CZ-2000 "Lada" - AK Czechnology in 5.56mm 

They finally figured out how to run cars on gunpowder, but alas, the oil lobby got to them, which is why you don't see them parked at every street corner

Like in the Soviet anecdote. A worker of kettle plant once steal a kettle part by part. No matter how many times he tried to assemble it, he always got the AK-47 at the end.

@@Kolajer Edison had a gunpowder powered combustion engine built for an airplane prototype. Unsurprisingly it blew up.

@@Tech-Priest most gunpowder engine designed in the past were external combustion rather than internal combustion too. No surprise that didn’t get popular

@@seanbeadles7421 Oh dear god that complicates things even further, fair 'nough hahah

Judson hoist Theyre called helicopters

Fair enough. At least you have your requirements lol

And I'll take Cherry-2000 over CZ-2000.

Graeme Dank memes, snowflakes and cats playing keyboards are you not entertained?

Clearly you have never shot a Colt All American 2000.

BM-59 did it better anyway. lol

@@xmm-cf5eg And the BM-59 was developed in something like six months!

@@Paelorian _Italian pasta magic_

I mean it took 20 years for the soviets to figure out how to stamp an AK

@@zacht9447 well it took around 10 years from the adoption of the 47 to the akm meaning it around 12 years after the first instance of the ak47 being in mass production for the stamped models to be made cost effectivley. Remember the ak47 type 1 was stamped but stamping tech at the time in the ussr was expensive for army use

This is my new rifle, the JLAAK" - What does that mean?" "just like an AK"

Alcohol poisoning, awaaaaaaaay!

You got a deathwish ?

Very keen joke!!! That's what I feel!!! ;)))) Here could be added: Cetme-L, LR-300, K-1A Daewoo!!!

"One for your self" As in suicide to prevent capture?

@@joansummers873 no it's for when you're really sexually frustrated

@@joansummers873 no you must eat the boolet

yuo see ivan, when eating boolet you become hard as sovjet steel

@@HappyBeezerStudios Eet is how you grow strong like bull

Are you akin?

well Czech guns deserve its own series I would say, as most of em are of great quality

Sexiest AK I've ever seen! 😍

That's interesting. Thanks for explaining that. I assumed that the name had something to do with the car manufacturer (Lada) before watching the video.

Like most Slavic women does she have wide apart eyes?

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lada_(mythology)

@deloreandmc85 also they drive too fast and attempt suicidal overtakes with no regard for oncoming traffic..

Rob Sorgdrager thats a complete bs to be honest

I'm thinking on this

"I'm from the Internet and I'm here to help!" - Karl Kasarda

I obviously do not know. But I have spent some time in the back rooms of various retail gun shops. I have seen pedestrian egress doors like this blocked in the same fashion. What this tells me is wherever he is, the facility wasn’t purpose built as an armory / Arms room. And is likely an office building of some sort. An office that is being rented, not owned. Because if owned, the modification would be more substantial and Permanent. Anyone reading this comment now understands I don’t have a life. 🤷🏼‍♂️🤪😎 Marky

ordered a portcullis gate but it aint arrived yet, gotta make do

don't open dead inside ;-)

"Nada" AK2000... I'll see myself out.

And yet it managed to solve one of the longest standing problems with the AK: the crappy dust cover that prevents any kind of optics mounting.

FBI open up

Was expecting Elvis from the first lines, but if it does everything like an AK and it isn't an AK in disguise then one can't get wise.

@@Kr-nv5fo Bob Dylan, mate.

*heavy breathing*

@Kostas Karadimos nah, this isn't Garand Thumbs channel ;)

_Trying as hard as possible to make something that is different from what the Russians had even if it achieves the same goals_

For first, I'm glad I can see my planetary brother here. Second, Czechs were fixed economically and politically to the Soviet Union for about 40 years so it was easier to redesign the kinda working AK and build another AK-like gun.

Which is why I believe it took so long. The Czech engineers went “ you have got to be kidding me” Czech Government said “Work or Gulag”. Czech engineers “ Yes Sir !” and proceeded to drag their feet while gritching under their breath about Russian Rifle Technology or the lack of it.....

RA RA RASPUTIN

Notice that: Vz. 58, AK-47 and israelis Galil are heavily improved, re-designed or at least inspired by germans Stg.44....just for info....😉

Looking at the straight side surfaces and the inside of the holes at the top at 9:25, I would say milled with a CNC. I still have no clue why somebody would use blue instead of black, but maybe that was the material at hand.

ukezi i think the owner wanted something fancy, but didn't have the money for an expensive cosmetic part, only for that blue one. at least he didn't put stickers on it. those things are ridiculous even for a video game.

I would say too that it is 3D printed

I'd say 3d printed too by the looks. The colour? Personally, on an unobtainium gun, I wouldn't want to appear to be making faked/repro parts, so had it been me I'd have either a) printed the new part with some writing inside confessing it's a repro, or b) just used a different colour. So maybe that's the reason?

I thought the same. The lines and color looked like it could have been 3d printed, or cnc milled. That would almost make it worth buying a 3d printer. I you used the right stuff you could probably fab a lot of hard to get bits.

There is a good reason nobody knows about it. It was obsolete the minute it left drawing board. Its not just the money issue, but the rifle was never fielded because of the "not enough improvement over the vz. 58 and therefore not worth the effort"... If we had this gun as a standard issue, there is no way Czech army would be able to change to Bren A1/A2 - because "you just got that "new" 2000 lada...!"

No tak to jste se zajímal málo :-D LADA je i dokonce v už celkem staré publíkaci - Enycklopedie vojenských zbraní od A.E.Hartnika z roku 2000 - a to byla dlouho v ČR jakási zbraňová bible :-D

Nevím jak vy, alá já o ní vím už zhruba od svých patnácti(momentálně je mi 21), i když je pravda, že jsem na ní narazil náhodou a není zrovna moc příležitostí u kterých se o ní dá zmínit(kdo by se kruci zajímal o českou verzi AK, která nebyla přijatá a tím pádem nebyla úspěšná, vyloženě se o ní dozvíte jen hledáním, nebo od lidí, jako je Ian co se zajímá o všemožné).

Stejně jak píší výše jiní, to jste se musel málo zajímat:D. Kdo se zajímá o 58mičku musí znát i tuhle story, pač to mela být náhrada. Ale i já si z dnešního videa odnáším nové věci, do dnes jsem to neviděl rozhozené a pokud ano tak určitě né s postupem a zvýrazněním některých vychytávek.

Věděl jsem o ní a mimo jiné se dostala i do RTS Wargame RedDragon. Ale... dodnes hodně lidí tvrdí že kosa stačí, jen by ji bylo potřeba oplastovat a vybavit lištou. Nedivím se že vývoj trval tak dlouho když nebyla potřeba.

Vojtěch Nosek Tell your Father in Law that us Americans that own the Vz-58 also love them. Just wished there were more of them.

But a Czech would beat you if you told them it's an AK.. (I'm from Czech Republic) (it's an AK)

@@plutotheplanet5341 No, the CZ-2000 is definitely an AK variant, everyone agrees. It's saying that the vz. 58 is an AK that would infuriate people. (I'm also from CZ, if it matters)

This gun is exact opposite of the vz. 58. Vz. 58 is AK on the outside but different in the inside, and CZ-2000 same in the inside and different on the outside.

It’s just a little bit better

(just like Galil) (joke)

It is the same rifle they just fixed a few issues, which resulted in much better performance, to the point of youtubers calling it a "new rifle".

Come to think of it, yeah it is. Also kind of a funny coincidence is that his old article on the development of the Tantal is how I first found Forgotten Weapons. I was looking for info after having just gotten a parts kit build Tantal though it had been built using a standard AK-74 receiver so it lacks the left side selector lever.

And same problems to go around USSR pushing to buy (very expensive) license to just build AK-74 and Russian spec ammo. That is why both projects took a while to complete.

So many work hours and people monies wasted to make AK clone. Just to amuse local pride

Finally? Finns slapped the rear sight there on the RK already in the sixties.

@@MosoKaiser valmet took front sight near gas tube

While pattern isn't wrong translation, it also means ''type'', which in this situation is obviously what's meant

Lol

@@amazed2341 where is he?

@@PiscasawSaddler He is on U-tube

We used to be as indipendent as the party allowed...

@Lassi Kinnunen But wasn't Ukraine part of USSR? I'm pretty sure that it was during the Soviet regime when Crimea was given to Ukraine.

Luboš Lier Československo bylo svrchovaným a mezinárodně uznaným státem nehledě na Rudou armádu, co nám tu seděli pod nosem. Ale je pravda, že jsme byli nesvobodní, naprosto souhlasím.

To clarify - We were part of the Warsaw pact, but we never were part of the Soviet union...

God Bless the Czech Republic, You have more balls than Germany or Austria. And that so called velvet revolution, was still pay for. Just 20+ years before....

A co to ma spolecnyho s tim, ze jsi slovak? Az uvidim ve Forgotten weapons zbran z cobolstanu, pujdu se asi ozrat .... 🤣🤣🤣

@@andyczech117 Lepšie urobíš, keď si zmeníš meno na Andy Piczech 🤣

@@hotototro Proc? Mi rekni co za komaru bylo Slovensky...

@@andyczech117 A ty povedz, čo je teraz České... Ešte aj Babiš je od nás...

@@andyczech117 Čo je to "cobolstan"?

Just like an valmet...

At least it is not "slick" ;)

Which one? There are 4 rifles in service at this moment. Sa vz. 58, CZ 805 BREN crap w/ its proprietary magazine, CZ 805 BREN crap w/ STANAG magazine well, and CZ BREN 2

@@DrataTheDrifter I was thinking about CZ 805 BREN but from what you say history behind all of those would be more interesting.

@@sir0herrbatka The history around is not interesting, it is very sad - lack of skill in production of modern assalt rifles in CZUB, corrupted selection procedure and non-existent comparation to other rifles, protectionism, put into service before the development finished, mass and repeated warranty claims. (sorry for broken english)

@@DrataTheDrifter This actually makes me even more interested. Where can I read about, please?

@@DrataTheDrifter Thank you!

Yeah, it kinda does.

@@kwestionariusz1 Magazynek I kolba, no i może sam fakt że wygląda trochę nie typowo jak na kałacha i ma opcję strzelania potrójnie.

And you can still you the standard slider for range.

I agree.

That would be cool

YES!

please do

what the hell, like, a BBQ with guns instead of meat?

Who is Misha?

Mishaco, another great gun channel. I personally would love to see him and ian get together. If only to cover his semi auto builds. Would love to see inside somd if them.

He is american. Europe does not care.

@Чарлз Дарвин sure... but it's definitely more common in Russia (or post Soviet countries) than in Slovakia/Czech Republic.

probably named after Josef Lada, famous czech author

@@KotatkoVonDrapek and painter!

@@vaclav_fejt docela prdel, pisu to zatimco davaj na nove svejka s hrusinskym :D

It's Slavic, Goddess of beauty and it is not as common in Czech Republic we still have it in our calendar.

Yes, but it must be new type (2) not old- old was big fail for czech goverment

But with ability to shoot precisely. Small country, small army, no place for Soviet "Hurrah" actions in style of "There's plenty of us" (нас много)

​@@PavelNygryn You forgot to mention: 1 rifle for 3 soldiers, NKVD shooting you in the back and 20 million people getting killed by Stalin himself. During the battles, Soviets didn't have advantage in numbers over Axis - army sizes weren't too different, and many times Soviet troops were poorly positioned and, because of that, outnumbered by Axis troops. Soviet army did suffer more casualties, but mostly during the beginning of the war, because preparations weren't complite, etc. Also, what do you mean by "shoot precisely"? There are a few changes regarding the ergonomics, but the overal mechanism is unchanged. Is it still jiggling like an AK while firing? If yes (which is probably the case), how exactly is it going to "shoot precisely"?

@@alienwizard9765 It's not jiggling nearly as much as AK-74. Probably different tolerances in part manufacturing. "There's plenty of us" refers to top-level commands. Lives of individual soldiers were not considered as values. It's kind of making sense - training and equipments expenses for most of "basic" soldiers were low (if any). Some were actually referred as "untrainable" a still send to combat . Czechoslovakian army never used this approach.

@@PavelNygryn What time period are you referring to? If you are talking about WWII period - as I said, preparations and industrialisation weren't complite. There're many myths regarding the high command during WWII about generals simply sending troops to death, because they didn't care - such things might've happenned sometimes, but definitely not regularly. Moreover, even during that war Soviet army was the only one that was equiped with SMG's in great numbers. It also the second to have assault rifles, and first to equip the whole army with them. If you are referring to post-WWII period, then you have to keep in mind that Soviet Union had to be rebuild after the war. You also have to keep in mind that after Khrushev came to power, USSR have slowly been losing it's economy and production, army have been degrading too. Soviet Union was also preparing to defend against US, so huge amount of equipment had been made. And all things above resulted in huge stockpiles of outdated equipment that were very expensive to replace. About training - as I said, army have been degrading, so by the time Afgan war began, Soviets hadn't used US' expirience with Vietnam war, which resulted in conscripts being sent to fight (some of which weren't well-trained), and not being prepared for . In Vietnam US army had the same problem - preparing for massive conflict with USSR. But they were able to fix it afterwards. These problems have haunted Soviet Union and still haunt Russia as a result: preparing for massive breakthrough, but after realising that things aren't going to happen that way, not being able to change the doctrine. You also have to remember that socialist Czechoslovakia had very powerful economy, in many cases even better production then Soviet Union, and didn't have to maintain as big and as powerful army.

Its Lada outside russia, in russia its vaz. (AVTOVAZ)

@Lassi Kinnunen Lada is a female given name. A make of car, produced by the Soviet/Russian automotive manufacturer AvtoVAZ; the car's name for the internal Soviet/Russian market is Zhiguli (Жигули).And in some models VAZ. Usko nyt, Ladakerhon jäsen jo vuodesta 2003

Lada is also a brand for VAZ cars in Russia for the last 15 years or so