Česká zbrojovka Uherský Brod

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Česká zbrojovka Uherský Brod
Joint stock company
Industry Firearms
Predecessor Česká zbrojovka
Founded 1919 (1919) (Jihočeská zbrojovka)
1936 (1936) (Uherský Brod factory)
Founder Karel Bubla
Alois Tomiska
Headquarters Uherský Brod, Moravia, Czech Republic
Area served
 Worldwide
Products
Number of employees
 1800
Subsidiaries
Website www.czub.cz(Czech) www.cz-usa.com(USA)

Česká zbrojovka a.s. Uherský Brod (ČZUB) (English: Czech Arms Factory) is a Czech firearms manufacturer.

History

Česká zbrojovka

ČZUB was established on 27 June 1936 as a branch of the Česká zbrojovka Strakonice armament firm in the small Moravian town of Uherský Brod in Czechoslovakia, now in the Czech Republic. The decision was made in the light of the rising power of German Nazi party, especially after the Hitler's unopposed Remilitarization of the Rhineland with the aim of moving the manufacturing of firearms further from German border. The factory was built within 16 weeks of the initial decision.[1]

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 ČZUB firearms bear BRNO markings.

Throughout the Cold War ČZUB manufactured a wide variety of military small arms including the Sa vz. 58 assault rifle, the Škorpion vz. 61 submachine gun, various .22 caliber training and target rifles and the very successful 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 90 countries.

In 1997 ČZUB established a permanent presence in the United States with the founding of CZ-USA. ČZUB and CZ-USA continue to expand and dominate the small arms market worldwide, with military, police, defensive, sporting and recreational firearms.

The ČZUB factory employs some 1800+ engineers, craftsmen and business personnel, making it one of the largest firearms manufacturers in the world. The company manufactured over 260.000 firearms in 2014 alone.[2]

Notable developments

Over the years Česká zbrojovka has developed several revolutionary or highly influential designs in various fields of small arms, most notably:


Current production

Handguns

CZ 75 SP-01

Rimfire rifles

Centerfire rifles

Shotguns

Air rifles

Military and law enforcement

Other

Older products

Handguns

CZ 92
  • ZKR 590 Grand revolver, in calibers .38 and .22 and 7.62 Nagant short
  • CZ 40B Joint venture with Colt

Smallbore rifles

  • Model 242
  • Model 243
  • Model 244
Model 244
  • Model 245
  • Model 246
  • Model 247
  • ZKM 452 2E
  • CZ 452
  • CZ 453
  • CZ 511
  • CZ 513


Bigbore rifles

  • CZ 550
  • CZ 584, calibre 7×57R; 5.6×52R; 6.5×57R; .243Win; .308Win, etc.

Aircraft machine guns

  • LK 30
  • MG 17

Military rifles

Sa vz. 58

Submachine guns

Škorpion vz. 61


Shotguns

  • The CZ 581 Over and under shotgun, 12/12 bore;
  • The CZ 585 Over and under shotgun; the over and under rifle/shotgun; the CZ 582 prepared for SKEET shooting


Miscellaneous

  • Signal / Flare pistol
  • Components for the infantry fire-support machine gun models MG 34, MG 81, and the K 35 anti-aircraft cannon
  • The UB 070 and 071 Alarm/Starting Pistols
  • Signal pistols, models 44/67. Produced between 1981–1983
  • Model ZKP 493 target pistol
  • Air-rifle models Z 47, 235, 236, 237,612, 614, 618, 620, 624, 630, 631, 632, 634, 800, 801 and 802
  • Air-rifles. Models 802, 803, 603, 608, 612, 615, 618, 620, 622 and 624, mainly calibre 5.5 mm
  • Slavia air-rifles - the 603, 608, 612, 620 and 622
  • Air-pistol, Model ZVP, calibre 4.5 mm
  • The APP Automatic Gas-fired pistol
  • The Tex 086
  • The Tex, Model 3 - a break-barrelled air pistol
  • Model CZ 75D Compact 4.5mm Calibre CO2 pistol
  • Three-shot automatic shotgun - CZ 241, in 12, 16 and 20 gauge
  • Over and under shotguns, calibres 12,16 and 20
  • Over and under ČZ models 581 and 584 - 586
  • The ZKK 600, 601 and 602 hunting rifles(calibers ranging from .243Win-.248Win)
  • The ZKW 465 Hornet rifle and the ZKW 465 Fox rifle
  • The ZKM 452, 561, 573 and 581 small-bore rifles
  • The ZKW 465, 680
  • The CZ 537 rifle

References

  1. ↑ http://www.dotyk.cz/09-2015/15_budu-li-ohrozen-vystrelim-
  2. ↑ http://zpravy.aktualne.cz/ekonomika/ceska-ekonomika/idet-z-ceska-se-opet-stava-zbrojarska-mocnost/r~923d8bb6fe0e11e4a43f002590604f2e/

See also

Literature

  • David Pazdera, Ian Skramoušský: Česká zbrojovka. Historie výroby zbraní v Uherském Brodě [Česká zbrojovka. History of weapon manufacturing in Uherský Brod], 2006, ISBN 80-903450-9-3. Two chapters online [1] and [2].

External links

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