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It was an advanced four-stroke single-cylinder unit construction with double overhead camshaft design of 500cc.

During the German occupation of Czechoslovakia in World War II, the company was renamed BMM (Böhmisch-Mährische Maschinenfabrik AG) and manufactured arms for the Wehrmacht.

ČKD Tatra also manufactured metro cars and diesel locomotives, that were exported to other communist countries.

After 1989 with worldwide economic and political changes the company lost many of its traditional trade outlets in Central and Eastern Europe, mainly in former countries of Soviet Union.

The state sold some companies separately to new owners, most notably the 2001 sale of the transport company, ČKD Dopravní systémy (CKD Transportation Systems, known until 1997 as ČKD Tatra or simply Tatra), to Společnost kolejových vozidel (SKV), the Czech subsidiary of Germany's Siemens Mobility,[3] finalized in February 2002.

Share of the Českomoravská-Kolben-Daněk, issued 1. November 1927
ČKD Tatra-T3 tram car in Prague . T3 was the most successful ČKD tram manufactured from 1960 to 1989; 13991 units were sold worldwide, as of 2015 they are still the most common trams in the world
ČKD Tatra RT8D5 light rail vehicle in Manila . The RT8D5 is a high-floor light rail vehicle based on the KT8D5 tram. These were the last trains that ČKD produced before the company was sold to Siemens Mobility .