Video Discription |
Type: Semiautomatic pistol
Produced: 1927-1951
Caliber: .32 Auto (7,65x17 mmSR/7,65 mm Browning)
Action: Blowback
Trigger: Single action
Safety: Thumb safety (frame), magazine disconnector (in locked-breech variant)
Magazine: 8 rounds
Sights: Rear, open sight fixed, V notch; Front, blade shape fixed
Grooves: 6 grooves, right-hand twist, 9.8" (250 mm)
Barrel length: 3.89" (99 mm)
Overall length: 6.38" (162 mm)
Muzzle energy: 126 ft-lb (171 J)
Muzzle velocity: 895 ft/s (273 m/s)
The civilian models has the name "Böhmische Waffenfabrik in Strakonice" on the top of the slide. In 1939, after twelve years of use by the Czechoslovakian police, the German Occupation Army saw its potential and adopted it as a secondary military weapon and for police and Luftwaffe use as Pistole 27(t).
The CZ 1927 was made for police, security guards and commercial sale until the German occupation. Production continued under German supervision, «Pistolen 27 (t)» being made until 1945. The top-rib of the slide was marked BOHMISCHE WAFFENFABRIK A.G. IN PRAG with «pistole modell 27 kal. 7,65» on the left side of the frame. Guns made after 1941 omitted the top-rib mark in favour of «fnh Pistole Modell 27 Kal. 7,65» on the left side of the slide. «fnh» was the German identification code for the CZ factory. Work resumed in 1946, initially by assembling guns from left-over wartime parts. New CZ 27 pistols were available as late as 1951. Post-1948 guns have slides marked CESKA ZBROJOVKA-NARODNI PODNIK/STRAKONICE, with the encircled «CZ» trademarks and «7·65». MADE IN CZECHOSLOVAKIA often appears on the front lower left side of the frame ahead of the trigger guard.
It was the successor of CZ vz 22. The external difference between the two vz 27 variations lies in the cutting of the finger-grip grooves in the slide: the blowback model has vertical grooves while the locked-breech model has the grooves obliquely inclined to the top front of the slide. The locked-breech models also have a magazine safety which prevents the trigger being moved unless the magazine is in place. Early models have butt grips of wood and are marked on top "Česká zbrojovka AS V Prague", while later models made after the german occupation are inscribed "Böhmische Waffenfabrik Prag" and in many cases have plastic butt grips.
Special silencer was devised and made for the Mod. 27 pistol, for use by the German army. The length of this device was 205 mm and pistols equipped with it had slightly larger barrels with a groove on the end for the attachment.
Known military contracts about this gun include India, Brazil, Ecuador, Bolivia, Venezuela and Poland.
An additional contract for 7,000 vz. 27 pistols may have gone to Israel, but this cannot be confirmed. Due to contempt for Israel's "Zionism" from hardline Communists, records of such a sale, if they ever existed, were quickly hidden or destroyed. As on many other occasions, the post-war political climate had a strong influence on CZ exports. Interestingly, in December of 1948, a gift of five "ČZ 247" automatic variants of the pistol (based on both the vz. 24 and vz. 27) was sent to Ethiopian emperor and king Haile Selassie (1892-1975). In 1949, the pistol was exported to 28 countries, including Turkey (3,286 pistols), England, South Africa, Egypt, Kenya and Pakistan. The vz. 27 was also used domestically. In 1946, 45,000 vz. 27 pistols were made for the Czechoslovakian MNO (Ministerstvo národní obrany Československé republiky/Ministry of National Defense) to be used by the SNB (Sbor Narodni Bezpecnosti/National Security Corps).
During the German occupation, an experimental Mod. 27 in ·22 caliber rim fire was produced. This pistol bears the inscription KAL. ·22 LANG FUR BUCHSEN and obviously was intended for target practice.
Around 653,000 were made.
Designed by František Miška in 1926, who had formerly worked with Josef Nickl (?-1946), the engineer at the Czechoslovakian Arms Factory, Ltd., Brno, on the design of the vz. 24 pistol.
Credits:
Author's knowledge;
HOGG, Ian V.; WEEKS, John - Military Small Arms of the 20th Century. 4th ed. expanded. London-Melbourne: Arms and Armour Press, 1981. ISBN 0-85368-456-1;
HOGG, Ian; WEEKS, John - Pistols of The World: A Comprehensive Illustrated Encyclopedia of The World's Pistols and Revolvers from 1870 to the Present Day. 3rd ed. Illinois: DBI Books, Inc., 1992. ISBN 0-87349-128-9;
MATHEWS, J. Howard - Firearms Identification. Vol. I. 2nd printing. Springfield, Illinois, USA: Charles C. Thomas Publisher, 1973. ISBN 0-398-02355-7;
http://www.dewildefirearms.co.za/Home.aspx?ID=1&Region=CzechoslovacianWeapons
http://www.freeexistence.org/images/guns/index.html#czechoslovakianwolfdog
https://www.genitron.com/Handgun/CZ/Pistol/27/32-Auto/Variant-1
Only for whom who wants to see other weapons:
https://bit.ly/3oOqcPp
#firearmsfieldstripYT #cz27 PBd9j3rNU_s |