The CZ Bren 2, alongside a plethora of other Western rifles, has seen extensive use in Ukraine over the past two years. Rifle transferred from the Czech Republic as aid have equipped numerous elements of Ukraine’s armed forces including special operations units [Read More…]
Apparently, .308 and related caliber DMRs are what’s in at SHOT and EnforceTac this year. In this episode of TFBTV, James Reeves visits CZ to talk about the new Bren 2 “PPS” DMR, a rifle being made for the Czech military to phase out their aging fleet of Dragunov sniper [Read More…]
In a few years Elon Musk, the founder of SpaceX, plans to get humans to Mars. I’m pretty sure most people have seen the Planet in the sky, knowingly or not. It’s the 4th planet from the Sun and it’s a rather cold one. It also has the largest volcano in [Read More…]
Lingle Industries is a new company that has just released their first product – CZ Bren 2 lower receiver called BREAK (stands for BREn AK). What sets the Lingle Industries BREAK lower receiver apart from the factory one is that it takes standard 7.62x39mm AK [Read More…]
Two weeks ago, CZ issued a soft release of their U.S.-made conversion kits for the Bren 2. The kits are made for Bren owners that wish to update the furniture to have the look and functionality of the Czech-made version. For those unaware, U.S. law, (18 U.S. Code [Read More…]
In 2015 CZUB announced that they were introducing an improved rifle called CZ BREN 2. About a year later, the Czech Ministry of Defence signed a contract for 2,600 CZ BREN 2 rifles together with 800 CZ 805 G1 Grenade Launchers. Apparently, the Czech Army is happy with [Read More…]
It seems that the CZ Bren S2 is having a very soft launch as the first small shipment of guns hits stores. The 5.56x45mm and 7.62x39mm variants of the semi-automatic version of the Czech military rifle have been spotted for sale online for the first time. While the Bren [Read More…]
Thanks to a recent leak exclusively to The Firearm Blog, we have now become aware of a new tender for rifles issued by the Pakistani government. According to the tender document, the Pakistani Army is looking for 75,000 “modern 7.62x39mm caliber weapons”, [Read More…]
At the 2016 Eurosatory defense trade show, Czech gunmaker CZ debuted for the first time its improved 806 Bren 2 rifle on the international market. The Bren 2 was announced in October of 2015, and improves on the 805 Bren by being lighter, having an improved selector [Read More…]
Earlier this week, we reported about the Pakistani Army seeking a new rifle to replace its aging license-produced Heckler & Koch G3 and Chinese Type 56 rifles, and now new details – and most excitingly, new images – have come to light. First, it seems [Read More…]