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| ''[[Little Partisan (Malý partyzán)]]'' ||  || Czechoslovak soldier  || || 1950  
 
| ''[[Little Partisan (Malý partyzán)]]'' ||  || Czechoslovak soldier  || || 1950  
 
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| rowspan="2"|''[[Unconquered, The (Neporazení)|The Unconquered (Neporazení)]]'' || [[Jirí Sovák]] || Pvt. Jarda || || rowspan="2"|1958
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| rowspan="2"|''[[Unconquered, The (Neporazení)|The Unconquered (Neporazení)]]'' || [[Jirí Sovák]] || Pvt. Jarda || rowspan="2"|Mounted in the bunker || rowspan="2"| 1958
 
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| ''[[At Your Threshold (U Tvoyego Poroga)]]'' ||  || German troops  || Mounted in Pz.Kpfw.38(t) light tank || 1964
 
 
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| ''[[At Your Threshold (U Tvoyego Poroga)]]'' ||  || German troops  || Mounted in Pz.Kpfw.38(t) light tank || 2000
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| ''[[Romeo Must Die]]'' ||  || Chinese prison guard  ||  || 2000  
 
| ''[[Romeo Must Die]]'' ||  || Chinese prison guard  ||  || 2000  
 
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Revision as of 14:54, 10 July 2012

The ZB-53 / Vz.37 air-cooled, belt-fed machine-gun was manufactured by the Czechoslovak arms ZB factory. It was a gas operated, automatic-only weapon (with selectable rate of fire), which fires from an open bolt. The ZB-53 uses belt feed, from non-disintegrating steel belts which are fed from the right side only. The ZB-53 was issued with tripods of several designs. ZB-53/Vz.37 also used as a tank guns. Also British Birmingham Small Arms Company manufactured licensed modification of the tank version of ZB-53 named the Besa Machine Gun.

The ZB-53 / Vz.37 machine guns have appeared in the following movies used by the following actors:

ZB 53 / Vz.37 machine gun on tripod - 7.92x57mm Mauser
British Besa tank machine gun - 7.92×57mm Mauser

Specifications

  • Caliber: 7.92x57mm Mauser
  • Weight: 21 kg (41.9 lb) gun + 17.5 (38.6 lb) tripod
  • Length: 1096 mm (43.1 in)
  • Barrel length: 733 mm (28.9 in)
  • Rate of fire: Selectable, 500 or 700-800 rpm
  • Capacity: 100 or 200 rounds belt


Film

Title Actor Character Note Date
Ivan Nikulin: Russian Sailor (Ivan Nikulin - Russkiy Matros) German soldiers and Soviet sailors 1944
Little Partisan (Malý partyzán) Czechoslovak soldier 1950
The Unconquered (Neporazení) Jirí Sovák Pvt. Jarda Mounted in the bunker 1958
Martin Tapák Pvt. Janko
At Your Threshold (U Tvoyego Poroga) German troops Mounted in Pz.Kpfw.38(t) light tank 2000
Romeo Must Die Chinese prison guard 2000

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