So there we have it ladies and gents.
After the declaration of an independent Slovak State the 30 tankettes of Armoured Regiment 3 were stationed in Slovakia; vehicles 13.460 to 13.489. [21] A few prototypes of G 33/40 with wooden folding stocks were also produced for the German paratroopers, these are not included in the totals as this variant never went into serial production. Personally I use Winsor & Newtons Artists White Spirit as I had a bad experience with normal white spirit stripping away four layers of paint and primer and have no wish to repeat the disaster! They most probably remained in the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia. Their last appearance in the forces of the Czechoslovakian army was in 1938 and 1939 within Carpathian Ruthenia (vehicles from Armoured Regiment 3) but only in rare cases. Besides the original German markings Kongsberg Våpenfabrikk marked "POLITI", the Norwegian national coat of arms and new serial number in a separate Norwegian police series on left side of the receiver ring.[29]. Because the insurgents did not target the tankettes, none of them received any damage. On 25 February 1930 a contract was signed between CKD and Vickers-Armstrong to purchase a further three sample Carden-Lloyd Mk.VI's, one trailer and one trolley for the tankette and at the same time purchased a license for their production in Czechoslovakia, until 1 December 1939. The OA vz.30 armoured cars, with their equipment held within the turret ring was able to accomplish all of the same tasks asked of the vz.33 to a much higher standard and yet despite this the powers that be … The OA vz.30 armoured cars, with their equipment held within the turret ring was able to accomplish all of the same tasks asked of the vz.33 to a much higher standard and yet despite this the powers that be stated that the tankette idea was a good idea but that the current vehicles had too many shortcomings to warrant serious consideration and were far off from being a maturely developed combat vehicle. They were allocated as follows: Mounted Reconnaissance Unit 1 (JPO 1) in Bratislava - 5 machines, Armoured Regiment in Turcianske Saint Martin - 3 machines, Motorised Battalion 11 in Banska Bystrica - 3 machines, Motorised Battalion 2 in Presov - 3 machines, Corps Vehicle Pool in Trencin - 3 machines, Border Defence Company 1 in Humenne - 1 machine, Border Defence Company 2 in Bardejov - 1 machine, Border Defence Company 3 in Brezno nad Hronom - 1 machine, Border Defence Company 4 in Presov - 1 machine, Border Defence Company 5 in Michalovce - 1 machine. Buy It Now +$10.00 shipping. These found active service in 3rd Platoon of the 1st Armoured Car Company. Following the rebuild the CKD representatives were able to pressure the army representatives into accepting the tankettes and they were accepted into the armoured regiment on 17 October 1932 in Slany. This is applied sparingly just along the edges and prominent areas. 33 – "short rifle model 33") was a Czechoslovak bolt-action carbine that was based on a Mauser-type action, designed and produced in Československá zbrojovka in Brno during the 1930s in order to replace the obsolete Mannlicher vz. A number of tests however were failed and as a result of these the treads were stripped off of the vehicle, the rubber wheels were removed from the wheels, the engine continually over heated and the oil pipes cracked. Even light reconnaissance duties assigned to these tankettes was problematic due to the poor visibility that the vehicles visors allowed. 37 short rifles and carbines just before the German invasion of Czechoslovakia. However, the Czechoslovakian designation for this bayonet was VZ–22.
Many books refer to this bayonet as VZ–23 "Long." 24 rifle. 23 short rifles. In the end the tankettes were actually used in the border combats against the German Freikorps through August and September.
They were likely used as static machine gun posts or for target practise. [5] As the name implies, the receiver ring is of slightly smaller diameter than the standard Model 98 action,[6] intended to lighten the weapon at the expense of a slight reduction in action strength and safety margins. This layer has a highlight of Vallejo's 914 Green Ochre mixed in whatever ratio you want with the German Camo Medium Brown already in the airbrush and is then applied in splotches to provide some variance in the muddy weathering. [8], The significant lighter weight of the vz. The tactical block is very well made.
Folding knife bayonet permanently attached to the, Knife bayonet for use on the 7.62 mm. They requested rifle modifications and that the 400 mm.
These tankettes were allocated permanently to these units and were utilised for driver and gunner training. The codes only went up to 999, after which the Zahlencode System was replaced by a Letter Code (Buchstabencode). They carried a range of different armaments ranging initially from light and heavy machine guns right up to mortars, flame throwers and autocannons by the end of their operational period in history. Several tankettes served as ammunition transport vehicles in the area of Turciansky Svaty Martin or else were employed as guard units and tractors at the Tri Duby airfield. Click on the photo at left to see a new-made VZ–23 bayonet exported to Persia (Iran). Of these 20,011 were issued to the Gendarmerie and 4,300 to the Finance Guard. A fifth of the zf-48 alba crossing production units produced were struck from factory listings in the style of the former model, the gb 11. This example was produced in 1946, after the German occupation ended and before the communist take-over of Czechoslovakia in February 1948. At the time of the deteriorating political situation in 1938 it was decided to deploy the tankettes as support vehicles in platoons of three. blade of the VZ–23 bayonet be shortened by 100 mm., resulting in the VZ–24 bayonet with its 300 mm. Army acceptance tests were fixed with each vehicle having to conduct a 400km journey between Prague-Milovice-Prague. Post 1934, after obtaining a license to export the tankette from the army, CKD unsuccessfully offered the tankette vz.33 abroad to Argentina, Brazil, Bolivia, Estonia, Lithuania, Sweden, China, Persia and Yugoslovia. 33 the Gewehr 33/40 stands out by the following features: Markings are of the German type, with code letters on the receiver ring in place of the Czech rampant lion. Reproduction mounts have been welded or screwed onto Gewehr 33/40 scope bases; this is incorrect both in size and construction of the original scope base mounts. CKD then applied political leverage to the Minister of Defence, Bohumir Bradac, probably by way of threatening to dismiss workers and limit future production capacities. [22], In 1954, Czechoslovakia shipped some vz. All of the aforementioned issues forced a major rebuild of the vehicles superstructure.
Between 12 September and 4 October there were 69 engagements that involved the presence of armour, and of course at least in part with the participation of the tankettes. The Army continued to issue the VZ–23 bayonets on hand until they were phased out in the mid-1930s. [21], Peru ordered some vz. By the end of 1931 one Czechoslovakian CL-P had been constructed for CZK 115,363. All factors resulted in excessive wear and frequent failure. Scabbard: "E" (lion) "23" and "CSZ" on frog stud. On taking receipt of the license CKD started to produce four more tankettes in the Praga car factory that had been taken over by CKD in 1927. In the 1930s, many Latin American countries ordered vz. On the basis of these suggestions the machines were purchased and taken over by the army. Pre-Owned. The start of serial production had significantly adjusted due to a collection of complications that had occurred, not least of which was the unsatisfactory work of the Polda Steelworks who were responsible for the manufacture of the armour plates. For the Czechoslovak army, Gendarmerie and Finanční stráž (literally Finance Guard, which was a custom and border protection armed service under the command of the Czechoslovak Department of Finance) some 25,300 vz. I am indebted to Czechoslovakian collector/researcher Michal Uher for providing period documentation clarifying the proper designation for these bayonets.