There are Czechoslovakian semi-automatic rifle and light machinegun chambered in 7.62x45mm. There are also several assault rifle prototypes using that round. But Vz.58 was never even intended to use it.
The original idea & first prototypes of this desing were actually designed by M. Kalashnikov himself, so technically it's an "AK". The firearm went through plety of changes since his last prototype, but still. I can't remember the name of his prototypes though, but I'm sure you can still find it on the web.
You can find all kinds of fiction on the web. I've seen no evidence to suggest that Kalashnikov had any influence on the design of the vz.58. If Kalashnikov had been involved, we would see more hallmarks of the AK in the vz.58 design. Mechanically speaking, there are none, and the vz.58 is really more of a parallel development from the SKS (with additional influences from the previous Czech vz.52 rifle and the Walther P38) than it was influenced by the AK. The trigger mechanism is that of an open bolt machine gun (very unlike the AK) married to a closed bolt action, with its linear hammer functioning as a fairly unique bridge between disparate mechanical concepts. In my mind, the vz.58 is an example of the Czechs expressing their autonomy from Moscow and demonstrating local engineering prowess, which by the time the vz.58 was developed, had been going along quite well since the ZB vz.26 revolutionized the magazine-fed light machine gun concept, 32 years prior. What they ended up producing was a lighter, handier rifle that is by all accounts comparably simple, robust, and maintenance-free (and that's saying something), to serve the same function as the AK, with the added functionality of an automatic bolt catch, a feature which Kalashnikov himself appears to have considered unnecessary and redundant.
Bit of erasing Czech gun development history huh? Nothing in this weapon resembles anything Kalashnikov designed. He would have been far too busy with the AKM, RPK, and PK, and wouldn't be under any orders to assist the Czechs in making a gun for themselves.
Looks less complicated than an AK. I could totally see an insurgency slapping a few of these things together in a garden shed.
Love it 😍
Nice job
very nice, you could also include in the video how last round bolt hold open works
Is that a striker fired automatic rifle?! Not many of those around
can you PLEASE do the savage navy? I am making a 3d printable replica of it and a reference would be so so nice!
I cap when I rap. I'm an inconnet tweep. Keep a teddy bear while i sleep
Yep, it's an SKS short stroke system through and through.
7,62x45
= 342.9😜🤗
There are Czechoslovakian semi-automatic rifle and light machinegun chambered in 7.62x45mm. There are also several assault rifle prototypes using that round. But Vz.58 was never even intended to use it.
@@ДокторЯдо I think it was intended to use it, but during development, they adopted sovet round 7.62x39 instead.
The original idea & first prototypes of this desing were actually designed by M. Kalashnikov himself, so technically it's an "AK". The firearm went through plety of changes since his last prototype, but still. I can't remember the name of his prototypes though, but I'm sure you can still find it on the web.
Where did you hear that? I have no idea that Kalasnikov tuches this gun.
You can find all kinds of fiction on the web. I've seen no evidence to suggest that Kalashnikov had any influence on the design of the vz.58. If Kalashnikov had been involved, we would see more hallmarks of the AK in the vz.58 design. Mechanically speaking, there are none, and the vz.58 is really more of a parallel development from the SKS (with additional influences from the previous Czech vz.52 rifle and the Walther P38) than it was influenced by the AK. The trigger mechanism is that of an open bolt machine gun (very unlike the AK) married to a closed bolt action, with its linear hammer functioning as a fairly unique bridge between disparate mechanical concepts.
In my mind, the vz.58 is an example of the Czechs expressing their autonomy from Moscow and demonstrating local engineering prowess, which by the time the vz.58 was developed, had been going along quite well since the ZB vz.26 revolutionized the magazine-fed light machine gun concept, 32 years prior. What they ended up producing was a lighter, handier rifle that is by all accounts comparably simple, robust, and maintenance-free (and that's saying something), to serve the same function as the AK, with the added functionality of an automatic bolt catch, a feature which Kalashnikov himself appears to have considered unnecessary and redundant.
Bit of erasing Czech gun development history huh? Nothing in this weapon resembles anything Kalashnikov designed. He would have been far too busy with the AKM, RPK, and PK, and wouldn't be under any orders to assist the Czechs in making a gun for themselves.
Totally wrong.