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Type 52
52/57 is a variant

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	Technical Data

	Manufacturer	-
	Country Of Origin	Czechoslovakia
	Date Of Introduction	-
	Caliber	7.62 x 45 mm Czhech
	Feed System	Belt or Magazine
	Rate Of Fire	900 rounds per minute w/ belt, 1150 w/ magazine
	Weights	8.0 kg
	Length	1045 mm

More Information ^*

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 in both light and medium (universal) machine gun categories - they use intermediate cartridges and integral bipods, and light enough to be classified as light ones, but, on the other hand, quickly interchangeable barrels and belt feeds made these guns more universal than others. Both vz.52 and vz.52/57 seen service with Czechoslovak Army and both were replaced in 1960s by universal MG UK vz. 59 (type 59).

vz. 52 is a gas operated, selective fire, belt or magazine fed machine gun. It features underballer gas cylinder that operates the bolt carrier with tipping bolt. Feed system is so designed that it can take metallic belts or box magazaines interchangeably and withouth any modifications (vz.52 was one of the first of MGs with such feature). Box magazines are inserted from the top, and magazine port has a dust cover to protect the feed unit from elements when using belt feed. It should be noted that due to additional power required to tractor the belt, rate of fire with belt is lower than the rate of fire with magazine feeding. The barrel is quickly interchangeable. vz.52 has a fire selector built into the trigger group - the dual trigger rocks around its center and the pull on the lower part of the trigger produced single shots, while pull on the upper part of the trigger produced full-auto fire.

Text © Maxim Popenker, Modern Firearms website. Used with permission

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