Courtesy of CZ and their reference library, we are looking at a prototype model of the vz.70 pistol intended to use a suppressor. It has an extended and threaded (with interrupted threads for quick attach/detach) barrel, and a mechanism to allow for locking the slide. This will prevent the slide from cycling, thus reducing the noise of a shot and also preventing the ejection of spent brass. Ultimately only a handful of these were made, and they never got into production or issued use.
Semiauto pistol
Origins of the vz.82: A Western Pistol for Communist Czechoslovakia
The vz.82 and its cousin the CZ 83 are pistols that originated when the Czech state export company during the Cold War began looking for arms it could export to bring in hard currency. The […]
Semiauto pistol
The Jet Li Maneuver: Beretta Disassembly at Gunpoint
In Lethal Wespon IV, Jet Li’s character is caught at gunpoint by Mel Gibson’s character…until he turns the tables by stripping the slide right off Gibson’s Beretta 92FS. I wonder how feasible that really is? […]
Bolt Action Rifles
G24(t): Germany’s Take on the Czechoslovakian vz24
When Germany took over Czechoslovakia, one of the things they did was buy out a controlling interest in what became known as Waffenwerke Brunn. Headquartered in Prague, the company had two factories; one in Brno […]
what a sweet gun! Shame that the suppressor was probably a rubber wipe type.