Live test firing and review of CZ 805 BREN assault rifle by Army Recognition editorial team 10401164
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Military Defense Industry Technology - CZ 805 BREN
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| Live test firing and review of CZ 805 BREN assault rifle by Army Recognition editorial team. | |||
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Army Recognition Defense & Security Web TV has the chance to make a unique coverage inside CZ facilities in Czech Republic to discover the production line and manufacturing of small arms, pistols and assault rifle. During our visit, we also conducted live firing tests of CZ 805 BREN assault rifle.
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 Alain Servaes CEO of Army Recognition tests the CZ 805 BREN assault rifle at the shooting range of CZ factory. |
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| The CZ 805 BREN weapon system exists for o short period of time, yet it has been through a plenty of action, let's recall that its gestation begun in 2006 based on the large analysis of performance of existing and newly developed service rounds (cartridges) and of the real needs of the armed forces in current often asymmetric conflicts. Based on that knowledge the Ceskd zbrojovka Uhersky Brod started the development of its most modern product portfolio of automatic weapons in the base configuration of the assault (automatic) rifle/carbine. The development of the assault rifle with final designation CZ 805 BREN AI and its short-barrel (carbine) CZ 805 BREN A2 variant in the 5 56x45 mm calibre culminated in autumn of 2009 The victory in the Czech Army tender followed soon afterwards, with the first contract issued not only for assoult rifles and carbines, but also for the CZ 805 Gl grenade launcher, developed in parallel, founding the basis on which the series production at the Ceska zbrojovka started during the 2011. This production utilises primarily the state-of-art CNC lathing and milling centres procured especially for this programme, but subsequently utilised successfully during production of new generations of the CZ weapons, too. |
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 CZ 805 BREN assault rifle in 5.56mm caliber |
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| The CZ 805 BREN A1/A2 rifles and carbines allow firing a single shot, a burst limited to two shots and a long burst limited by the capacity of the magazine only; the firing mode is set by an ambidextrous lever on the sides of the trigger container, this lever at the same time fulfils the role of a manual safety After firing the last round the slide remains open, held in the rear position by a slide slop. The manual control for holding the slide in its rear position is on the left side of the magazine well where its reai edge meets the trigger block. Releasing the slide to its forward position is done by just a bfief backward pull at the slide by the charging handle. Ample standardized Mii-Sid-1913 (Picatinny) attachment tails ate a natural thing. The CZ 805 BREN have the longest rail integrated into the receiver - it runs its length and besides attachment of various optoelectronic sighting devices it usually serves for mounting of folding mechanical sights with a height-adjustable front sight and the dioptric rear one. The shorter rails on the forward sides of receiver are attached with three bolts each; the bolts at the same time fix the freely oscillating barrel's assembly in the receiver. The side rails can also hold the fixture for sights of the underslung CZ 805 G1 grenade launcher. The bottom rail is a part of the barrel assembly and serves as an anchor point for the trigger container with the magazine well. This rail mostly serves for attaching the grenade launcher or the front vertical handgrip. |
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 Shooting demonstration by CZ team with the CZ 805 BREN |
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| During 2013 the newly-produced Brens were subject to o lost series of changes that were brought about by the recent ample experience gained in combat service, including the operations in the extremely demanding conditions of Afghanistan The changes are not substantial, as they virtually touch only a few details, but in their sum undoubtedly improve the possibilities of utilisation and the user-friendliness of these weapons. The most principal difference is the introduction of new magazine wells for the magazines of the M4/M16 type with ambidextrous lateral releases. The CZ company already considered this type of magazine during development of the Bren, however, the Czech Army eventually preferred the G36 type magazines. The new transparent magazine, developed in-house by Ceska zbrojovka, therefore followed the conceptual lines of the Army-preferred magazine and the CZ 805 BREN was sup plied to the Czech Armed Forces with just this type of magazine as a standard. |
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