Vz. 52 (machine gun)

Vz. 52 (machine gun)

Infobox Weapon
name=Vz. 52


caption=
origin=flagcountry|Czechoslovakia
type=Light machine gun
is_ranged=yes
service=1952-1964
used_by=Czechoslovakia
wars=
designer=Václav Holek
design_date=1950s
manufacturer=Zbrojovka Brno
unit_cost=
production_date=
number=8.000
variants=Vz.52/57
weight=kg to lb|8.0|sp=us|abbr=on|precision=2|wiki=yes
length=mm to in|1045|abbr=on|precision=1|wiki=yes
part_length=mm to in|583|abbr=on|precision=1|wiki=yes
crew=
cartridge=7.62x45mm vz. 52
caliber=
action=Gas-operated, tilting breechblock
rate=900-1150 rounds/min
velocity=760 m/sec
range=900/800 m
max_range=2800 m
feed=50-round belt or 25 round detachable box magazine
sights=Iron sightsThe vz. 52 ("7,62 mm lehký kulomet vzor 52") is a Czechoslovak light machine gun developed after the Second World War for Czechoslovakian military.

Vz. 52, originally ZB 501 designed by Václav Holek, is a gas operated and uses a tilting bolt, that locks into the roof of the receiver. Its overall action is based on the Czech ZB-26 light machine gun. It has integral bipod and interchangeable barrel and its feed system is designed to take metallic belts or box magazines interchangeably and withouth any modifications.

Vz. 52 used Czech 7.62x45mm vz. 52 cartridge, but in mid-50's it was converted to the standard Warsaw Pact round, the 7.62x39mm, by Jaroslav Myslík and named as vz.52/57.

Both models were replaced in 1963-64 by Universal Machine gun model 1959.

ources

*http://www.valka.cz/newdesign/v900/clanek_11420.html
*http://www.militaria.wz.cz/cs/kulomet-52.htm
*http://www.historieavojenstvi.cz/2007/clanky/holek.pdf
*http://world.guns.ru/machine/mg29-e.htm


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