I think I’ve seen this picture before, but Wallphone sent it to me
Its actually on the VZ-61 wiki page. The Skorpion was designed to be a VERY small SMG that could be used as a carbine or as a pistol for Military and Police that might work in tight confines, like an armored car guard or a tanker.
This small size makes up for the fact that the Skorpion variants are in small calibers. The one in the photo is in 9×18 ( you can tell by the straight magazine) but most are in 7.65×17 Browning (AKA .32 ACP). Once you add all that crap to the gun, it really goes from neat, to silly awful fast!
I can’t imagine trying to wield that thing. The front vertical foregrip is too far back compared to the pistol grip. I would think you’d want leverage for lateral movement of the gun, and that doesn’t afford you very much for the effort involved.
I can fit my Colt 1903 Pocket Hammerless in my pocket. That thing solidly misses the point of small.
I kind of see what they’re going for here. Because of the damned NFA, they can’t put a stock on that thing and keep the short barrel. So, since you’re stuck with a 16″ of barrel on one side to have a shoulder thing on the other, might as well strap some tacti-junk on it.
That’s why CZ, and now Czechpoint import them as pistols, or straight-up sell them as SBRs.
Don’t know if I’ve ever seen a vz-61 carbine.
Might be a Europe thing for nations that ban pistols, but allow semi-auto rifles.