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ZK-383



Overview

ZK-383

Right side view of Czechoslovak ZK-383 seen resting on its bipod.
Source: Unknown author - © Copyright lies with original owner

Origin
Czechoslovakia
Type
Sub machine gun
Entered service
1938
Status
Out of service
Development
1937 - 1938
Developer
Czechoslovakia
Josef and Frantisek Koucký
Production
1938 - 1944
1946 - 1950's
Producer
Czechoslovakia - Zbrojovka Brno
Nazi Germany - Waffenwerken Brünn
Zbrojovka Brno under Nazi occupation
Number produced
20.000 to 35.000 (sources vary)
Including about 6.000 for export sales
Designations
ZB vz. 42 (Slovakian service)
MP 383(t) (Beutewaffe index)
Notable users
Nazi Germany
Bulgaria
Bolivia
Venezuela

Variants

ZK-383

Original production model. Fitted with bipod and quick change barrel for use as a fire support weapon. Produced in a ZK-383P version for the police without bipod or quick change barrel.

ZK-383-H

Post-WW2 simplified production model as a regular sub machine gun for export sales. Fitted with a thinner regular fixed barrel with simplified barrel shroud. The magazine feeds vertically and the magazine well can rotate to store the magazine under the barrel to make the weapon more compact.

Details

Facts ZK-383
General
Origin
Czechoslovakia
Type
Sub machine gun
Light support weapon
Caliber
Caliber
9x19mm Parabellum
Feed system
30 or 40 round magazine
Barrel length
325 mm
Muzzle velocity
420 - 460 m/s
Operation
Action
Blowback, fires from open bolt position
Locking
None
Fire selector
Progressive trigger for semi and fully automatic fire
Rate of fire
Variable, by removing a weight in the bolt during disassembly
450 - 500 rpm with heavy bolt
700 - 750 rpm with lightweight bolt
Quick change barrel
Yes
Dimensions
Stock type
Fixed
Length
875 mm
Weight
4.45 kg empty with bipod
4.83 kg loaded with bipod
Sights
Mechanical
Protected blade front and adjustable tangent rear sight
Sight radius
0.4 m
Adjustment
Sight gradations from 100 to 800 meters
Accessories
Bipod
Stowable bipod

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