The Model 1930 light machine gun was Czech weapon which was designed by Zbrojovka Brno. The Romanians received around 18.000 models from the Czechs and another 5000 were built under licence in Romania, which gave the Romanians enough light machine guns to equip their army in time for the invasion of Russia. The Model 1930 was the main Romanian light machine gun of world war two and issued to infantry platoons.