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Light machine gun
Vz. 52 machine gun is a light machine gun originating in Czechoslovakia. It was built by Zbrojovka Brno. Reported operators include Algeria, Angola, Biafra, Chad, Cuba, Czechoslovakia, Egypt, Ethiopia, Grenada, Guinea, Mozambique.
Light machine gun
Czechoslovakia
1952–1964
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Václav Holek
1950s
Zbrojovka Brno
8.000
vz. 52/57
8.0 kg (17.64 lb)
1,045 mm (41.1 in)
583 mm (23.0 in)
7.62×45mm (vz. 52), 7.62×39mm (vz. 52/57)
Gas-operated , tilting breechblock
900-1150 rounds/min
760 m/s
900/800 m
2800 m
50-round belt or 25-round detachable box magazine
Iron sights
Algeria
Angola
Biafra
Chad
Cuba
Czechoslovakia
Egypt
Ethiopia
Grenada
Guinea
Mozambique
The vz. 52 ( 7,62mm lehký kulomet vzor 52 ) is a Czechoslovak light machine gun developed after the Second World War for the Czechoslovak Armed Forces .
The vz. 52 initially used the Czech 7.62×45mm vz. 52 cartridge, but in the mid-1950s it was converted to the standard 7.62×39mm Warsaw Pact round by Jaroslav Myslík, and named the vz. 52/57 . Both models were replaced in Czech service in 1963–64 by the Universal Machine Gun Model 1959 , also known as the Uk vz. 59.
vz. 52 Czechoslovakia Light machine gun 7.62×39mm
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Vz. 52 machine gun equipment records. Variants, orders and quantities are shown as reported in each inventory source; coverage is incomplete.
Algeria, Angola, Biafra, Chad, Cuba, Czechoslovakia, Egypt, Ethiopia, Grenada, Guinea, Mozambique
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Algeria
Angola
Chad
Cuba
Egypt
Ethiopia
Grenada
Guinea
Mozambique
Spain
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