German Designation: Pistole P39(t) Finnish Designation: Pistol M/39
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ČZ vz. 38 of President Edvard Benes.
SN: 1. On the side of the frame it is stamped: 'STRAKONICE MAY 1937', on the side of the breech is: "CZECH ARMOURY AS. SPOL. in PRAGUE'.
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CZ 38 (39t)
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VHÚ 30.9.12, own photo
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The weapon on the pictures is not vz.39 but vz.38. Marking E7 lion 39 in the detail is the acceptance mark of the Czechoslovakia. E7-designation of the detached workplace of the testing station in Strakonice, lioness-acceptance mark, 39-last colon of the year of acceptance.
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After the Winter War Finland had a shortage of pistols and bought 1713 vz38 pistols. In Finland, where they were delivered by Germany in September 1940, they were designated as M/39 and were used by frontline units during the so-called Continuation War. By the summer of 1948, only 978 of these were left, and they were stored as a mobilisation reserve until the 1980s and then sold
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This pistol, about which there were (unsubstantiated) legends, was way ahead of its time. It was actually the first military weapon of the now heavily promoted DAO system in the US, albeit in the "disadvantageous" 9mmK caliber. At a time when disassembling a pistol was a rather complicated affair, it was a white crow with its unlocked breech. Solving the problem of how to allow the hammer to return to the base position after firing without further spontaneous firing (i.e. the evolvent shape) became the basis for the design of ČZ pistols in the "pocket" 6.35mm calibre after the war.
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Citace - bitaxe :
Finland ... bought 1,713 vz38 pistols.
Finnish vz.38 (but also other types) were marked with the letters "SA" in the frame (SA = Suomen Armeja). Sometimes this marking is mistakenly (by some "dealers" and deliberately) interpreted as the marking of German SAs.
Citace - Fantan :
The solution to the problem of allowing the hammer to return to the base position after firing without firing again (i.e. the evolvent shape) became the basis for the design of the ČZ pistols in the 6.35 mm "pocket" calibre after the war.
The designer of the system was František Myška and it was first used on the pre-war vz.36 in 6.35mm calibre. The post-war vz.45 was an improved version.
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Drink: On a side note, President Benes received a vz.37 pistol, hence the inscription May 1937 , source: 'Czechoslovak Small Arms and Machine Guns'. *** Source. AND WORLD WAR II"
R. 9 mm, l. 195 mm, mass 900 g, z. 9 rounds
The Czechoslovak army, just before the occupation of the country by Germany, introduced into its armament a new pistol of F. Myška design, model 1938, produced by the Czech Armoury in Strakonice. The gun had an original design with easy disassembly and a mechanism with permanent trigger tension (Double Action Only). The 41,000 weapons ordered did not enter the army's arsenal and were taken over by the German military authorities. As type Pistole 39 (t), they entered the arsenal of the Wehrmacht, Luftwaffe, Todt organization, etc. At least 1000 units were exported to Bulgaria and 1731 pistols were used by the Finnish army.
CZ vz.38, sbírky VHÚ Praha
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It might be a good idea to mention the nickname this weapon has been given. It's called a "nutcracker", why that's obvious.
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