Specifications

Weapon type:

assault rifle

Weight:

3.1 kg (6.83 lb)

Calibre & Catrige:

7.62x39mm

Effective range:

100-800 m sight adjustments

Rate of fire:

600 rounds/min

Designed:

1956-1958

Designer:

Jiri­ Čermák

Manufacturer:

Ceska zbrojovka

Number produced:

920,000

Action:

Gas-operated

In service:

1959-present

Muzzle velocity:

705 m/s (2,313 ft/s)

The vz. 58 is an assault rifle designed and manufactured in Czechoslovakia and accepted into service in the late 1950s as the ''samopal vzor 58''. This rifle had been designed by the Czecharms under the project codename "Koste",or "Broom", in English and is still used by the Czech and Slovak armies.

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