The ZB vz. 26 was a Czechoslovak light machine gun developed in the 1920s, which went on to enter service with several countries. It saw its major use during World War II, and spawned the related ZB vz. 27, vz. 30, and vz. 33.

2025年3月4日 · The ZB-26 was further refined and served as the basis for the British Army’s Bren Gun (rear), which saw service through World War II and the much of the Cold War. Image: Author. The ZB-26 was designed as a gas-operated, air-cooled, selective-fire light machine gun, and like the French LMG, it employed a finned, quick-detachable barrel.

The ZB vz. 26 design was exported to Britain in the 1930s as the basis for the Bren gun. While ZB and Bren weapons fired different ammunition, these two weapons were otherwise nearly identical. During the Korean War, Chinese communist forces used many captured ZB vz. 26 light machine guns against forces of the United Nations.

2018年9月26日 · In the immediate post-World War 2 period, the Czech concern of Ceska Zbrojovka began production of a new indigenous (and quite revolutionary) Submachine Gun (SMG) in the Samopal Sa vz. 23 series.

2019年5月10日 · Page details technical specifications, development, and operational history of the Ceska Zbrojovka vz. 26 Light Machine Gun (LMG) / Vehicle Machine Gun including pictures.

2014年9月27日 · The Czech-designed ZB-26 was China’s favorite light machine gun during the war with Japan in the 1930s and 1940s. Below is the first of two articles on this legenday weapon, excerpted with kind permission from the newly published book China’s Small Arms of the 2nd Sino-Japanese War (1937-45) written by Bin Shih and edited by Stanley Zielinski.

2016年11月12日 · The ZB-26 saw service with the Czechoslovak infantry, as well as being the primary or secondary armament on many later Škoda armored vehicles. It is believed that the ZB factory turned more than 120,000 ZB-26 guns between 1926 and 1939 in a variety of calibers (the most popular being its original 7.92 × 57mm Mauser).

2021年3月1日 · Light machine gun "ZB" vz. 26 is a automatic weapon with a fixed, air cooled main, which is after the shot to the ejection of the empty shell casings and re-charge the used gas pressure acting on the piston.

The ZB vz. 26, commonly known as the ZB-26, was a Czechoslovak light machine gun designed by Václav Holek in 1924 and produced predominantly by Zbrojovka Brno from 1924 to 1953. One of the most common light machine guns during the early to mid-20th century, the ZB-26 was a highly influential...

The ZB vz. 26 was a Czechoslovak light machine gun developed in the 1920s, which went on to enter service with several countries. It saw its major use during World War II, and spawned the related...