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ZB vz.60

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Type
  
Heavy machine gun

In service
  
1935?–45

Designer
  
Zbrojovka Brno

Place of origin
  
Czechoslovakia

Wars
  
World War II

Used by
  
Czechoslovakia  Nazi Germany  Slovakia  Yugoslavia

The ZB vz.60 was a heavy machine gun designed by Zbrojovka Brno in Czechoslovakia during the 1930s. Weapons acquired after the German occupation of Czechoslovakia in March 1939 were taken into Wehrmacht service as the 15 mm FlaMG 39(t); Former Yugoslav guns were designated as the 15 mm FlaMG 490(j). The Germans used them as light anti-aircraft guns during World War II. The British developed their 15 mm Besa Mk I from the ZB vz.60 for service on armored fighting vehicles.

References

ZB vz.60 Wikipedia