{"id":61758,"date":"2020-03-05T11:00:43","date_gmt":"2020-03-05T11:00:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/uncategorized\/2020\/03\/05\/czechoslovakia-delivered-a-sting-with-its-skorpion-vz-61-subgun-or-machine-pistol\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T07:04:52","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T07:04:52","slug":"czechoslovakia-delivered-a-sting-with-its-skorpion-vz-61-subgun-or-machine-pistol","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/tacticool\/2020\/03\/05\/czechoslovakia-delivered-a-sting-with-its-skorpion-vz-61-subgun-or-machine-pistol\/","title":{"rendered":"Czechoslovakia delivered a sting with its Skorpion VZ 61 subgun (or machine pistol?)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

It may not be a familiar name to the general public, but the Czech-produced \u0160korpion vz.61 is probably no stranger to fanciers of films dealing with crime, intrigue, espionage and terrorism. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

You know the scene in which someone on one side or the other\u2014or both\u2014draws an automatic weapon the size of a large pistol and starts spraying the room with lead? The compact weapon might be an Uzi or it might be an Ingram\u2026but it\u2019s equally likely to be a \u0160korpion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Miroslav Ryb\u00e1\u0159 (1924-1970) originally had security forces in mind when he conceived of the little weapon in 1959, but it was readily accepted by the Czechoslovakian army for use by low-ranking staff, vehicle crewmen and special forces. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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