Air machine gun vz.28 caliber 7.92mm (observer)
Airborne air-cooled machine gun for observers. Made in a simple but also a double version.
This machine gun was created by adapting an air machine gun Lewis to ammunition type Mauser and caliber 7, 92mm.
Sources:
V. Němeček, Czechoslovak Aircraft, Our Army, Prague 1968
J.Fidler and V.Sluka, Encyclopedia of the Armed Forces of the Czechoslovak Republic 1920-38, Libri 2006, ISBN 80-7277-256-2
| Producer: | Ceska zbrojovka a.s., plant Strakonice |
| Origin: | 1928 |
| Constructor: | - |
| Caliber: | 7,92x57 mm |
| Weapon length: | 0.97m |
| Barrel length: | 0.66m |
| Weapon weight: | 11.8kg |
| Muzzle velocity: | 600m/s |
| Cadence: | 550 rounds/min |
| Range: | 1850m |
| Magazine: | 47 rounds |
| Note: | - |
Airborne air-cooled machine gun for observers. Made in a simple but also a double version.
This machine gun was created by adapting an air machine gun Lewis to ammunition type Mauser and caliber 7, 92mm.
Sources:
V. Němeček, Czechoslovak Aircraft, Our Army, Prague 1968
J.Fidler and V.Sluka, Encyclopedia of the Armed Forces of the Czechoslovak Republic 1920-38, Libri 2006, ISBN 80-7277-256-2
