UK vz. 59

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Uk vz. 59
Belt-fed
50-round, weight 0.19 kg unloaded or 250 round belt
SightsHooded front post, folding leaf rear sight, sight radius 353 mm (13.9 in)

The Universal Machine Gun Model 1959 (

Slovak Armed Forces
.

Description

The Uk vz. 59 fires

co-axial mounted
weapon (Vz. 59T version).

The machine gun is equipped with a lever-type feed mechanism introduced in Louis Stange's MG 39 Rh,[1] which is operated by the feed lever mounted outside the right wall of the receiver.

The pistol grip acts as the charging handle for the Uk vz. 59.

  • UK-L vz. 59 with bipod.
    UK-L vz. 59 with bipod.
  • Detail of the UK-L vz. 59.
    Detail of the UK-L vz. 59.

Users

Gallery

  • Ukrainian volunteer with UK vz. 59

See also

References

  1. ^ "MG 39 Rh". 19 December 2012.
  2. ISBN 978-1472816092
    .
  3. ^ a b Popenker, Maxim (27 October 2010). "Vz.59 (UK Vz.59)". Modern Firearms.
  4. ^ a b Small Arms Survey (2015). "Waning Cohesion: The Rise and Fall of the FDLR–FOCA" (PDF). Small Arms Survey 2015: weapons and the world (PDF). Cambridge University Press. p. 202. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 July 2015.
  5. ^ "Geo-army.ge". Archived from the original on 9 March 2012.
  6. ^ "World Infantry Weapons: Libya". Archived from the original on 5 October 2016.
  7. ^ "Google Sites".
  8. ^ "První česká vojenská pomoc Ukrajině". armadnizpravodaj.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 1 March 2022.
  9. ^ Scarlata, Paul (15 December 2016). "Eastern Bloc Firestorm: The Czech UK vz. 59 Machine Gun". Military Surplus Magazine.

External links

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