Holek quickly began work on the prototype of the Praha II and within a year the quartet had created an automatic light machine gun that was later known as the ZB. Before long, the Holek brothers abandoned the belt feed in favor of a top-feeding box magazine and the resulting weapon, known as the Praha I-23, was selected.

2025年1月15日 · The Praga I was the first machine gun design from noted Czech arms designed Vaclav Holek. Three examples were made for Czech military testing in 1922, but they were not acceptable. Instead, this design served as the first stepping stone to the eventual development of the ZB-26, perhaps the best of the interwar light machine guns.

Between 1920 and 1924, gunsmith and designer Vaclav Holek (1886-1954) developed experimental models of light machine guns at Zbrojovka Praga and entered them in army competitions at the military training area in Milovice.

2025年2月3日 · Vaclav Holek’s first machine gun design for the Czech military was the Praga I, built in 1922 and based heavily on the Vickers/Maxim system. However, it became clear that the military wanted something lighter and more portable, and so the next year he heavily updated the design to this, the Praga I-23 (for 1923).

2019年5月10日 · This product held roots in the early 1920s as the new Czech Army sought to fulfill a local Light Machine Gun (LMG) requirement. Zbrojovka Praga was formed after the end of World War 1 (1914-1918) and an original design was drawn up by Vaclav Holek which led to a period of development that resulted in the aforementioned vz. 24 - the first viable ...

加工出来的首支样枪称为布拉格I式（Praga I），其在外形上还带有明显的重机枪遗痕，采用一个装有德国MG08/15马克沁机枪布制弹带的圆筒形弹带盒供弹。

Vaclav Holek’s first machine gun design for the Czech military was the Praga I, built in 1922 and based heavily on the Vickers/Maxim system. However, it became clear that the military wanted something lighter and […]

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2022年10月17日 · This is Praga I-23, one of the design predecessors of ZB 26. It's still belt fed (the drum is just a box for a belt like with PK) and indeed, the barrel is already quick change, like with ZB26.