It was also in 1924 that the Brno Arms Works would become privatised to encourage export sales. Further refinements led to the Vz 24 which would enter production in 1924 becoming the standard issue rifle of the Czechoslovakian Army. The Vz23 had a 21.5 inch barrel and was built using cannibalised parts from other rifles, this led to the development of the Vz 23A which consisted of newly manufactured components. In 1923, Brno started to develop a rifle based on the German Karabiner 98AZ, a shortened version of the Gewehr 98 with a 23.23 inch barrel, This resulted in the Vz23.
The Factory was renamed to the “Brno Arms Works” in November of 1918 and the following year started producing short rifles based on the Gewehr 98. After the dismantling of the Austro-Hungarian Empire in 1918 one of the new states to emerge was Czechoslovakia, the new state received control of the Skoda Factory in Brno. The Vz24 is a Czechoslovakian Bolt action rifle based loosely off of the German Gewehr 98 Mauser rifle, it features a similiar bolt design and look to its German counterpart bar a few small differences.
