Česká zbrojovka firearms


CZ stands for Česká zbrojovka which means Czech Armory. Most CZ-marked firearms are connected with Česká zbrojovka Uherský Brod – a Czech firearms manufacturer founded 1936. CZ is a registered trade mark.

History

Historically there were several other factories associated with the name Česká zbrojovka, often rendered simply as "ČZ" in general. Below you can find a list of different producers of weapons in the Czech republic, during different periods.
The factories include:
Firearms made in many different factories in Czechoslovakia and later the Czech Republic have been sold under the name ČZ, Brno or Vz.
ČZ is an abbreviation of Česká zbrojovka, while vz. is an abbreviation of vzor. In most cases, only weapons adopted by the Czechoslovak or Czech military have the sign "vz." in the name, although there are some exceptions to this rule. Sa is an abbreviation of samopal. The Czech army used the term "samopal" for the Sa vz. 58 although it is an assault rifle, so this may be as an analogy to Russian term automat.
Note that military weapons after World War II were designed by several independent development centers and then assigned to a production factory.

ČZW

Czech Weapons was a subsidiary group of Česká zbrojovka who develops and evaluates firearms.

Developments and Products