Type | Joint stock company |
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Industry | Firearms |
Founded | June 27, 1936 |
Headquarters | Uherský Brod, Moravia, Czech Republic |
Area served | Worldwide |
Products | Rifles, Pistols |
Employees | 2000 |
Divisions | CZ-USA, Union CS S.R.O |
Website | http://www.czub.cz/ |
Česká zbrojovka a.s. Uherský Brod (ČZUB) is a Czech firearms manufacturer.
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CZUB was established in 1936 as a branch of the Česká zbrojovka armament firm in the small Moravian town of Uherský Brod in Czechoslovakia, now in the Czech Republic.
After World War II all the firearms manufacturers were managed by a single central agency which required that "Any firearm exported will bear the BRNO markings"; this is why many CZUB firearms bear BRNO markings.
Throughout the Cold War CZUB manufactured a wide variety of military small arms including the Sa vz. 58 assault rifle, the Škorpion vz. 61, various .22 caliber training and target rifles and of course the CZ 75 family of pistols.
In 1991 the Czech weapons factories were "de-centralized" and began business as free market companies. In 1992, Česká Zbrojovka a.s.(PLC), Uherský Brod became private, moving into the free world economy and eventually establishing a small arms presence in over 60 countries.
In 1997 CZUB established a permanent presence in the United States with the founding of CZ-USA. CZUB and CZ-USA continue to expand and dominate the small arms market world wide, with military, police, defensive, sporting and recreational firearms.
The CZUB factory employs some 2000+ engineers, craftsmen and business personnel, making it one of the largest firearms manufacturers in the world.