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ZB-53 / vz. 37

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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.


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ZB 53 / Vz.37 machine gun on tripod - 7.92x57mm Mauser
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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


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

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
Paratrooper British troops Besa; mounted on Daimler Armoured Car 1953
The Unconquered (Neporazení) Jirí Sovák Pvt. Jarda Mounted in the bunker loopholes 1958
At Your Threshold (U Tvoyego Poroga) German troops Mounted in Pz.Kpfw.38(t) light tank 1964
Cast a Giant Shadow Haganah troops mounted on Haganah jeeps 1966
Revenge (Revansa) Seen in the weapon room 1978
Go and Don't Say Goodbye (Chod a nelúc sa) German soldiers 1979
Signum Laudis Vlado Müller Cpl. Hoferik Mocked as Schwarzlose M1907/24 1980
Signum Laudis Russian soldiers Mocked as Maxim M1910 1980
Until the End (Až do konce) Vítezslav Jandák Scharführer SS Otto 1984
Eduard Cupák Hauptsturmführer SS
Daniel Netušil Sigi
Romeo Must Die Chinese prison guard 2000
Our Own (Svoi) German troops Mounted in Pz.Kpfw.38(t) light tank 2004

Video Games

Game Title Mods Note Date
Darkest Hour: Europe '44-'45 Besa Mounted on Cromwell Mk IV 2006