Vz. 33
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puška vz. 33 | |
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Type | Service rifle |
Place of origin | Czechoslovakia |
Service history | |
In service | 1934-1945 |
Used by | Czechoslovakia, Germany. |
Wars | World War II |
Production history | |
Designed | 1933 |
Manufacturer | Československá zbrojovka Brno, a.s. |
Produced | 1934-1942 |
Number built | approx. 150,000 |
Variants | Gewehr 33/40 (t)(produced for Germany) |
Specifications | |
Weight | 3,35 kg |
Length | 995/1000 mm (G 33/40 (t) ) |
Barrel length | 490 mm |
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Cartridge | 7,92 x 57 mm (8 mm Mauser) |
Caliber | 8 mm |
Action | Bolt-action |
Muzzle velocity | 820 m/s |
Maximum range | 1000 metres |
Feed system | 5-round internal magazine, two-row, integral box, with quickly detachable floorplate, loaded with stripper clip. |
The puška vz. 33 ("rifle model 1933", sometimes referred to as krátká puška vz. 33 - "short rifle model 33") was a Czechoslovak bolt action rifle that was based on a Mauser type action, designed and produced in Československá zbrojovka in Brno during the 1930s in order to replace the obsolete Mannlicher vz. 1895 carbines of the Czechoslovak četnictvo (gendarmerie). The manufacturers designation was vz. 16/33 (model 16/33), and the rifle is often called carbine vz. 33, although that was not an official armed forces designation.
The Design was partially based on the Mauser Musketon M12, produced prior to World War I for Brazil, but the bolt mechanism was the same as in standard Czechoslovak army vz. 24 rifle. Production of a slightly modified version continued during the German occupation of Czechoslovakia for the German armed forces. This verison was 5 mm longer (due to a different buttplate) a metal plate was attached to the left side of the gunstock and with a German type sling fitted this rifle was issued to German mountain troops as the Gewehr 33/40 (t).
For the Czechoslovakian army, gendarmerie and Finanční stráž (literally Finance Guard, which was a custom and border protection armed service under the command of the Czechoslovak Department of Finance) some 25,300 vz. 33 rifles were produced until 1940. From 1940 until 1942 another 131,400 of the Gewehr 33/40 (t) variant were produced for the German army. The German armed forces also used the rifles previously issued to the Czechoslovak military.
A few prototypes of G 33/40(t) with wooden folding stocks were produced for the German paratroopers, but this variant never went into serial production.[1]
[edit] References
Ing. D. Řehák – Československé armádní pušky vz.24 a 33, Střelecká revue 9/2000
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