Place of origin Czechoslovakia Wars Vietnam war | In service 1959-present Designed 1956-1959 | |
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Type General-purpose machine gun Used by Czech Republic, Slovakia | ||
The Universal Machine Gun Model 1959 (Czech: Univerzální kulomet vzor 59) is a machine gun developed in Czechoslovakia in the 1950s. It remains in use by the Czech Army and the Slovak Armed Forces.
The Uk vz. 59 fires 7.62×54mmR ammunition (although a Vz. 59N variant for 7.62×51mm NATO ammunition also exists), delivered via an ammunition belt. The weapon can serve as a light (light barrel and bipod, vz. 59L model) and medium machine gun (heavy barrel and tripod), and can also be used as a co-axial mounted weapon (Vz. 59T version).
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