CZK - vz. 53 (12,7 mm čtyřkulomet)

In 1953, a quad machine gun consisting of four vz.38/46 (a licensed heavy machine gun DŠKM) was introduced as an armament of the Czechoslovak army under the name 12.7 mm PL quad machine gun vz.53. The Lafete was developed, designed and manufactured in Czechoslovakia. After World War II, the vz.38/46 S heavy machine gun was produced under license in this country as a single-barrelled machine gun, with a protective shield, on a special base with 2 wheels.

Main data:
Attack speed : 870 m/sec.
Range in m:
6500
Altitude: 4400
effective altitude: 1500

Combat rate of fire: 4 x 125 rounds/min.

Weight in kg:
Missiles: 0.05
weapons in firing position : 558

Source.
Military History of Czechoslovakia Volume V
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Source : Defence of the People 1957 No. 127
CZK - vz. 53 (12,7 mm čtyřkulomet) -  Štvorča  v ČSA v päťdesiatych rokoch.

" Štvorča " v ČSA v päťdesiatych rokoch.
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Vz.53 in the Museum of the intervention in Playa Girón, Bay of pigs, Cuba.
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vz.53 zrekvírovaný the us army during operation Urgent Fury on Grenada in 1983..
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