Description
Soviet-Pattern Bulgarian UKZ-5 Training Shaped Demolition Charge
Item Overview
This Soviet-pattern Bulgarian UKZ-5 is the training model of the KZ-5 shaped demolition charge. Its Cyrillic УКЗ-5 stencil and white identification marking support an original training configuration. The three folding legs, fabric handle, and recessed underside preserve the distinctive appearance of the parent engineer demolition device. Only 1 available! You will be receiving the item in the photos.
Identification and Features
The native stencil provides the most precise model identification. Its lettering, white marking, and construction distinguish the training pattern described in ordnance references.
- УКЗ-5: Transliterated UKZ-5 or U-KZ-5. The initial У identifies the training version; КЗ refers to a shaped charge.
- White rectangular marking: Located beneath the lettering and consistent with the white marking documented for training examples, replacing the explosive-filling identification.
- Three folding legs: A recognizable part of the KZ-5 family’s support arrangement.
- Fabric carrying handle: Matches the handling feature of the parent design.
- Recessed underside: Reflects the distinctive lower profile of the shaped-charge body.
Function
The UKZ-5 represented the service KZ-5 during instruction and equipment familiarization. Its recognizable body, markings, handle, and folding legs helped trainees learn the equipment’s identity and external features. The training designation describes its original instructional configuration; the exterior markings alone do not establish its present internal contents.
Documented End-Item Application
The parent equipment is the KZ-5 military engineer demolition charge. Documented applications for the service design included breaching armor and reinforced-concrete structures, as well as demolition involving hard road surfaces, airfield pavements, and underground pipelines. The UKZ-5 is the training counterpart of that engineer store, with its own identifying stencil.
Parent-Equipment History
The Russian engineer-troops catalog “Means of Engineer Armament” records the KZ-5’s adoption on July 5, 1967, under Ministry of Defence Order No. 0163. It credits development of the service design to the institute listed as NIII in Balashikha, near Moscow. This places the parent charge within the Soviet Union’s Cold War program of standardized military engineering equipment. The adoption date applies to the KZ-5 design, rather than the manufacture of this individual trainer.
Weapon-System Background
The KZ-5 formed part of a broader range of Soviet shaped demolition charges. The same military catalog records the KZ-4’s adoption in 1956 and the KZ-6 and KZ-7 in 1969, showing the development of specialized engineer stores across the postwar period. Shaped charges concentrate explosive energy into a limited area, a principle suited to work against hard materials. The UKZ-5 represents the instructional equipment associated with that family.
History of Use
The service KZ-5’s documented role was military engineering and obstacle demolition. Its design also remained a subject of military education after the Soviet period: a Ukrainian Ministry of Defence training handbook illustrates the KZ-5 in Figure 7.6. This later reference shows the design’s continued place in engineer instruction. The supplied markings do not identify a particular unit, training school, or individual service history for this example.
Condition
Please check the pictures for the general condition of the item.
Ideal For
This marked training model offers collectors a clear example of Soviet-pattern engineer equipment and the visual markings used to distinguish instructional stores.
- Cold War and Soviet military collections.
- Combat-engineer and sapper history displays.
- Ordnance recognition and military training exhibits.
- Collections focused on Cyrillic markings and training models.
Approx length 11", Approx width 10", Approx height 10", Approx weight 26lbs.
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