The new Minister of Defence, Jana Černochová, had already indicated before her arrival that the Concept of build-up of the Czech Army would have to be reworked. The key message was that the 7th Mechanised Brigade (heavy) consists of tracked IFVs and Main Battle Tanks, and one without the other in a way makes no sense. Here it is …
In July 2021, the Slovak Ministry of Defence announced its intention to purchase new wheeled combat vehicles for the Slovak Army, which will in fact join the other three Visegrad Four countries that are also selecting or purchasing new armoured vehicles. Let us just recall here that in the Czech Republic a tender for Infantry Fighting …
The Czech Army is to be reinforced in the future by 62 TITUS armoured vehicles. It is to represent a modern wheeled platform from Czech manufacturers designed for the dynamically changing war theatre of the 21st century. The TITUS was also presented at the IDET 2021 international defence fair in October.
The Czech Army has taken over the first 65 Toyota Hilux off-road vehicles, which are to gradually replace the obsolete UAZ and Land Rover cars.