The ZB-53 was a machine gun used by the Czechoslovak army designated TK vz. 37 (TK means tezky kulomet, heavy machine gun. vz means vzor, Model) and later used by German forces during World War II as the MG 37(t).
It was a belt-fed, air-cooled weapon that served both the infantry support and vehicle weapons roles. The British adopted a version of the ZB-53 as the Besa machine gun for their armed forces.
Deactivated to BATF Specs. Barrel has holes drilled halfway through the barrel.
