Three dozen T-72M4 CZ tanks, including T-72M4 CZ-W command and VT-72M4 CZ rescue tanks will be technically improved on the basis of a contract concluded between the Ministry of Defense and VOP CZ state enterprise, for 907 million crowns (without VAT). The company has been at a loss for the last two years: minus 148 million in 2018, …
Last Wednesday, the Defense Committee of the Chamber of Daputies discussed the conclusions of the Supreme Audit Office and the issue of modernization of T-72 tanks has been also widely mentioned. According to the Chief of General Staff Aleš Opata, it is not a modernization, but a so-called technical improvement of the old tanks. …
The Supreme Audit Office states in its report on the inspection of repairs and maintenance of the Czech armored vehicles in 2016-2018 that less than 43% of tanks were operational during this period. This condition has worsened, modernized T-72M4 CZ tanks serves with only one company out of three professional companies, the remaining …
Former Chief of General Staff General Jiří Šedivý in a recent interview for Echo24 server, said that while many acquisition programs are currently being developed, on the other hand only a few have been completed so far. Šedivý also expressed doubts about the planned modernization of old Soviet T-72M4 CZ tanks; according to him, …