Frag Out! Magazine
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Today, the CZUB is delivering thousands of fire- arms for military and law enforcement servic- es around the globe, including Czech Republic (since the early beginning of the company), Slovakia, United States, Middle East and many others. 2016 marks the eighty years of Ceska Zbrojovka, so below you can see how it all started in 1936 and what CZUB is now. 1936–1945 Česká zbrojovka, a. s., Prague, Uherský Brod factory. The Uherský Brod factory is built on a proverbi- al 'greenfield' site as a branch of the main factory, the famous Česká zbrojovka, a. s. Strakonice. The decision to build was made under the scheme of moving the Czechoslovakian armament production from the German border inland. It mainly produces for the Czechoslovakian army (particularly aircraft machine guns). During the occupation between 1939 and 1945, it also produces for the German armed forces (again mainly aircraft machine guns), offering airguns and rimfire rifles as well. After lib- eration, the factory is put under state administra- tion. @ Key products: aircraft machine gun vz. 30, flare gun vz. 30, aircraft machine gun MG 17. 1946–1949 Česká zbrojovka, national enterprise, Strakonice, Uherský Brod factory. After the nationalization of the Czechoslovakian industry, the factory re- tains the status of a branch plant and focuses on www.fragoutmag.com