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Submachine gun
Sa 23 is a submachine gun originating in Czechoslovakia. It was built by Česká zbrojovka Uherský Brod. Reported operators include Angola, Biafra, Cambodia, Cape Verde, Chad, Chile, Cuba, Czechoslovakia, Egypt, Grenada, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Indonesia, Israel, Lebanon, Libya, Lithuanian partisans, Mozambique, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Poland, Rhodesia, Romania, Somalia, South Africa, Syria, Tanzania, Vietnam.
Technical data
True scale
Sourced dimensions beside a 1.75 m human reference.
Submachine gun
Czechoslovakia
1948–present
See Users
1967 Israeli-Arab war Vietnam War Cambodian Civil War Portuguese Colonial War Bay of Pigs Invasion The Troubles Basque conflict Communist insurgency in Thailand Nigerian Civil War Rhodesian Bush War South African Border War Angolan Civil War Mozambican Civil War Chinese-Vietnamese War Invasion of Grenada Salvadoran Civil War Lebanese Civil War Syrian Civil War
Česká zbrojovka Uherský Brod
1948–1968
Approx. 100,000
3.27 kg empty (folding stock models Sa 25, Sa 26); 3.5 kg empty (fixed wood stock models Sa 23, Sa 24)
445 mm folding stock model folded (Sa 25, Sa 26); 686 mm fixed stock and unfolded folding stock
284 mm
7.62×25mm Tokarev 9×19mm Parabellum
Blowback , open bolt
600 rpm
24 or 40 round (9mm Sa 23, Sa 25); 32 round (7.62mm Sa 24, Sa 26)
Iron sights
Angola : Sa 24
Biafra : Purchased CZ-23s and CZ-25s in 1967.
Cambodia
Cape Verde : Unknown users.
Chad : Sa 23 and Sa 25.
Chile
Cuba
Czechoslovakia
Egypt : Sa 25
Grenada : Used by the People's Revolutionary Army .
Guatemala
Guinea
Guinea-Bissau
Indonesia : Sa 24 and Sa 26
Israel : Sa 25
Lebanon − Also used by the Palestine Liberation Organization and other sectarian militias during the Lebanese Civil War .
Libya
Lithuanian partisans after World War II.
Mozambique
Nicaragua
Nigeria
Poland : Used by Biuro Ochrony Rzadu in mid 90s.
Rhodesia
Romania
Somalia
South Africa
Syria
Tanzania
Vietnam − Sa 24
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Sa 23 equipment records. Variants, orders and quantities are shown as reported in each inventory source; coverage is incomplete.
Angola, Biafra, Cambodia, Cape Verde, Chad, Chile, Cuba, Czechoslovakia, Egypt, Grenada, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Indonesia, Israel, Lebanon, Libya, Lithuanian partisans, Mozambique, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Poland, Rhodesia, Romania, Somalia, South Africa, Syria, Tanzania, Vietnam
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