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[[Image:VZ58.jpg|thumb|right|400px|'''Czech SA vz-58V''' ''(Výsadkový aka "Airborne")'' with folding stock - 7.62x39mm]] | [[Image:VZ58.jpg|thumb|right|400px|'''Czech SA vz-58V''' ''(Výsadkový aka "Airborne")'' with folding stock - 7.62x39mm]] | ||
[[Image:800px-Sa 58-JH01.jpg|thumb|right|400px|'''Czech SA vz-58P''' ''(Pěchotní aka "Infantry")'' with fixed stock - 7.62x39mm]] | [[Image:800px-Sa 58-JH01.jpg|thumb|right|400px|'''Czech SA vz-58P''' ''(Pěchotní aka "Infantry")'' with fixed stock - 7.62x39mm]] | ||
| − | The | + | The '''SA vz-58'''(Sometimes VZ58) is an assault rifle of Czechoslovakian design. Though it is externally somewhat similar to the [[AK-47]] series of rifles, it is actually a much different weapon with the internals being closer to the STG 44. Despite firing the same cartridge (7.62x39mm) '''nothing is interchangeable''' with any of the [[AK-47]] variants of rifles, and that includes the ammunition magazine. |
Revision as of 21:13, 27 August 2008
The SA vz-58(Sometimes VZ58) is an assault rifle of Czechoslovakian design. Though it is externally somewhat similar to the AK-47 series of rifles, it is actually a much different weapon with the internals being closer to the STG 44. Despite firing the same cartridge (7.62x39mm) nothing is interchangeable with any of the AK-47 variants of rifles, and that includes the ammunition magazine.
The Sa vz 58 can be seen in the following films, television series, and video games used by the following actors:
Film
- Ngoc Le as the Việt Cộng sniper in Full Metal Jacket
- Roger Moore as James Bond in Octopussy
- Serbian soldiers in Behind Enemy Lines
- A Serbian gangster and Kim Bodnia as Harald in In China They Eat Dogs