33 – "short rifle model 33") was a Czechoslovak bolt-action carbine that was based on a Mauser-type action, designed and produced in Československá zbrojovka in Brno during the 1930s in order to replace the obsolete Mannlicher vz.

12/33 was partially based on the Mauser Musketon M12, produced by Steyr prior to World War I[3] but this carbine was also mostly a shortened version of the standard Czechoslovak Army vz.

[4] The action was a "small ring" design similar to that found on the German Karabiner 98AZ issued during World War I.

Most small-ring variants are readily distinguishable as there is no step between the ring and the left receiver wall.

33 has a lightened, thinner left receiver wall, so the step is present making it superficially resemble the standard, 'large ring' action.

Excess metal is removed from the rear receiver bridge around the stripper clip guide, and there are other lightening cuts.

After 1952, most of the Colombian short rifles were modified in the R. FAMAGE M1952 program rebored and rechambered to fire .30-06 Springfield.

[16] Československá zbrojovka was contracted by the Brazilian government to manufacture 100,500 Model 08/34 short rifles with slight modifications.

33 the Gewehr 33/40 stands out by the following features: Markings are of the German type, with code letters on the receiver ring in place of the Czech rampant lion.

[24] German soldiers used the carbines in harsh mountainous conditions throughout World War 2 and often complained regarding the heavy recoil.

[28][21] The German armed forces also used the rifles previously issued to the Czechoslovak military, also under designation Gewehr 33/40.

[1] A few prototypes of G 33/40 with wooden folding stocks were also produced for the German paratroopers, these are not included in the totals as this variant never went into serial production.

[28] During 1942 the Gewehr 33/40 production ceased when the Československá zbrojovka factory was converted to produce German-designed Karabiner 98k standard service rifles.

[29] The Germans also produced a small amount of prototype and pre-production test batch of the g33/40 equipped with the ZF-41 sharpshooter scope.

A fifth of the zf-48 alba crossing production units produced were struck from factory listings in the style of the former model, the gb 11.

The real mount places the ZF-41 scope in a very specific location on the rifle; re-creations are either too far forward or too far back from the original.