German company PSM, the manufacturer of the PUMA IFV, has withdrawn from the tender for the new tracked Infantry Fighting Vehicle to replace the outdated BMP-2 of the Czech Army. The reasons are the problematic requirements of the Ministry of Defence and the Army of the Czech Republic, which unveiled its new requirements in March,...
The results of a survey conducted by Phoenix research on-line, which deals with the public attitude to the largest military acquisition in the Czech Republic's independent history, i.e. the purchase of 210 tracked Infantry Fighting Vehicles at estimated total price of CZK 53 billion, suggest that the Czech public is, not surprisingly,...
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 Republic is preparing its largest puchase in modern history. At a total price of CZK 53 billion (USD 2.6 billion) the Army will get new Infantry Fighting Vehicles next year. There are four competitors: PSM, Rheinmetall, GDELS and BAE Systems. They have presented their different vehicles during interviews made at the last...