Modernization of Ranged Weapons in the Kingdom of Yugoslavia and Czechoslovakia Cover Image

Модернизација стрељачког наоружања Краљевине Југославије и Чехословачкe
Modernization of Ranged Weapons in the Kingdom of Yugoslavia and Czechoslovakia

Author(s): Branko Bogdanović
Subject(s): Military history, Interwar Period (1920 - 1939)
Published by: Историјски институт Црне Горe
Keywords: The Kingdom of SHS; The Republic of Czechoslovakia; Rudolph Yelen; Petar Pesich; Jan Šeba; Dr Miroslav Spalaikovich; Jiři Střibrny; Mauser-Yelen Rifle;7.9 mm Rifle vz.98,7.9 mm; 7.9 mm Rifle vz.24. l.

Summary/Abstract: As a consequence of the very scarce archive sources, the true extent of the cooperation between the Kingdom of Yugoslavia and the Republic of Czechoslovakia or its Arms Factory Zbrojovka of Brno during the period from 1919 to 1941 remained unknown till nowadays. Due to the newly discovered documents, and the courtesy of the Military History Institute of Prague, all aspects of the cooperation came to the light, that is to say, we found out the accurate number of different types of small arms, their prices, delivery terms, arms patterns and the conditions under which Yugoslavia acquired these arms. This allowed to correct the mistakes that have occurred in the domestic literature from 1945 to the present days.

  • Issue Year: 2018
  • Issue No: 1-2
  • Page Range: 117-152
  • Page Count: 36
  • Language: Serbian