Frag Out! Magazine
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the mass production of civilian firearms (airguns, rimfire rifles, self-loading shotguns). Production of automatic firearms (this time submachine guns) is restored in 1948-1949. @ Key products: CZ 236 and the CZ 800 line air ri- fles, repeating air rifle vz. 47 used for training, CZ 242 rimfire rifles, CZ 241 self-loading shot- guns. 1950–1958 Precision Engineering, nat. ent., Uherský Brod. The company becomes independent, but at the same time it is directly subordinate to the central state administration. These years see the begin- ning of a rigorous enforcement of planned econ- omy. From 1950, the production is dominated by supplies for the armed forces (submachine guns, semi-automatic and sniper rifles, links for am- munition belts), which brings a lot of technical difficulties. In order to compensate for the lost output of military orders, from 1955 the focus gradually turns on the production of civilian firearms once again (air rifles, starter pistols, after 1957 also semi-automatic pistols). @ Key products: 23/25 and 24/26 submachine guns, semi-automatic rifles vz. 52 and 52/57, sniper rifles vz. 54, CZ pistol vz. 50, Slavia alarm and starter pistol, the first generation of Slavia air rifles (starting with model 603) 1958–1965 October Revolution Works, nat. ent. Vsetín, Uherský Brod – branch 5. Large reorganization of the Czechoslovakian the industry brings the DEFENCE INDUSTRY