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Fusil ametrallador Oviedo
Spanish light machine gun From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Fusil ametrallador Oviedo is a Spanish copy of the ZB vz. 26 and ZB vz. 30 Czechoslovak light machine guns.[1]
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History
In 1943, Francoist Spain ordered 7.92×57mm Mauser ZB vz. 30 machine guns from the German-occupied Zbrojovka Brno but received only 100 guns. It was decided to produce a copy in Oviedo. The first prototype was built in 1951 and production began. 10.508 were produced until 1958 and Egypt received 700 of them.[2] Some were modified in 1959 to use a 7.62×51mm NATO 50-round belt loaded in a drum.[3] This modified variant, sometimes used on a tripod, was known as the FAO Model 59.[1]
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Service
The FAO was nicknamed Pepito[2] and saw service during the Ifni War against the Moroccan Army of Liberation. It was replaced by the MG 42/59 (MG1).[4]
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