The 211th Tactical Squadron of the 21st Tactical Air Base in Čáslav operates 12 single-seat JAS 39C Gripen fighter jets and 2 JAS 39D Gripen two-seat trainers. The Gripens were leased in 2005 to replace the outdated MiG-21s. The first six JAS 39s were delivered in April 2005, the delivery of all ordered aircraft was accomplished …
Amidst the latest news from Russia which appears to have chosen the T-72 Main Battle Tank (MBT) to continue to be the backbone of its Armed Forces (the platform was introduced in 1973), while the new T-14 Armata would not be mass produced due to its excessive price according to bfm.ru, we may look at the details of the T-72M4 CZ …
Chapter 6 of the General Staff’s „Modernization Projects of the Czech Army“ document deals with intended upgrades for the 107 currently operated wheeled Infantry Fighting Vehicles (IFV), the Pandur II 8x8 CZ, which is an improved modular version of the Pandur 6x6 Armoured Personnel Carrier (APC), produced by the Austrian Steyr-Daimler-Puch …
Lubomír Metnar (ANO) will become Minister of Defence in the newly formed government - Lubomír Metnar, current Minister of Interior, will be replaced by Jan Hamáček (ČSSD, socialists) - According to the Chief of General Staff the army should invest in total more than CZK 100 billion (EUR 3.84 billion) before 2027 - The V4 Prime Ministers, …