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Two Years since Three Czech Soldiers Have Died in Afghanistan

Two Years since Three Czech Soldiers Have Died in Afghanistan

Today we commemorate another very sad anniversary, when a suicide bomb attack was committed on the morning of August 5, 2018, in the Afghan city of Charikar, targeted…

 05. 08. 2020
ACR Willing to Help Wherever Needed

ACR Willing to Help Wherever Needed

Members of the Army of the Czech Republic are not only involved in the so-called Smart Quarantine, but are also helping, for example, at the Alzheimer's Centre in Jihlava…

 31. 07. 2020
Sweat, Hard Work and a Knocked-out Tooth: Recruits Underwent Intensive Training

Sweat, Hard Work and a Knocked-out Tooth: Recruits Underwent Intensive Training

"If I wake you up at midnight, you must be able to grab a weapon and handle it without batting an eyelid" – this was the main slogan of the instructors…

 27. 07. 2020
Forward Air Controllers in Action: Saving Colleagues or Navigating Towards a Target in a City

Forward Air Controllers in Action: Saving Colleagues or Navigating Towards a Target in a City

Forward Air Controllers represent the eyes for artillerists and pilots of combat machines. They can, with perfect accuracy, guide aircraft, helicopters and artillerymen to the targets…

 25. 07. 2020
The Lynx KF41 is the logical choice for the Czech Army

The Lynx KF41 is the logical choice for the Czech Army

The Czech Army needs modern infantry fighting vehicles capable of dominating the battlefield for the next 30 years. In order to achieve this, such vehicles need not only excellent…

 23. 07. 2020
Benefits for war veterans are rather symbolic than real

Benefits for war veterans are rather symbolic than real

Disappointment and bitterness, such are feelings of many Czech war veterans about the offer of benefits for this group of people in general. For example, the Facebook group War…

 21. 07. 2020
New IFVs for the Czech Army: Parameters of Vehicle and Ammunition are Important

New IFVs for the Czech Army: Parameters of Vehicle and Ammunition are Important

Although government spending has brought cuts to the military budget due to the coronavirus pandemic, the largest acquisition program in the history of the Czech Army - the…

 19. 07. 2020
Ministry of Defence has a new Political Deputy

Ministry of Defence has a new Political Deputy

The Minister of Defence Lubomír Metnar appointed PhDr. Vladimír Müller, CSc. as a new Political Deputy on 15th July, 2020. In the past, he served as the Deputy…

 17. 07. 2020
Czech fleet of Gripen fighters flies over 2,000 hours a year

Czech fleet of Gripen fighters flies over 2,000 hours a year

The Army of the Czech Republic operates fourteen supersonic machines JAS-39 Gripen in total – twelve single-seat JAS-39 C and two-seat JAS-39 D.  According to the available…

 15. 07. 2020
The Army Is Purchasing New H&K 417 Sniper Rifles

The Army Is Purchasing New H&K 417 Sniper Rifles

The Ministry of Defence recently published information about the purchase of twelve Heckler & Koch 417 sniper rifles with accessories. It is to some extent unusual that the…

 13. 07. 2020
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