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ČZ 2000, the Glossary

Index ČZ 2000

The ČZ 2000 is a prototype 5.56 mm caliber Czech weapon system, consisting of a standard rifle, carbine and light machine gun.[1]

Table of Contents

  1. 34 relations: Army of the Czech Republic, Assault rifle, Česká zbrojovka Uherský Brod, Škorpion, Bayonet, Bipod, Brno, Carbine, Czech Republic, Czechoslovakia, Flash suppressor, Gas-operated reloading, Grenade launcher, Iron sights, Light machine gun, List of assault rifles, Machine gun, Magazine (firearms), NATO, Polymer, Rifle grenade, Rotating bolt, Selective fire, Semi-automatic firearm, Submachine gun, Tritium, Uherský Brod, UK vz. 59, Vz. 58, .32 ACP, 5.45×39mm, 5.56×45mm NATO, 7.62×39mm, 7.62×54mmR.

  2. 5.45×39mm assault rifles
  3. 5.56×45mm NATO machine guns
  4. Assault rifles of Czechoslovakia
  5. Machine guns of Czechoslovakia
  6. Squad automatic weapons
  7. Trial and research firearms of Czechoslovakia

Army of the Czech Republic

The Czech Armed Forces (lit), also known as the Czech Army, is the military service responsible for the defence of the Czech Republic as part of the Armed Forces of the Czech Republic (ozbrojené síly České republiky) alongside the Military Office of the President of the Republic and the Castle Guard.

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Assault rifle

An assault rifle is a select fire rifle that uses an intermediate-rifle cartridge and a detachable magazine.

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Česká zbrojovka Uherský Brod

Česká zbrojovka a.s. (CZ, English: "Czech armory"), is a Czech armament manufacturer that is based in Uherský Brod.

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Škorpion

The Škorpion vz.

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Bayonet

A bayonet (from Old French bayonette, now spelt baïonnette) is a knife, dagger, sword, or spike-shaped melee weapon designed to be mounted on the end of the barrel of a rifle, carbine, musket or similar long firearm, allowing the gun to be used as an improvised spear in close combats.

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Bipod

A bipod is a V-shaped portable attachment that helps support and steady a device, usually a weapon such as a long gun or a mortar.

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Brno

Brno (Brünn) is a city in the South Moravian Region of the Czech Republic.

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Carbine

A carbine is a long gun that has a barrel shortened from its original length.

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Czech Republic

The Czech Republic, also known as Czechia, is a landlocked country in Central Europe.

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Czechoslovakia

Czechoslovakia (Czech and Československo, Česko-Slovensko) was a landlocked state in Central Europe, created in 1918, when it declared its independence from Austria-Hungary.

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Flash suppressor

A flash suppressor, also known as a flash guard, flash eliminator, flash hider, or flash cone, is a device attached to the muzzle of a rifle that reduces its visible signature while firing by cooling or dispersing the burning gases that exit the muzzle, a phenomenon typical of carbine-length weapons.

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Gas-operated reloading

Gas-operation is a system of operation used to provide energy to operate locked breech, autoloading firearms.

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Grenade launcher

A grenade launcher is a weapon that fires a specially designed, large-caliber projectile, often with an explosive, smoke, or gas warhead.

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Iron sights

Iron sights are a system of physical alignment markers (usually made of metallic material) used as a sighting device to assist the accurate aiming of ranged weapons (such as a firearms, airguns, crossbows, and bows (mainly found on recurve bows and compound bows), or less commonly as a primitive finder sight for optical telescopes.

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Light machine gun

A light machine gun (LMG) is a light-weight machine gun designed to be operated by a single infantryman, with or without an assistant, as an infantry support weapon.

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List of assault rifles

Assault rifles are full-length, select fire rifles that are chambered for an intermediate-power rifle cartridge that use a detachable magazine.

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Machine gun

A machine gun (MG) is a fully automatic and rifled firearm designed for sustained direct fire with rifle cartridges.

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Magazine (firearms)

A magazine, often simply called a mag, is an ammunition storage and feeding device for a repeating firearm, either integral within the gun (internal/fixed magazine) or externally attached (detachable magazine).

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NATO

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO; Organisation du traité de l'Atlantique nord, OTAN), also called the North Atlantic Alliance, is an intergovernmental military alliance of 32 member states—30 European and 2 North American.

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Polymer

A polymer is a substance or material consisting of very large molecules linked together into chains of repeating subunits.

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Rifle grenade

A rifle grenade is a grenade that uses a rifle-based launcher to permit a longer effective range than would be possible if the grenade were thrown by hand.

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Rotating bolt

Rotating bolt is a method of locking the breech (or rear barrel) of a firearm closed for firing.

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Selective fire

Selective fire, or select fire, is the capability of a weapon to be adjusted to fire in semi-automatic, fully automatic, and/or burst mode.

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Semi-automatic firearm

A semi-automatic firearm, also called a self-loading or autoloading firearm (fully automatic and selective fire firearms are also variations on self-loading firearms), is a repeating firearm whose action mechanism automatically loads a following round of cartridge into the chamber and prepares it for subsequent firing, but requires the shooter to manually actuate the trigger in order to discharge each shot.

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Submachine gun

A submachine gun (SMG) is a magazine-fed automatic carbine designed to fire handgun cartridges.

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Tritium

Tritium or hydrogen-3 (symbol T or H) is a rare and radioactive isotope of hydrogen with half-life ~12.3 years.

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Uherský Brod

Uherský Brod (Ungarisch Brod) is a town in Uherské Hradiště District in the Zlín Region of the Czech Republic.

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UK vz. 59

The Universal Machine Gun Model 1959 (Czech: Univerzální kulomet vzor 59) is a general-purpose machine gun developed in Czechoslovakia in the 1950s. ČZ 2000 and UK vz. 59 are machine guns of Czechoslovakia.

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Vz. 58

The vz. ČZ 2000 and vz. 58 are assault rifles of Czechoslovakia.

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.32 ACP

.32 ACP (Automatic Colt Pistol, also known as the.32 Auto,.32 Automatic, or 7.65×17mmSR) is a centerfire pistol cartridge.

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5.45×39mm

The 5.45×39mm cartridge is a rimless bottlenecked intermediate cartridge.

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5.56×45mm NATO

The 5.56×45mm NATO (official NATO nomenclature 5.56 NATO, commonly pronounced "five-five-six") is a rimless bottlenecked centerfire intermediate cartridge family developed in the late 1970s in Belgium by FN Herstal.

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7.62×39mm

The 7.62×39mm (aka 7.62 Soviet, formerly.30 Russian Short) round is a rimless bottlenecked intermediate cartridge of Soviet origin.

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7.62×54mmR

The 7.62×54mmR is a rimmed rifle cartridge developed by the Russian Empire and introduced as a service cartridge in 1891.

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See also

5.45×39mm assault rifles

5.56×45mm NATO machine guns

Assault rifles of Czechoslovakia

Machine guns of Czechoslovakia

Squad automatic weapons

Trial and research firearms of Czechoslovakia

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ČZ_2000

Also known as CZ 2000, Cz-2000, Cz2000.