The Holub light rifle (Czech: Lehký kulomet Holub) was a prototype full automatic gas operated Czech rifle from the 1920s that was tested by the Czech army but never adopted.
History[]
After the independence of Czechoslovakia, the Czech army went on to try many semi-auto designs from abroad and also domestic designs like the Holub LR. The Holub rifle is a Fully automatic gas piston operated conversion of a M.1888 Mannlicher rifle. It was eventually rejected by the Czech army after trials in 1921.[1]
Design Details[]
This rifle had a standard gas-piston design, in which some of the gas from the fired round goes into a piston that pushes the bolt back against its recoil spring and rechambers the gun. It has a semi-auto and a fully-auto selector switch on the left side of the gun.[1]
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