ZB vz. 30

The Zb 30 and Zb 30J were the later versions of the famous Czechoslovak machine gun, the ZB-26. However, the ZB-30 had some design differences, making it similar to the later ZGB-33, which was an early prototype of the Bren gun. Like the ZB-26, the Wehrmacht adopted the ZB-30 after the occupation of Czechoslovakia, renaming it the MG 30(t); it was used in the same role as the MG34, as a light machine gun. In the opening phases of World War II, the ZB-30 in 7.92 mm Mauser caliber was used in large numbers by elements of the German Waffen-SS, who did not initially have full access to standard Wehrmacht supply channels. Comparison of original ZB vz.26 and modifications: == Users ==

. fighter carrying a M37. • : 2,000 in 7.92mm Mauser caliber shipped in 1938 • • : 3,350 in 7.65mm Mauser between 1932 and 1937, still in use in the 1960s • : used as aircraft gun on Kaproni Bulgarski KB-11 Fazan • • Republic of China: Imported and produced under license. • 750 7.92mm Mauser in 1935-1936 produced under license. Modified to fire the .30 cartridge. • : An unspecified number were captured in Ethiopia and in Yugoslavia. By July 1942, 936 were listed in the Regio Esercito's inventory. Experiments were conducted in converting them to the 8×59mm Rb Breda cartridge. In March 1943, they were issued to territorial units in Lazio, Liguria, and Tuscany. • : used captured Chinese guns. • : 11 in 7.92mm Mauser received in 1936 • • : 5 in 7mm Mauser supplied in 1937 and 10,000 were license-produced at Cugir, with a production rate of 250 pieces per month as of October 1942. • : 20,000 7.92mm Mauser caliber guns ordered but only a few hundred actually delivered. Copied as the Fusil ametrallador Oviedo. • : 9,805 7.92mm Mauser caliber supplied in 1935–1939. • Yugoslavia: The ZB Model 30J was produced under license as, Пушкомитраљез 7.9mm модел 1937". 15,500 were bought in 1936. ==Conflicts==

• Chaco War • World War II • First Indochina War • Algerian War • Biafran war • Yugoslav Wars • War in Afghanistan (2001–2021) ==Note==