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...
By the end of March the Ministry of Defence revealed its new requirements concerning the biggest ever defence acquisition project in history of the Czech Republic, the purchase of 210 tracked Infantry Fighting Vehicles. Since more than a month numerous experts have expressed their surprise and critics over the latest demand: the...