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Pre-1968
Exc. V.G. Fair 25000 20000 18000
ZB VZ26 with both left and right side receiver markings
ZB VZ37 (Model 53 for export)
Introduced in 1937 this gun was designed as a medium air-cooled machine gun chambered for the 7.92x57mm cartridge. The finned barrel was 26.5" in length. Uses a 100- or 200-round metal belt. Grips mounted under the receiver with trigger. Rate of fire was either 500 or 700 rounds per minute. Weight is approximately 40 lbs. This gun is usually tripod mounted. A number of these guns were supplied to Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces during the 1960s. Some 4,000 were sold to Israel in 1949. Many more were exported to the Middle East and Africa.
Pre-1968 (Very Rare)
Exc. V.G. Fair 30000 25000 22000ZB 39
In 1939 the Czechs exported a small number (est. fewer than 100) of this gun to Bulgaria in 8x56R Austrian Mannlicher caliber. This gun is stamped with the Bulgarian crest and other markings. The gun is fitted with a forward sling swivel, a ring-mounted extension around the wrist of the stock, and a different compact sight mounting system is used. Some examples are found in .303 caliber and it is thought that these examples come from South Africa.