On Tuesday, Prime Minister Andrej Babiš announced at the press conference that Czech military acquisitions are under threat by austerity measures due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. For the Army, such a message is certainly extremely unpleasant, but at the same time expected. The Prime Minister explicitly mentioned the acquisition …
As promissed in the article on the Czech military history and museums covering the modern periods starting with the 1866 prusso-austrian war and the battle of Königgrätz (today it’s the 152nd anniversary of the battle which allowed Prussia to effectively start it’s project of German unification, a project which had consequences for …
There is a lot of monuments and museums dedicated to the military history in the Czech Republic. Many of the famous battlefields of different eras are preserved and offer historic trails to discover the monuments or important and interesting locations. The monuments and museums are administered by a number of institutions.
The tender procedure for the delivery of 210 new tracked Infantry Fighting Vehicles for the Czech Army to replace the aging BVP-2 advanced to the next stage. - A year ago, on 5th August 2018 a tragic event occurred at the allied base in Bagram, Afghanistan. Three Czech soldiers were victims of a suicide bomber attack. - The 21st …