![]() It should perhaps be viewed and measured alongside its contemporaries. Strangely enough, these pistols have leading zeroes in the serial number.Īn evaluation of the pistol's performance in retrospect could take into consideration the fact that the pistol occupied an important role in the development of Czechoslovakian pistols. See also the encircled "T" signifying a Czech arsenal. Note the "she 86" indicating manufacture at Uhersky Brod in 1986, and the crossed swords military acceptance mark immediately following. 82 pistol was subject to the customary marking of a lion alongside a military acceptance marking depicting a pair of crossed swords, and stamped with the manufacturer marking "she", which to the present day indicates manufacture by the Czech Arms Factory, a.s., Uhersky Brod. To use the lanyard rope, one had to brace the battery spring, while simultaneously seating the lanyard ring into the magazine well. 52 pistol, a spare magazine and lanyard rope for use with the lanyard ring. In terms of basic accessories associated with each pistol, there was the holster, together with a wire cleaning rod identical in shape to that of the vz. Note the golden "straw" color of these a beryllium copper coating was used on many internal parts used because of its durability and low coefficient of friction. A single button can be pushed from either side, and the release uses just a single spring. 82 uses a rather ingenious ambidextrous magazine release. 234 905, published Januby engineer Karel Strouhal of Uhersky Brod). This was novel, and the manufacture of this holster was patented (no. Still unsettled was its holster, which was implemented with regard to left-handed shooters and allows insertion of the pistol into the holster without firing and without disturbing the other mechanisms. Aside from these features was positive evaluation of the pistol's ergonomic layout and higher capacity magazine. ![]() For example, the introduction of the magazine catch along with ambidextrous means of actuating it and the manual safety. 82 pistols initially performed poorly with regard to manufacturing variances, the other pistols under consideration were disqualified based on lacking several features, which until now nearly no other military pistols offered. Overall, these trials were not significant, for while vz. In 1984, a large-scale trial of pistols manufactured in member states of the Warsaw Pact took place. Development of the pistol was completed in 1982, and it was then introduced to the People's Army of Czechoslovakia and marked on the bottom "9mm pistol vz. The new pistol was intended for the military, and chambered in 9mm Makarov (9mm vz. An interesting feature of this pistol is that the pistol cannot be stripped if the magazine is in place, due to an interlock in the triggerguard. Takedown of this pistol is accomplished by removing the magazine and pulling the triggerguard down (similar to the Makarov), which then allows removal of the slide. Perhaps this is an early version of the polymer coat seen on modern CZ pistols? Note also the lanyard ring behind the magazine floorplate this may also be used to differentiate the vz 82 from the commercial vz 83, which lacked a lanyard ring. In contrast to the blued finish seen on early vz 83s, the vz 82 has a finish resembling black paint. 82) and 9mm Browning Short, both designated for 12 rounds, and 7.65mm Browning model, designated for 15 rounds. The vz 82 was chambered in 9mm Makarov (9mm vz. The cartridges were double-stacked in the magazine, which tapered to a single row feed. Its associated operating latch was located on the left side of the pistol. The vz 82 incorporated the contemporary (and still used to date) system wherein the pistol was equipped with a slide catch, and when the last round was fired, the slide was held back. I'm not a native speaker of Czech, so I make no guarantees about the veracity of this translation! The photos interspersed with the text, and all words in black, are mine. The blue paragraphs below are my translation of the paragraphs in Jan Skramouský and Vladislav Badalík's 1996 work Ceskoslovenske Pistole 1918 - 1985 that deal specifically with the vz 82 pistol. ![]() CZ vz 82 Back to Historic Firearms Gallery
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