THE PRODUCTION HISTORY OF ČZ STRAKONICE FIREARMS
In September, 1919 the first factories were built under the name The South Bohemian Armory in Strakonice in the south of the Czech Republic. They took over the production of the Firearms. This merger resulted in the new trademark ČZ (in a circle). Pre-World War II The majority of products were for military and professional forces. Realizing the growing danger of war in the 1936s, and considering that Strakonice was about an hour drive from the Austrian and German borders, the company relocated in Uherský Brod in the eastern part of the country. World War II
During World War II firearms manufacturing continued but the production range consisted of firearms designed and made in German armories. Post-World War II Production include some of the following In 1954 the entire firearms production was, for safety, moved to the branch plant in Uherský Brod. Because of political and economic changes in 1989 in the Czech Republic the plant in Uherký Brod became independent. They continued to use the original trademark until 1992 when they registered their own - ČZ UB. Modern ČZ Stakonice History When ČZ Strakonice production resumed in the first half of 1990 the company was divided into several divisions and firearms were allocated to ČZ Strojirna Ltd.
ČZ Strojirna Ltd. produced 50,000 M6 for the U.S. Army Between 1993 to 2001. LUVO Prague Ltd. (LUVO FIREARMS) LUVO Prague Ltd. (LUVO Firearms) took over firearms production from ČZ Strojirna Ltd. in 2006. The company continues to use the trademark ČZ (in a circle) and produced Pistols, Assault Rifles, Semi-automatic Snipers, Semi-automatic Rifles and Grenade launchers. The company goal is to produce quality firearms for military, police, special forces and civilians markets worldwide.
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