On its website army.cz the Czech Army presents and explains sixteen uncrossable requirements for its new tracked Infantry Fighting Vehicles (IFV). The tender, worth CZK 53 billion (USD 2.37 billion), is the biggest acquistion project in modern history of the Czech Army. The army needs 210 vehicles: why? Why manned turrets? Why crew...
In the past days the Czech Army's facebook profile offred a series of short posts bringing answers and arguments supporting the requirements for the new tracked Infantry Fighting Vehicles which created controversies and rised questions in the past months. We choose the most important aspects. From the tactical/technical point of...
The elite of the Czech defence industry, mostly members of the Association of Defence and Security Industry (DSIA, AOBP) of the Czech Republic and a number of important companies from abroad, met at this year’s edition of IDET: the International Defence and Security Technologies Fair in Brno. Except for the absence of the President...
Rheinmetall’s new Lynx KF41 is among the world’s most advanced modular medium-weight armoured fighting vehicles. The German based specialist for security and mobility is cooperating with prominent Czech companies to offer the Lynx to the Czech Armed Forces as a replacement for the BMP-2 infantry fighting vehicle. The cooperation...