Four vehicles are being considered by the Czech Army to replace the aging BMP-2 Infantry Fighting Vehicles of the Czech mechanized infantry battalions, and other heavy elements of the Army: ASCOD 2, PUMA, LYNX and CV90. A specific topic has entered the debates: should the turret of the basic IFV variant be rather unmanned, or should …
The Czech Defence Ministry will launch a tender for purchase of 210 new tracked infantry fighting vehicles worth 2.58 billion, within a few months, to replace the BMP-2, while continuing the project of Pandur II, thus the army structure based on a „heavy“ and a „light“ brigade. These would be the main competitors.