{{Use dmy dates |date=August 2020}} {{Infobox weapon | is_ranged = yes | name = Vz 82, CZ 83 | image = 300px | caption = Vz 82 Czechoslovak Military pistol in 9×18mm Makarov caliber. (note: Serial number digitally concealed) | origin = Czechoslovak Socialist Republic | type = Semi-automatic pistol | designer = Augustin Nečas | design_date = 1982 | production_date = 1983–1992 (CZ 82) <br /> 1983–2012 (CZ 83) | service = 1983–1993 (Czechoslovakia), <br /> 1993–present <br />(Czech Republic), <br /> (Slovak Republic) | wars = Lebanese Civil War<br />Russo-Ukrainian War | cartridge = 9×18mm Makarov (82 & 83), .380 ACP (83 only), .32 ACP (83 only) | action = Blowback, double action | velocity = {{convert|305|m/s|0|abbr=on}} | weight = {{convert|800|g|abbr=on}} empty (9×18 mm Makarov/.380 ACP)<br> {{convert|920|g|abbr=on}} loaded (9×18 mm Makarov/.380 ACP)<br>{{convert|750|g|abbr=on}} empty (.32 ACP) | length = {{convert|172|mm|in|abbr=on}} | width = {{convert|36|mm|in|abbr=on}} | height = {{convert|127|mm|in|abbr=on}} | range = 50 m (55 yards) | part_length = {{convert|97|mm|in|abbr=on}} | feed = 12-rd, staggered-column, detachable box magazine (9×18mm Makarov/.380 ACP)<br>15-rd, staggered-column, detachable box magazine (.32 ACP) | sights = fixed front blade; rear drift-adjustable for windage | variants = | number = | }} The '''Pistole vz. 82''' is a compact semi-automatic pistol made for the Czechoslovak military. "vz." is an abbreviation for ''vzor'', which translates to 'model'. A civilian export version is called the '''CZ 83'''.
== Overview == Manufactured by the Czechoslovak firm Česká zbrojovka the vz. 82 replaced the 7.62×25mm Tokarev vz. 52 pistol in Czechoslovak military service in 1983. It is a compact, single/double-action, semi-automatic pistol with a conventional blowback action. This type of action allows the barrel to remain solidly fixed to the frame, resulting in improved accuracy over pistols with pivoting barrels (like the U.S. M1911 series). The low bore axis of the vz. 82 provides for less muzzle rise and quicker follow-up shots. For added convenience, both the frame-mounted thumb safety and the magazine release are ambidextrous. The vz. 82 was the first service pistol to feature both these features. The bore is chrome plated, which gives it three advantages: longer barrel life, resistance to rust from the use of corrosive ammunition, and ease of cleaning. Another feature of this pistol is the use of polygonal rifling in the barrel bore. This replaces the traditional lands and grooves rifling design with a rounded, smooth polygonal pattern which has a more "hills and valleys" appearance. The CZ 83 was set to discontinued/limited production status by CZ USA in 2012.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://cz-usa.com/product/cz-83-9-mm-browning-satin-nickel-cal-380-auto/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150508201147/http://cz-usa.com/product/cz-83-9-mm-browning-satin-nickel-cal-380-auto |archive-date=8 May 2015 |title=CZ-USA CZ 83 - 9 mm Browning, Satin Nickel (cal. 380 AUTO) - CZ-USA}}</ref>
===Caliber=== The Vz. 82 was made in 9×18mm only while the CZ 83 is available in a variety of finishes and chamberings:<ref>Chart on page 12 of the CZ 83 manual - https://cdn.cz-usa.com/hammer/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/cz83_en.pdf {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190518125333/https://cdn.cz-usa.com/hammer/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/cz83_en.pdf |date=18 May 2019 }}</ref> * .32 ACP (aka 7.65mm Browning) - 15-round magazine capacity. Grooved rifling. * .380 ACP (aka 9mm Browning Short) - 12-round magazine. Grooved rifling. (13-round if a 9×18mm Makarov magazine is used). The standard Vz. 82 magazine fits the CZ-83 in .380 ACP without alteration {{Citation needed|reason=reliable source needed for this sentence|date=February 2014}}. * 9mm Makarov - 12-round magazine. Produced 1999 - 2001. Polygonal rifling.
==Curio and relic== The vz. 82 was added to the US government's "Curio and Relic" list with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (BATFE) in February 2007, after an individual wrote a letter to the ATF attaching a letter from a federal museum curator who stated that the vz. 82 had "museum interest" as a curio and relic.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.jmlivingston.com/CalGunsPics/CZ82.pdf# |title=903050:RV 3311/2007-139 |date=February 13, 2007 |work=Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives |first=Sterling |last=Nixon |access-date=2010-05-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110409150640/http://www.jmlivingston.com/CalGunsPics/CZ82.pdf# |archive-date=2011-04-09 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
==Criminal use== CZ 83 pistol was used by Neo Nazi organization National Socialist Underground in racially motivated murders across Germany in 2000s.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Diedrich |first1=Oliver |title=NSU-Mordserie startete im September 2000: Auch in Hamburg und Rostock Migranten von Neonazis geötet |url=https://www.ndr.de/geschichte/chronologie/erster-nsu-mord-vor-25-jahren-auch-hamburg-und-rostock-schauplaetze,neonazimorde103.html |access-date=11 September 2025 |work=ndr.de |language=de}}</ref>
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===Current=== *{{flag|Georgia}}: Imported during early 1990s, used by elite units of National Guard and Police.<ref name="SAS 1998 4">{{cite book|author=Small Arms Survey|url=http://www.smallarmssurvey.org/fileadmin/docs/B-Occasional-papers/SAS-OP06-Georgia.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110112185639/http://www.smallarmssurvey.org/fileadmin/docs/B-Occasional-papers/SAS-OP06-Georgia.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-date=12 January 2011|title=Politics From The Barrel of a Gun|publisher=Cambridge University Press|year=1998|pages=40|author-link=Small Arms Survey}}</ref> *{{flag|Indonesia}}: Forest Rangers<ref>{{cite web|url=https://bbksdajatim.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/statistik-BBKSDA-Jatim-2016_compressed.pdf|title=Statistik 2016 BKSDA Jawa Timur|publisher=BKSDA Jawa Timur|access-date=8 January 2020|date=February 2017|page=44}}</ref> *{{flag|Israel}}: Used by law enforcement with Israel Police *{{flag|Palestine}}: Used by law enforcement with Palestinian security forces *{{flag|Kazakhstan}}: 20 CZ-83 pistols were bought in 1998 for Ministry of Internal Affairs<ref>Постановление Правительства Республики Казахстан № 744 от 5 августа 1998 года "О разрешении Министерству внутренних дел Республики Казахстан ввоза оружия с боеприпасами и принадлежностями из Чешской Республики"</ref> *{{flag|North Korea}}<ref>{{cite web |url=http://weaponsman.com/?p=8193 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140916210444/http://weaponsman.com/?p=8193 |archive-date=16 September 2014 |title=The Guns of Norkland {{!}} WeaponsMan}}</ref> *{{flag|Slovakia}}<ref name="jones2009">{{cite book |editor1-first=Richard D. |editor1-last=Jones |editor2-first=Leland S. |editor2-last=Ness |title=Jane's Infantry Weapons 2009/2010 |date=January 27, 2009 |edition=35th |publisher=Jane's Information Group |location=Coulsdon |isbn=978-0-7106-2869-5}}</ref> *{{UKR}} 30,150 Pistole vz. 82 were gifted from Czech Republic as part of a military package in response to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.<ref>{{cite web |title=První česká vojenská pomoc Ukrajině |url=https://armadnizpravodaj.cz/vyzbroj/cesko-ukrajine-dodalo-lehke-zbrane/ |website=armadnizpravodaj.cz |date=March 2022 |accessdate=1 March 2022 |language=cs}}</ref> *{{flag|Vietnam}}:<ref>{{cite web |url=http://soha.vn/quan-su/quan-doi-nhan-dan-viet-nam-duoc-trang-bi-nhung-loai-sung-ngan-nao-20141011203220312.htm |title = Các loại súng ngắn phổ biến của Quân đội Nhân dân Việt Nam}}</ref> The 9×18mm Makarov model of CZ 83 was imported in the 1980s, and now still in use with People's Army of Vietnam and Vietnam People's Public Security. thumb|right|The CZ 83 stripped-down into its main assemblies.
===Former=== *{{flag|Czech Republic}}:<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.army.cz/assets/files/9334/zbrane_definit.pdf|title=Ruční zbraně AČR|website=army.cz|language=cs|year=2007|access-date=23 June 2023}}</ref> Gradually replaced in service by CZ 75 SP-01 Phantom since 2012 and by CZ P-10 C/F since 2020.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Růžička |first1=Patrik |title=Armáda ČR zavádí pistole CZ P-10 C. Vojáci si novinku pochvalují |url=https://www.czdefence.cz/clanek/armada-cr-zavadi-pistole-cz-p-10-c-vojaci-si-novinku-pochvaluji |website=CZ Defence |access-date=25 March 2023 |language=Czech |date=22 March 2023}}</ref>
==References== <references/>
==External links== *[http://www.freeexistence.org/vz82.html English translation from a Czech book about pistols] *[http://www.army.cz/scripts/detail.php?id=5079 {{in lang|cs}} Basic data on Czech army page]
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