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introduction of production and economic units (VHJ) as the middle management level of the na- tional economy. Česká zbrojovka from Uherský brod is incorporated into the departmental en- terprise October Revolution Works, nat. ent. Vsetín. The main products are service small arms (assault rifles and submachine guns). However, due to delimitations, the bulk of the production of civilian firearms in Czechoslovakia (airguns, rimfire rifles, centrefire rifles, various types of pistols) starts moving to Uherský Brod. @ Key products: CZ pistol vz. 45 and DUO-Z, Slavia ZVP air pistol, submachine gun (assault rifle) vz. 58, Škorpion submachine gun vz. 61 1965–1982 Precision Engineering, nat. ent., Uherský Brod. Following a change in the name once again, the Uherský Brod factory comes under the director- ship of Zbrojovka Brno, renamed Zbrojovka in 1968. This General Directorate is based in Brno and also controls companies specializing in the production and development of agricultural machinery. The Uherský Brod factory continues focusing on the manufacture of service weapons and increases ex- port of civilian firearms to Western countries. As part of a modernization programme, launched in the second half of the 1960s, the groundbreaking CZ 75 is born. In the early 1970s, to ensure continuous www.fragoutmag.com