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This is a list of military equipment of the Czech Republic currently in service and in storage. This includes weapons and equipment of the Armed Forces of the Czech Republic, with the Army of the Czech Republic and its service branches, namely the Czech Land Forces and Czech Air Force, at their core.

Small arms & hand weapons

Name Country of origin Type Photo Notes
Handguns
CZ 75  Czechoslovakia
 Czech Republic
Pistol Standard-issue
CZ 82  Czechoslovakia Pistol Standard-issue
Glock pistol  Austria Pistol In use by the 601st Special Forces Group.
Sub machine guns
Škorpion vz. 61  Czechoslovakia
 Czech Republic
Submachine gun Reserve only


PDW Škorpion EVO III  Czech Republic Submachine gun Standard-issue
Heckler & Koch MP5  Germany Submachine gun In use by the 601st Special Forces Group.
Shotguns
Winchester Model 1300  United States Shotgun Winchester Model 1300 used in small numbers.
Benelli M3  Italy Shotgun In use by the 601st Special Forces Group.
Assault rifles, battle rifles and carbines
CZ 805 Bren  Czech Republic Assault rifle Standard service rifle.
CZ Bren 2  Czech Republic Assault rifle Standard service rifle.[1]
Vz. 58  Czechoslovakia Assault rifle Now in reserve only, replaced with all active units by CZ 805 Bren.
Bushmaster M4A3  United States Carbine In use by the 601st Special Forces Group.
Heckler & Koch HK417  Germany Battle rifle In use by the 601st Special Forces Group.
Machine guns
M2 Browning  United States Heavy machine gun
NSV machine gun  Soviet Union Heavy machine gun
Minigun  United States Rotary machine gun
FN MINIMI  Belgium Light machine gun
PK machine gun  Soviet Union General-purpose machine gun

Small numbers, reserve only

Rheinmetall MG 3  Germany General-purpose machine gun Used on Dingo 2
M60 machine gun  United States General-purpose machine gun File:M60GPMG.jpeg In use by the 601st Special Forces Group.
Mk 48 machine gun  United States General-purpose machine gun In use by the 601st Special Forces Group.
Uk vz. 59  Czechoslovakia General-purpose machine gun
Sniper rifles
Dragunov Sniper Rifle  Soviet Union Sniper rifle
Barrett M82  United States Sniper rifle In use by the 601st Special Forces Group.
CheyTac Intervention  United States Sniper rifle In use by the 601st Special Forces Group.
Desert Tech HTI  United States Sniper rifle
Sako TRG  Finland Sniper rifle
CZ 750  Czech Republic Sniper rifle
Falcon  Czech Republic Sniper rifle
Accuracy International AWM  United Kingdom Sniper rifle In use by the 601st Special Forces Group.
Grenades and grenade launchers
URG-86  Czechoslovakia Hand grenade
F1  Soviet Union Hand grenade
AGS-17  Soviet Union Grenade launcher
CZ 805 G1  Czech Republic Grenade launcher
CIS 40 GL  Singapore Grenade launcher In use by the 601st Special Forces Group.
Anti tank weapons
RPG-7V  Soviet Union Anti-tank grenade launcher
RPG-75  Czechoslovakia
 Czech Republic
Anti-tank weapon
9M113 Konkurs  Soviet Union Anti-tank missile
9K11 Maljutka  Soviet Union Anti-tank missile
Spike-LR  Israel Anti-tank missile Mounted on KBVP versions of Pandur II IFVs.
Carl Gustav M3  Sweden Recoilless rifle
FGM-148 Javelin  United States Anti-tank missile launcher In use by the 601st Special Forces Group.

Vehicles

Equipment numbers as of January 1, 2019[2]

Equipment Origin Quantity Type Photo Notes
Main battle tanks
T-72M4CZ  Czech Republic 30 Main battle tank Some in reserve due to lack of spares.
T-72M1  Czechoslovakia 86 Main battle tank 20 Active rest in reserve.
IFVs and APCs
Pandur II  Austria /  Czech Republic 111 Infantry fighting vehicle / Armoured personnel carrier 16 more ordered[3]
BVP-2  Czechoslovakia 185 Infantry fighting vehicle
BVP-1  Czechoslovakia 145 Infantry fighting vehicle In reserve
Artillery
152mm SpGH DANA  Czechoslovakia 86 Self-propelled howitzer 48 Active in two artillery battalions.
M1982 PRAM-L 120mm  Czechoslovakia 85 Towed mortar
Expal 81-MK2-KM 81mm  Spain 19 Towed mortar
ANTOS 60mm  Czech Republic 8 Towed mortar
SPM-85 PRAM-S 120mm  Czechoslovakia 8 Self-propelled mortar
ARTHUR Artillery Tracking Radar  Sweden 3 Artillery tracking radar A Danish ARTHUR used on exercise
Unarmoured vehicles
Land Rover Defender 110 TDi  United Kingdom 661 Light off-road vehicle
Land Rover Defender 130 Kajman  United Kingdom 79 Light off-road vehicle
UAZ-469  Soviet Union 630 Light off-road vehicle
Tatra T 810  Czech Republic 586 Military medium truck
Tatra T815  Czech Republic 2,700[4] Military heavy truck (4x4, 6x6, 8x8, 10x10 versions)[5]
Armoured vehicles
Nexter Titus  France /  Czech Republic 0+62 Infantry mobility vehicle 62 on order[6]
International MaxxPro  United States ? MRAP Infantry mobility vehicle Provided by the United States, used in Afghanistan.
Dingo 2  Germany 21 MRAP Infantry mobility vehicle
Iveco LMV  Italy 115 Armoured light off road vehicle 80 more on order[6]
Perun 4x4  Czech Republic 0+4 Armoured light off road vehicle 4 on order[7]
Tatra T815-7T3RC1 8x8.1R  Czech Republic 50+ Military heavy truck with armoured double cab Versions:
41x T815-7 PRAM - for the transport of the mortar
5x KWZT-3
3x Tatra 815-7-D 8x8 V and 2x Tatra 815-7-D 8x8
BRDM-2  Soviet Union 39 Armoured car
Military engineering vehicles
MT-55A  Czechoslovakia 6 Armoured vehicle-launched bridge
BOŽENA 5 [8]  Slovakia ? Mine clearing vehicle
PTS-10 [9]  Soviet Union ? Tracked amphibious transport
SPOT-55 [10]  Czech Republic ? Tracked fire-fighting vehicle
KN-251 [11] ? Wheeled loader
Air defence systems
2K12 Kub-M2  Soviet Union 4 Batteries[12] Surface-to-air missile
9K35 Strela-10M  Soviet Union 16 Surface-to-air missile Will be replaced by 16 RBS 70 NG.[13]
RBS 70[5]  Sweden 16 Man-portable air-defense systems

Ships

Equipment Origin Quantity Type Photo Notes
MO-634 [14]  Czech Republic ? motor towing boat

Aircraft

Equipment Origin Quantity Type Photo Notes
Combat Aircraft and helicopters
JAS 39 Gripen  Sweden 14 Lightweight single-engine multirole fighter 12x JAS 39C (single-seat)

2x JAS 39D (two-seat)

Aero L 159 ALCA  Czech Republic 24 Light attack aircraft 16x L-159A (single-seat)

5x L-159T1 (two-seat) 3x L-159T2 (two-seat)

Mil Mi-24V[15][16]  Russia 17 Attack helicopter 10 in service
Transport aircraft, UAV and helicopters
PZL W-3 Sokół  Poland 10 Utility helicopter
Mil Mi-8  Soviet Union 3 Transport helicopter
Mil Mi-17  Soviet Union 5 Transport helicopter
Mil Mi-171Sh  Russia 15 Transport / utility helicopter
EADS CASA C-295M  Spain 4 Transport aircraft 2 more on order[17]
Let L-410 Turbolet  Czech Republic 7 Light transport and photographic mapping
RQ-11 Raven  United States 6 Unmanned aerial vehicle
Elbit Skylark I  Israel 2 Unmanned aerial vehicle
UAV Wasp III  United States ? Unmanned aerial vehicle
ScanEagle  United States 10 Unmanned aerial vehicle
Training aircraft and helicopters
Aero L-39 Albatros  Czechoslovakia 5 Jet trainer
Zlin Z 142CAF  Czechoslovakia 8 Basic trainer
Eurostar EV97  Czech Republic 1 Basic trainer
Enstrom 480B  United States 6 Trainer helicopter
VIP Transport
Airbus A319CJW  France 2 VIP transport
Yakolev Yak-40 Codling  Soviet Union 2 VIP transport
Bombardier Challenger CL-601  Canada 1 VIP transport

See also

References

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  2. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2018-01-03. Retrieved 2018-01-03.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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  8. ^ Odminovací komplet BOŽENA 5
  9. ^ Pásový obojživelný transportér PTS-10
  10. ^ Hasící vozidlo SPOT-55
  11. ^ Kolový nakladač KN-251
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  13. ^ "Vláda schválila modernizaci houfnic DANA a nákup raketových kompletů RBS-70NG - Ministerstvo obrany". www.mocr.army.cz. Archived from the original on 2018-01-08. Retrieved 2017-12-28.
  14. ^ Motorový vlečný člun MO-634
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  17. ^ "Obrana chce přikoupit další letadla CASA. Vyjdou ji ještě dráže než za éry Parkanové - E15.cz". Archived from the original on 2017-12-28. Retrieved 2017-12-28.