Deactivated WWII Czech ZB30 LMG

This is an original Czechoslovakian ZB30 machine gun fitted with a Nazi marked magazine. Like the ZB-26, the German Wehrmacht adopted the ZB-30 after the successful invasion of Czechoslovakia, re-designating it the MG30(t). It was used in the same role as the MG34, as a light machine gun. Original flim footage from World War II shows units of the German Waffen SS armed with these captured ZB machine guns. They were also deployed and used during the defence of the beaches of France during the Allied D-Day landings. It is considered by many to be the finest light machine gun of WWII. Using the same design, the British developed the legendary Bren gun.