58 was proposed in the 1990s the 5.56×45mm NATO ČZ 2000 assault rifle has been suggested as a possible replacement but due to a general lack of defense funds within the Czech Republic, the program was postponed. 58 P but includes a receiver-mounted dovetail bracket (installed on the left side of the receiver) used to attach an NSP2 night sight it also has a detachable folding bipod and an enlarged conical flash suppressor.Ī successor to the vz. 58 Pi ( Pěchotní s infračerveným zaměřovačem-'infantry with infrared sight'), which is similar to the vz.

58 V ( Výsadkový-'airborne'), featuring a side-folding metal shoulder stock, folded to the right side, and the vz. 58 P ( Pěchotní or 'infantry') model with a fixed buttstock made of a synthetic material (wood impregnated plastic, older versions used a wooden stock), the vz. 58 was produced in three main variants: the standard vz. The assault rifle entered service in 1958 and over a period of 25 years (until 1984), over 920,000 weapons had been produced, fielded by the armed forces of Czechoslovakia, Cuba and several other Asian and African nations. As a result, the prototype, known as the 'Koště' ('broom'), was designed to chamber the intermediate Soviet 7.62×39mm M43 cartridge, rather than the Czech 7.62×45mm vz. The Soviet Union had begun insisting that the Warsaw Pact forces standardize on a common ammunition. ĭevelopment of the weapon began in 1956 leading the project was chief engineer Jiří Čermák assigned to the Konstrukta Brno facility in the city of Brno. 58 externally resembles the Soviet AK-47 but is internally a substantially different design based on a short-stroke gas piston, which shares absolutely no parts with the Kalashnikov design - including the magazines. 52 self-loading rifle and the 7.62×25mm Tokarev vz. 58 ( model 58) is a 7.62mm assault rifle designed and manufactured in Czechoslovakia and accepted into service in the late 1950s as the 7,62 mm samopal vzor 58 ('7.62mm submachine gun model 1958'), replacing the vz. Open-type iron sights with sliding rear tangent and shrouded front post Staggered 30-round detachable box magazine, weight 0.19 kg (0.42 lb) unloaded

58 P (with composite stock, pistol grip, and handguards new sling).

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