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ZB vz. 26
ZB-26
Note: the actual designations of this weapon were "ZB-26" from the manufacturer, and "vz. 26" in Czech service, but the ZB vz. 26 is an established term.
Specifications
(1924 – 1953)
- 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 | |
| The Bamboo House of Dolls | Imperial Japanese Army soldiers, partisans | visually modified | 1973 | |
| 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 | ||
| Urgent... Secret... Gubcheka (Srochno... sekretno... Gubcheka) | Vladimir Kozelkov | The Red gunner | Without magazine | 1982 |
| 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 | |
| Front | A German soldier | 2014 | ||
| Black Pea Coats (Chyornye bushlaty) | A German soldier | 2018 |
Video Games
| Game Title | Appears as | Mods | Release Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hidden & Dangerous 2 | 2003 | ||
| Forgotten Hope 2 | "Maschinengewehr 26(t) | Added in v2.4 (2011) | 2007 |
| 7554 | 2011 | ||
| Post Scriptum | "MG-26(t)" | 2018 | |
| Enlisted | ZB vz. 26 | 2021 |
ZB-30
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 | |
| The Tree of Guernica (L'arbre de Guernica) | Spanish Nationalists | 1975 | ||
| Revenge (Revansa) | Romanian army | 1978 | ||
| John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum | Seen in armory | 2019 |
Television
| Title | Actor | Character | Note | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Interpreter (Perevodchik) | German soldiers | Mounted on motorcycle | 2014 |
See Also
- Zbrojovka Brno - A list of all firearms manufactured by Zbrojovka Brno.