CZK - vz. 28 (kulomet pro piloty)

Air machine gun vz.28 caliber 7.92mm (pilot)


Producer: Ceska zbrojovka a.s., plant Strakonice
Origin: 1928
Constructor: -
Conclusion: Maxim system
Caliber: 7,92x57 mm
Weapon length: 1,1m
Barrel length: 0.72m
Weapon weight: 13.5kg
Muzzle velocity: 745m/s
Cadence: 600 rounds/min
Range: 1850m
Magazine: belt with 250 rounds
Note: -



Airborne liquid-cooled synchronized machine gun, designed for pilots.
This machine gun was created by adapting an air machine gun Vickers to Mauser ammunition and caliber 7,92x57mm.


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
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