After producing the Ero, a nearly exact copy of the Israeli Uzi, the Croatia firm Arma started making some design changes. With the Mini-Ero, they picked a size in between that of the Mini-Uzi and Micro-Uzi, and also used a stock taken from the vz.61 Skorpion (Model 84 in Croatian service).
A big thanks to the Croatian Police Museum (Muzej Policije) in Zagreb for giving me access to film this rare piece for you! Check them out at: https://muzej-policije.gov.hr
Today we are continuing to trace the development of the IM Metal / HS Produkt VHS rifles. During this period, Croatia briefly considered adopting the Israeli Tavor rifle. Part of the adoption would have included […]
HS Produkt of Croatia makes an interesting modern bullpup rifle, the VHS. The rifle has gone through several major design iterations in the past two decades or so, and the most recent version (the VHS-2) […]
The HS-95 was developed by HS Produkt to replace the PHP pistols. With the experience of producing many thousands of PHPs, the company had a much better understanding of how to design a pistol for […]
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I still have my doubts about these PDW-class weapons. The mini- and micro-UZI always struck me as being like the MAC series of SMGs… Gimmicks of questionable utility, and really not suited for actual combat. The use-case seems more geared towards Miami Vice-style cosplay than anything else.
Fun range toys? Sure… Something you want to take into combat? Against real soldiers armed with real soldier-scale weapons? Nope. The bigger SMG weapons like the UZI and the Sterling are a different thing, artifacts of the era before effective assault rifles.
Still, fun range toys I’d like to own, just for the hell of it. Controlling one on full-auto has always seemed like it might be a bit of a challenge, however.
It’s worth noting, in regard to your comment, that these seem to have been issued to police and not soldiers. So perhaps they were in fact thinking of Miami Vice!