CZ S805 rifle : Coming to a store near you? Maybe!
Last week the IDET military expo was held at the famous arms manufacturing town of Brno, Czech Republic. I had been looking forward to the expo for some time because CZ announced they would have their new rifle military arms on display. Developed in conjunction with the Czech Army, the new CZ S 805 assault rifle looks like a solid addition to the range of “3rd generation” (I use this term lightly) 5.56mm military rifles.
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The model pictured above, the CZ S805A, is the standard assault rifle/carbine model and interestingly enough has a 14.5″ barrel compared to the 16″ or 18″ barrels of similar rifles. Although it has been designed so it can be converted into a light machine gun or designated/squad marksmen rifle.
While it appears to be another plastic fantastic, it in fact has an aluminum receiver. The rifle is chambered in 5.56×45mm NATO but by changing the bolt head, magazine, magazine well and barrel it can also be chambered in 7.62×39mm and 6.8 mm Remington SPC (6.8×43mm). The trigger group, as you can see below, allows the selection of fully automatic, two round burst, and single shot modes.
Click to expand. Photo ⓒ Adamicz. Used with Permission.
Like all modern military rifles it is out fitted with a folding/adjustable stock and quad rails. The transparent magazine is a nice touch but is not STANAG (M16) compatible.
According to REMOV CZ plan on producing a semi-automatic model for the US and European civilian market 
Hopefully legalities and politics do not prevent it from showing up in a store near you.
Many thanks to Adamicz for providing me with photos and credit for the information goes to REMOV
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I’m not too hot on that stock style myself, but the rest of it looks interesting.
I still don’t understand the sharp side up style of bayonet either, even though a good chunk of my rifles are that way too.
the bayo was designed as survival knife that double as a bayonet.
I don’t understand how that would matter… and it also prevents you from slashing down with it… which the keeps you from doing three attack moves involving buttstock, slash, stab.
fred; i’m pretty sure the upward-facing bayonet is better for the traditional bayonet-stab-technique, wherein one thrusts your bayonet into your opponent in a kind of out and up motion. i would think that the upward-facing bayonet would make the second part of the stab more lethal. american bayonet-fighting techniques are designed more for slashing and clubbing, hence the downward-facing blade, but i think old russkie doctrine is more about the rush-and-stab (or perhaps the russian stab?).
I don’t know what CZ was smoking when they made the rifle. Not STANAG compatible? Come on even HK understand it.
Looks like a good rifle though. CZ makes great weapons.
“Come on even HK understand it.”
Dunno. G36s sold pretty well.
Steyr AUG and SIG 550-552 rifles don´t use STANAG magazines either. Maybe Czechs just didn´t have faith for the reliability of STANAG magazines.
Is it me, or does that stock look like it folds directly in front of the ejection port?
Nick,
What do you consider good? If it were a great seller why did HK abandon it?
Puppe
I don’t think you know what you’re talking about. Lets use critical thinking skills for a second because I know that the public school system don’t teach it anymore.
STANAG is NATO standards. To become standard everyone must agree on it and it must passed hash requirements. To said STANAG magazines is not reliable is stupid.
Steyr AUG and Sig 550 series of rifles started their design phase before there were standardized magazine. Both rifles IMHO are failures. The AUG has been ditched by Australia SF in favor of the AR15.
CZ S805 more or less dead. Military and LE won’t want to spend the money and room space for overpriced magazines that only work for one rifle.
The AUG does can in a version that uses STANAG magazine, although I don’t know of any country which has that model.
Well, its rifle for Czech forces, not american, therefore its designed to quickly switch(without gunsmith) different magazines wells and cartiges – so there IS stanag version but also G36 one (vz.58 and AK to by the next ones..) – necessary for small army whose soldiers are once in A-stan with Americans and next time with Germans in Kosovo..
it looks like a very interesting design
Upon reading the description and looking at the picture – looks like a modified ACR (Magpul Masada).
For people worried of the rifle not accepting the STANAG mag, I feel that if the rifle does make it to the US market a AR15 lower would be available.
I know I will be getting the AK and AR kits If I can!
PS – I am willing to bet that this will beat the Bushy ACR to market