CZ99 – A Good Pistol Developed in a Bad Time. Part 2
By Vladimir Onokoy
In Part 1 of this article, I wrote about the fascinating history of CZ99 which involved the shady international arms dealer, the collapse of Yugoslavia, and an unknown gunsmith who couldn’t tell the difference between numbers “8” and “9”. In the second part of this story, I want to talk about the intricate destiny of this design after Yugoslavia was sanctioned in 1992 and lost access to the US market. From the beginning, CZ99 was developed specifically for USA customers, and losing your main client is always challenging.Sanctions forced Yugoslavia to get creative with exports. As a result, an Israeli company called K.S.N. Industries started production of a “Golan” pistol that was almost an exact copy of CZ99. Later on, some of those pistols ended up in the US market, which probably violated the sanctions.
Israeli-made Golan pistol. Author of the photo DumaRC (Source: Wikimedia Commons)
Another interesting deal was struck with a South African company called Tressitu, which
Source: The Firearm Blog
Leave a Reply