He was assisted by his brother Emmanuel, as well as two Austrian and Polish engineers, respectivily named Marek and Podrabsky.
Designer Václav Holek was charged by the Czechoslovak army with producing a new light machine gun. This transfer resulted in a long series of court trials over royalties, between the owners of the design (CZ-Praha) and the manufacturer (ZB). Since CZ-Praha was a relatively small factory with limited industrial capabilities, it was decided to transfer the production of the new automatic weapon to the more advanced Zbrojovka Brno, or ZB in short. Of these, the most important was the Praha II, a lightweight, belt-fed weapon built at Česka Zbrojovka (CZ) Praha (Czech Arms factory in Prague).ĭevelopment of the ZB-26 began in 1923 after the Czechoslovak Brno arms factory was built. Étienne Mle 1907, and several domestic designs. Early trials included foreign designs such as Berthier, M1918 Browning automatic rifle, Darne machine gun, Hotchkiss M1914 machine gun, Madsen machine gun, St. In around 1921 the military of the young Czechoslovakian state embarked on a quest for a light machine gun of their own. 26 is incorrect nomenclature because "ZB-26" is a factory designation (Československá zbrojovka v Brně), while "vzor 26" or "vz. 26 ("LK" means lehký kulomet, light machine gun "vz." stands for vzor, Model in Czech). This light machine gun in the Czechoslovak army was marked as the LK vz. The ZB-26 is famous for its reliability, simple components, quick-change barrel and ease of manufacturing.
26 influenced many other light machine gun designs including the British Bren light machine gun and the Japanese Type 97 heavy tank machine gun. It saw its major use during World War II, and spawned the related ZB vz. 26 was a Czechoslovak light machine gun developed in the 1920s, which went on to enter service with several countries. Zbrojovka Brno, Military Technical Institute Kragujevac Ģ0- or 30-round detachable box magazine 26 at the Great Patriotic War Museum, Smolensk
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