type 52 (vz.52) and 52/57 (vz. 52/57)

The Czech machine guns type 52 and type 52/57 (local designations vz.52 and vz.52/57, respectively) trace their anchestry to famous Czech ZB-26 machine gun of the pre-WW2 period. vz.52 and vz.52/57 machine guns are similar except for ammunition used. Due to their properties, these guns can fall i...

UK 59 Rachot / model 59 / UK68

The Universalny Kulomet vzor 59, also known as Rachot (UK 59, Universal Machinegun model of 1959) was developed in Czechoslovakia by state-owned Zbrojovka Vsetin arms factory in mid to late 1950s as a further developmment of the vz 52 and vz 52/57 universal machine guns. At the present time, UK 5...