The Universal Machine Gun Model 1959 (Czech: Univerzální kulomet vzor 59) is a general-purpose machine gun developed in Czechoslovakia in the 1950s. It remains in use by the Czech Army and the Slovak Armed Forces .

Vz.59机枪采用导气式自动原理、开放式枪机，使用50发不可散式金属弹链供弹，供弹口位于左侧，顶部有机械瞄准具，握把和枪托为木制。 该枪只有全自动射击模式，射手可以根据需要调节导气量以适应不同的环境，射速在700~1000发/分钟。

vz. 59是 捷克斯洛伐克 在1959年開始生產並加以裝備成為軍方制式機槍，並在1960年代時取代當時口徑為7.62×45 Czhech的 vz. 52 及 7.62×39毫米 的 vz. 52/57通用機槍 [1]，以使用7.62×54R的大口徑華沙制式彈藥。 在捷克斯洛伐克解體後，捷克陸軍直至現在仍有裝備，阿富汗聯軍亦有採用。 vz. 59採用導氣式設計、開放式槍機，而其槍機容納部下方的握柄同時具有槍機拉柄的功能，只要移動此握柄，便可讓槍機上膛。 彈鏈從 機匣 右面供彈，輕型機槍模式時配用輕槍管、 兩腳 …

2018年3月21日 · The UK 59 was basically a scaled up sibling of the vz.52 and vz.52/57 machine guns, although it fed from a belt only, where its smaller predecessors had allowed either belt or magazine feed. It used a pivoting locking block system much like the Walther P38 and Beretta pistols, in conjunction with a long stroke gas piston much like that of the ...

UK 59 is a true universal machine gun, chambered for powerful (but obsolete) rifle cartridge, Russian 7.62x54mm R. It is available in two basic versions: UK 59L – a light machine gun with lightweight barrel and bipod, and UK 59, with heavier and longer barrel and tripod mount.

2016年12月15日 · The UK vz. 59 was an air-cooled, belt-fed weapon and, with typical Czech thoroughness, was manufactured from all machined steel parts with a wooden buttstock and pistol grip. It was available with a quick-change lightweight barrel or a heavy barrel for sustained fire, and it could be fired from either a bipod, a tripod or a coaxial mount on ...

2021年8月15日 · Page details technical specifications, development, and operational history of the Zbrojovka ZB vz. 59 / Uk vz. 59 General Purpose Machine Gun (GPMG) including pictures. The global defense reference actively compiled since 2003

The 7.62 mm Universal Machine Gun vz.59 is an individual's weapon that is designed to destroy an opponent's living force. It is the most effective means of knocking out single live targets that are uncovered, moving, and appearing for a short period of time.

2017年10月27日 · The UK vz. 59 stands for Universal Version of 1959 which was the year the machine gun was adopted. The belt fed machine gun was actually based on the vz. 52 light machine gun chambered in 7625x45mm. This is not the vz. 52 rifle for those of you who might be getting confused at this point.

2015年7月13日 · Despite sounding like something the Czechs tried to export to Britain in the 20th Century, the UK vz. 59 was a GPMG adopted by Czechoslovakia during the height of the Cold War. Czechpoint, importer and manufacturer of Czech small arms, has covered the machine gun on their YouTube channel, in three videos embedded below: