Notes: The CZ-2000 weapon is the latest Czech squad automatic weapon. It is a member of the CZ-2000 family of weapons, including the CZ-2000 assault rifle and short assault rifle. Most of the components of the three weapons are actually interchangeable.

The operation of the CZ-2000 LMG is essentially the same as the assault rifle and short assault rifle versions. Obvious differences include the longer barrel 22.7-inch barrel with a somewhat larger flash suppressor (along with a longer handguard), a folding bipod which is adjustable for height, and the drum magazines normally used to feed the CZ-2000 LMG (which can also be used on the CZ-2000 assault rifle versions, and vice versa). Like the CZ-2000 assault rifles, AK-74 and RPK-74 magazines and drums may also be used. The CZ-2000 LMG, however, is unable to mount a bayonet or mount an underbarrel grenade launcher. (It can still fire rifle grenades.) Sights consist of a fixed, hooded front post and a rear adjustable aperture sight, and have glow-in-the-dark dots to aid night shooting. The receiver is also topped with a rail for use with most NATO and Eastern optics, accessories, and night vision devices. The folding stock from the CZ-2000 assault rifles is retained.

The CZ-2000 also comes in a version chambered for the 5.56mm NATO cartridge; this version has been receiving more and more attention on the assembly lines since the Czech Republic joined NATO. It is for the most part identical to the 5.45mm Kalashnikov version of the CZ-2000 (except for the changes necessary to convert it to the 5.56mm cartridge), changes in the sights to make them more compatible with the 5.56mm cartridge, and the magazines and drums from which it is fed (essentially any magazine which can be used with M-16-series weapons).

Twilight 2000 Story: The 5.56mm NATO version of this weapon is used in small numbers by Czech special forces that operate behind NATO lines, so that they may use captured enemy ammunition. The 5.45mm Kalashnikov version is used by some front-line units in Czechoslovakia, Poland, and (in very small numbers) North Korea. This weapon began production just before the Twilight War, so numbers of these weapons are low, and they are primarily found in the hands of airborne and special operations units.

Notes: This weapon is the grandfather of the British Bren light machinegun that is so famous around the world. It is similar to many such light machineguns of the period, but far superior in operation, reliability, and robustness. The action was not violent, many of the parts were plated in stainless steel to reduce corrosion, and barrel changes were quick and easy. It could be fired from the integral bipod or a tripod. The Czechs used the weapon throughout World War 2 and offered to continue building it for other countries after World War 2, but no orders came after that war. A large number of them were captured by the Nazis, who called them the MG-26(t).

The actual "father" of the Bren is the ZGB-33, a weapon that the Czechs made specifically to take to England and demonstrate to the British. Perhaps no more than a dozen or so were ever built, and British armorers made their modifications directly from these guns to produce the Bren. It is presented here as a curiosity.