CZ-805 BREN

CZ 805 BREN
Type	Assault rifle Carbine
Place of origin	Czech Republic
Service history
In service	2011–present
Used by	See Users
Wars	Afghanistan War Mexican Drug War EUTM Mali
Production history
Designed	2009
Manufacturer	Česká zbrojovka Uherský Brod
Specifications
Weight	3.6 kg (7.9 lb)
Length	CZ 805 BREN A1: 875–930 mm (34.4–36.6 inch): Buttstock Extended 670 mm (26.4 inch): Buttstock Folded CZ 805 BREN A2: 792–847 mm (31.2–33.3 inch): Buttstock Extended 582 mm (22.9 inch): Buttstock Folded
Barrel length	360 mm (14.2 inch): CZ 805 BREN A1 277 mm (10.9 inch): CZ 805 BREN A2
Cartridge	5.56×45mm NATO 7.62x39mm
Action	Gas-operated, rotating bolt
Rate of fire	760 (±100) RPM: CZ 805 BREN A1 and CZ 805 BREN A2 850 RPM: CZ BREN 2
Effective firing range	500 m: CZ 805 BREN A1 400 m: CZ 805 BREN A2
Feed system	30-Round Box Magazine
Sights	Iron sights

CZ 805 BREN A1:

CZ 805 BREN A2:

The CZ 805 BREN is a Czech assault rifle created in 2006 to replace the Sa vz. 58 in the Armed Forces of the Czech Republic. The rifle is also competing to replace the Sa vz. 58 in the Armed Forces of the Slovak Republic. In November 2016, the Czech Army received its first batch of CZ BREN 2 next generation assault rifles.

Czechoslovakia had the distinction of being the only Warsaw Pact member whose army did not issue a rifle based on the Soviet AK-47/AKM. They developed the Sa vz. 58 in the late 1950s and although it fired the same 7.62×39mm cartridge and externally looked similar, its operating system and features were dramatically different. It was effective at the time it was introduced, but by the next decade became obsolete and hard to modify.

In 1977, the Brno General Machine-Building Plants R&D Center began a program to create a new rifle under the name Lada S. A design was approved in 1984 that fired the smaller 5.45×39mm cartridge and could fill three roles: a subcarbine with a 185 mm (7.3 in) barrel; a rifle with a 382 mm (15.0 in) barrel; and a light support weapon with a 577 mm (22.7 in) barrel. They followed the variant family of AK-74 rifles and mostly took after their designs except for differences in the receiver cover, sights, and safety selector. The weapons were built by late 1985, tested starting in 1986, and was approved for production in November 1989. Shortly after that time however, the Cold War was ending and Czechoslovakia's communist party had stepped down following the Velvet Revolution. 300,000 Lada systems were planned, but by the time it was declared fit for production in February 1990, the Army had no funds. The country itself was splitting apart, and on 1 January 1993 it separated into the Czech Republic and Slovakia, ending 74 years of the country of Czechoslovakia. The Lada was not likely to be bought in large numbers by the smaller army. By then Česká zbrojovka Uherský Brod, which had taken over the design, had become privatized, and the company shelved the weapon for several years.

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