At that time Slovakia was made an independent country, thus they no longer used the Czech lion firing proof. Those few rifles seen with a Slovak firing proof were made at Považská Bystrica, Slovakia for small outfits like industrial guards. Added August 17, 2020: I discovered that there were no VZ24 rifles made on a Slovakian Army contract. They have to have first been Slovak accepted in 1940 and later taken for use with Romanian second contract rifles - and serial matched with those rifles. There are far too many Slovak marked bayonets mixed in with Romanian contract bayonets for them to have been Romanian bayonets taken for Slovak use. I have a BR bayonet in a CR scabbard, both dated Slovak 1940. It seems that most, if not all, of the AR-YR Romanian contract rifles were made in 1940.Ī. Romanian second contract, 1940: ARxxxx, BRxxxx, CRxxxx. Used Czechoslovak Army VZ24 rifles were taken by Germany. Serbian and Yugoslav Mauser Rifles by Branko BogdanovicĪ large quantity of unused Czechoslovak Army VZ24 rifles were sold to Romania in the first Romanian contract around 1939-1940. Japanese rifles have been reported with a C prefix marked on the stock only (they would originally have been in the no prefix series). They were later sold to Romania along with other unused VZ24 rifles in the Czech Army inventory. These were intended for export but some were taken for the Czech Army and so marked.
#VZ24 MAUSER SERIAL NUMBERS SERIES#
Of this grouping, the P series was by far the largest. I have a Japanese VZ24 P61600 and a Chinese VZ24 P49939 (bolt P17616). In 1937-38 there was also a no prefix series, a C prefix, D, E, and P. In 1929 Yugoslavia bought 50,000 more VZ24 for an overall total of 92,000 VZ24 rifles. In January 1926 Yugoslavia bought 42,000 VZ24 rifles.
We know from the website that both 5005A and 1140K1 are marked E(lion)26. If it were xxxxA through xxxxZ and xxxxA1 through xxxxZ1, that would be a lot of rifles for 1926.
#VZ24 MAUSER SERIAL NUMBERS SERIAL NUMBERS#
The second series of VZ24 serial numbers were xxxxA, xxxxB, xxxxC, xxxxD1, xxx圎1, etc. The I block was skipped, possibly because of the similarity to the number 1. The Q and W blocks were skipped because those letters do not exist in the Czech alphabet. Andy said "I believe in late 1925 was changed to 90% of changeability".
Somewhere around here the change occurred to interchangeable parts with few numbered parts. My X block VZ24 rifle is marked E(lion)25. S block VZ24 rifle reported marked E(lion)24. N, O, P, R blocks: 40,000 VZ24 short rifles produced in 1924. Made in 1924, the lion is in a circle like the 1923 rifles and bayonets. The type bayonet information comes from the three Czech websites but I have a VZ24 bayonet marked E(lion)24. My M block VZ23a rifle has a removable rear sight bed.
M block: 10,000 VZ23a short rifles produced in 1924 with removable rear sight bed, VZ24 bayonet (300mm blade). Both D block VZ98/22 and VZ23 rifles are reported, suggesting the changeover between models may have occurred midway through the D block. No prefix block: 10,000 VZ98 long rifles (with Lange sight), produced in 1923, VZ23 Short bayonet (250mm blade).Ī, B, C, D blocks: 40,000 VZ98/22 long rifles produced in 1923, VZ23 Short bayonet.Į block: 10,000 VZ98/22 long rifles made for Turkey in 1927, VZ23 Short bayonetĭ, E, F, G, H, J, K, L blocks: 80,000 VZ23 short rifles produced in 1923, VZ23 Long bayonet (400mm blade). VZ98, VZ98/22, VZ23, VZ23a, and early VZ24 Rifle Production
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