By the time Romania had entered World War 2 in 1941, the Military had not acquired enough Rifles to fully armВ all ofВ its Troops. In the late 1920вЂ™s and early 1930вЂ™s, the Romanian army chose to adopt the Vz24 rifle. Vz24 in use with Chinese Nationalist Forces, using a cup grenade launcher Nations suchВ as В Romania, China and even Iran purchased the rifles in varying amounts during the interwar period. It was also in 1924 that the Brno Arms Works would becomeВ privatisedВ to encourage export sales. Further refinements led to theВ VzВ 24 which would enter production in 1924 becoming the standard issue rifle of the Czechoslovakian Army. The Vz23 had aВ 21.5 inchВ barrel and was built usingВ cannibalisedВ parts from other rifles, this led to the development of theВ VzВ 23A which consisted of newly manufactured components. In 1923, Brno started to develop a rifle based on the German Karabiner 98AZ, a shortened version of theВ GewehrВ 98 with aВ 23.23 inchВ barrel,В ThisВ resulted in the Vz23. The Factory was renamed to the вЂњBrno Arms WorksвЂќ in November of 1918 and the following year started producing short rifles based on theВ GewehrВ 98.

After the dismantling of the Austro-Hungarian Empire in 1918 one of the new states to emerge was Czechoslovakia, the new state received control of the Skoda Factory in Brno. The Vz24 is a Czechoslovakian Bolt action rifle based looselyВ off ofВ the GermanВ GewehrВ 98 Mauser rifle, it features aВ similiarВ bolt design and look to its German counterpart bar a few small differences.

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