CZ 2000
Czechoslovak/Czech modular family of small arms derived from the AK in 5.45×39 mm (later 5.56 NATO): assault rifle, short carbine and LMG with heavy barrel, side-folding steel stock.
CZ 2000
Community
Data trust
- Reliability
- Unverified
- Sources
- Sources pending review
Identity
- Designation
- CZ 2000
- Alias
- LADA / ČZ vz. 2000
- Manufacturer
- Česká zbrojovka Uherský Brod
- Country
- Czech Republic
- Year
- 1993
- Category
- Assault rifle
- Status
- Limited
Ballistics
- Caliber
- 5.45×39 mm / 5.56×45 mm NATO
- Muzzle velocity
- 880 m/s
- Rate of fire
- ~700 rpm
- Effective range
- 500 m
- Maximum range
- 1000 m
Dimensions
- Barrel length
- 382 mm
- Overall length
- 635 / 845 mm
- Empty weight
- 2.85 kg
Mechanics
- Operating system
- Presa di gas, pistone lungo (architettura AK)
- Bolt / action
- Rotating bolt
Feed
- System
- Caricatore amovibile in polimero traslucido
- Standard capacity
- 30 rounds
Fire modes
Historical profile
Designed from the late 1980s as the LADA within the Warsaw Pact to replace the vz. 58 with a 5.45×39 rifle, retaining the AK-74 architecture but with a translucent polymer magazine.
After the dissolution of the Warsaw Pact and the split of Czechoslovakia (1993), the project was renamed CZ 2000 and rechambered in 5.56×45 NATO with a view to possible NATO accession.
It was never adopted at scale: the Czech Army stayed with the vz. 58 and then moved directly to the CZ 805 BREN; only evaluation and pre-series batches of the CZ 2000 were produced.
Variants
Main users
Cecoslovacchia (prove) · Repubblica Ceca (pre-serie)
Key components
- ●Stock — Shoulder rest.
- ●Receiver — Weapon body with internal mechanisms.
- ●Grip — Primary grip.
- ●Magazine — Cartridge feed.
- ●Barrel — Guides the projectile.
