ZH-29

ZH-29
ZH-29 Automatic rifle
Type	Service rifle
Place of origin	Czechoslovakia
Service history
Used by	See Users
Production history
Designer	Emanuel Holek
Designed	1929
Manufacturer	Ceskoslovenska Zbrojovka
Specifications
Mass	4.5 kg (9.9 lb)
Length	1,150 mm (45 in)
Barrel length	545 mm (21.5 in)
Cartridge	8×57mm IS
Caliber	7.9mm
Action	Gas, Side Swinging Bolt
Rate of fire	Semi-automatic
Feed system	5/10/25 Round Box Magazine
Sights	Iron

The ZH-29 was a semi-automatic rifle developed in Czechoslovakia during the late 1920s and used by Chinese military forces. The ZH-29 is one of the first successful self-loading rifles in service.

Overview

The ZH-29 is a gas operated service rifle with a locking system similar to that which would be later used in the Sturmgewehr 44. The most distinctive feature is that the barrel is offset at a slight angle to the receiver.

A version chambered in .276 Pedersen was submitted to US army trials, but lost to the M1 Garand.

Users

• Taiwan
• Czechoslovakia
• Ethiopia
• Nazi Germany
• Thailand

See also

• Kbsp wz. 1938M

External links

• Popenker, Maxim. "ZH-29 rifle (Czechoslovakia)". Modern Firearms. World Guns. http://world.guns.ru/rifle/rfl23-e.htm. Retrieved December 25, 2012. 
• "Rifle 7.92 mm Automatic ZH 29". REME Museum of Technology. The Corps of Royal Electrical & Mechanical Engineers. http://www.rememuseum.org.uk/collections_view.aspx?id=152. Retrieved December 25, 2012. 
• McCollum, Ian. "Czech ZH29 rifle". ForgottenWeapons.com. http://www.forgottenweapons.com/early-semiauto-rifles/czech-zh29-rifle/. Retrieved December 25, 2012. 
• "Czech ZH29 early semiauto rifle". ForgottenWeapons.com. June 7, 2011. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e5dyjhcxGMI. Retrieved December 25, 2012. 
• http://www.freepatentsonline.com/1821385.html