ČZ 2000
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Key Takeaways
- The ČZ 2000 is a prototype 5.
- History In 1977, the Brno General Machine-Building Plants R&D Center began a program to create a new rifle under the name Lada S .
- A design was approved in 1984 that fired the smaller 5.
- 3 in) barrel; a rifle with a 382 mm (15.
- They followed the variant family of AK-74 rifles and mostly took after their designs except for differences in the receiver cover, sights, and safety selector.
The ČZ 2000 is a prototype 5.56 mm caliber Czech weapon system, consisting of a standard rifle, carbine and light machine gun.
History
In 1977, the Brno General Machine-Building Plants R&D Center began a program to create a new rifle under the name Lada S.
J. Denel from the Brno-based Prototypa-ZM company was the chief designer for both systems.
A design was approved in 1984 that fired the smaller 5.45×39mm cartridge and could fill three roles: a subcarbine with a 185 mm (7.3 in) barrel; a rifle with a 382 mm (15.0 in) barrel; and a light support weapon with a 577 mm (22.7 in) barrel.
They followed the variant family of AK-74 rifles and mostly took after their designs except for differences in the receiver cover, sights, and safety selector.
The weapons were built by late 1985, tested starting in 1986, and was approved for production in November 1989.
Shortly after that time, however, the Cold War was ending and Czechoslovakia's communist party had stepped down following the Velvet Revolution.
300,000 Lada systems were planned, but by the time it was declared fit for production in February 1990, the Army had no funds.
The country itself was splitting apart, and on 1 January 1993 it separated into the Czech Republic and Slovakia, ending 74 years of the country of Czechoslovakia.
The Lada was not likely to be bought in large numbers by the smaller army.
By then Česká zbrojovka Uherský Brod, which had taken over the design, had become privatised, and the company shelved the weapon for several years.
In the late 1990s, the Lada project was restarted with the prospect of the Czech Republic becoming a full member of NATO.
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