [1] and [2].

External links

• Česká zbrojovka official website
• CZ-USA official website
• CZ Firearms Factory Tour - The History of CZ, 1934-1945 on YouTube