ZB vz. 26

ZB-26

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ZB-26 - 7.92x57mm Mauser

Specifications

• Caliber: 7.92x57mm Mauser
• Length: 45.75 inches
• Barrel Length: 26.50 inches
• Weight: 21.28 pounds (Empty)
• Muzzle Velocity: 2500 feet per second
• Maximum effective range: 804.67 meters with bipod mount
• Cyclic rate of fire: 450-600 rounds per minute

The ZB vz. 26 and variants can be seen in the following films, television series, video games, and anime used by the following actors:

Film

Title	Actor	Character	Note	Date
The Stolen Border (Uloupená hranice)	Rudolf Deyl	Sgt. Vrbek		1947
		Czechoslovak soldiers
Wolves' Lairs (Vlcie diery)		Slovak soldiers and partisans		1948
Action B (Akce B)		Czechoslovak soldiers		1952
The Unconquered (Neporazení)	Gustav Heverle	Cpl. Ríha		1958
	Jaroslav Mareš	PVT. Pepík
	Jirí Sovák	Pvt. Jarda
	Martin Tapák	Pvt. Janko
	Josef Vinklár	Pvt. Mirek
	Rudolf Deyl	Jura
		Czechoslovakian soldiers
Captain Dabac		Slovak insurgent soldiers		1959
Smugglers of Death		SNB border guard		1959
Five Branded Women		Italian partisan		1960
Death Is Called Engelchen (Smrt sa volá Engelchen)		Slovak partisans		1960
The Red Detachment of Women (Hong se niang zi jun)	Xijuan Zhu	Wu Qionghua		1961
	Xin-Gang Wang	Hong Changqing
		Communist partisans
Death Is Called Engelchen		German troops, Partisans		1963
The Bridge at Remagen		German soldiers		1968
The Marathon (Maratón)		German soldiers and Czech insurgents		1968
The Man Who Lies		A German gunner		1968
The Eighth (Osmiyat)		Resistance fighters	Bulgarian ZB-39	1969
Hot Winter (Horká zima)		Slovak partisans		1973
Tomorrow I'll Wake Up and Scald Myself with Tea		SS soldiers		1977
From Hell to Victory		German and American soldiers		1979
Fracchia the Human Beast (Fracchia la belva umana)		Carabinieri		1981
The Detached Mission (Odinochnoye plavanye)	Nikolay Lavrov	SSG Eddie Griffith		1985
		Rogue American soldiers
A Youth Orchestra (Orkestar jedne mladosti)		Yugoslav soldier		1985
Sitting on a Branch, Enjoying Myself	Markéta Hrubesová	Ester		1989
Sitting on a Branch, Enjoying Myself		Czechoslovak soldiers		1989
Fatal Eggs (Rokovye yaytsa)	Aleksei Zharkov	Schukin		1995
Fatal Eggs (Rokovye yaytsa)	Aleksandr Pashutin	Polaitis		1995
Python II		Russian soldiers	ZB 39 Light Machine Gun	2002
We Were Soldiers		Viet Minh soldiers	Chinese conversion in 7.62x39mm	2002
Senso '45		A German soldier		2002
The Children of Huang Shi		Japanese soldiers	Stand-in for Type 96	2008
Flame and Citron		German soldiers		2008
Battle of Local Importance (Boi mestnogo znacheniya)	Vladislav Benderskiy	Hans		2008
Battle of Local Importance (Boi mestnogo znacheniya)	Nikolay Dobrynin	Pvt. Stryapukhin		2008
City of Life and Death		Nationalist Chinese Soldiers		2009
Death and Glory in Changde	Ray Lui	Lt. Gen. Yu Chengwan	Chinese conversion in 7.62x39mm	2010
		Chinese soldiers
Guernica		Nationalist soldiers		2016

Television

Show Title	Actor	Character	Note / Episode	Air Date
Once There Was a House (Byl jednou jeden dum)		Czech insurgents	"Obvaziste Boccaccio" (S1E5)	1974
Snipers. Love Under the Gun (Snaypery. Lyubov pod pritselom)		Soviet Army, German troops		2013
Days of Honour. Uprising (Czas honoru. Powstanie)	Adam Fidusiewicz	Marian 'Wilk' Suchecki		2014

Video Games

Game Title	Appears as	Mods	Release Date
Hidden & Dangerous 2			2003
Forgotten Hope 2			2005
7554			2011

ZB-30

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ZB-30 (deactivated) - 7.92x57mm Mauser

Film

Title	Actor	Character	Note	Date
Check Passed: No Mines (Provereno nema mina)		Yugoslavian soldier	ZB-30J	1965
The Tunnel (Tunelul)		Romanian soldiers	ZB-30 or ZB-39	1966
Revenge (Revansa)		Romanian army		1978
John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum			Seen in armory	2019

See Also

• Zbrojovka Brno - A list of all firearms manufactured by Zbrojovka Brno.