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If the DSS will be able to develop decent 12,7mm HMG, Czech Republic will upgrade from being one of the many nations with domestic RCWS, to being one of the few nations that are able to equip them with domestic 7,62 and 12,7 machine guns.
DSS certainly has a drive
馃嚚馃嚳#FFF26: Products from the Czech company DSS (@DSS_czechia) at the Future Forces Forum in Prague.
Among the products on display were the PZD 556 and PZD 762 machine guns, the ultra-light Mk.24 machine gun, and the Mk.10 and Mk.15 rifles. Also on display was the new PZD 762 UK universal machine gun, which is designed, for example, for use in weapon stations and has a longer service life than the classic PZD.
DSS is also working on the development of a new heavy machine gun in 12.7x99mm caliber, based partially on the M2 Browning design.
And important sidenote. This cistern utilizes new Tatra V12 air-cooled engine with output of 430 kW. Superstructure is made by Czech company Kobit.
Up to 47 of these cisterns will be acquired (13 is minimum order from the framework agreement
More 3rd gen Tatras for Czech Forces
New CAP Shadow Tanker multipurpose cistern. Capable of refuelling both ground and aerial assets.
Build on Tatra FORCE of 3rd gen 6x6. Developed and coproduced by Czech state company VOP CZ.
This cistern will be yet another addition for Czech Armed Forces.
CV9030CZ out in the wild. More than 50 Czech companies are now participating on the project and some of them are also part of wider cooperation on the CV90 production for other customers.
Photos were taken by BAE Hagglunds
First time in Czechia.
CV9030CZ Mk.IV. 246 ordered, 7 versions. C-UAS protection. Modernization of the 7th Mechanized Brigade.
MAD21 and MAD21Z (winter) camouflage pattern presentation at Future Forces Forum & Exhibition. New uniforms and Insulation Winter gear.
Three Czech universities participated on the project.
Daniel of Bohemia retweeted
#Czechia/#Armenia 馃嚚馃嚳馃嚘馃嚥: Confirmation of earlier reports. Aero Vodochody will deliver four new Aero L-39 Skyfox training aircraft to Armenia.
Videos released by the Armenian Ministry of Defense show an Armenian delegation at Aero Vodochody, where they are inspecting the newly manufactured L-39 Skyfox aircraft intended for the Armenian Air Force. Specifically, three completed aircraft can be seen, numbered Black 11 (#0527), Black 12 (#0528), and Black 14 (#0529).
Hyundai HL960A wheel loaders were received by the 15th Engineer Regiment as long awaited replacement of KN-251.
Yet another project of engineering corps modernization is taking place.
STARKOM electronic warfare system during exercise Moravian Lance 2026.
Its mobile camouflage complet fits quite well into the woodland environment.
That is a beautiful Tatra based howitzer.
Tatra 8x8 Force of 3rd generation is utilized along with Tatra inhouse TDV Level 2/3 armored two-door cabin.
More details of the new clothing system.
Seems that there will be indeed new field boots and high-vis/low-vis flags, rank and name tags.
New UBACS, blouse, jacket, combat pants, winter camouflage set MAD21Z, ECWCS, insulation layer (from Carinthia), helmets, shirts,
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And two new types of field caps + boonie hat were presented among other things. Some of them such as gloves system (light, tactical, winter) and winter hat are fielded or being fielded (insulation layer
Ops-core FAST are to come with accesories such as AMP headsets, visors etc.
Presentation of the new CZ weaponry to Montenegro Defence Minister and Chief of Staff.
CZ Bren 3 being the main flagship here.
#Czechia/#Montenegro 馃嚚馃嚳馃嚥馃嚜: Last week Montenegro took delivery of the first few hundred small arms that the Montenegrin government procured under the Agreement between the Government of the Czech Republic and Montenegro on Cooperation in the Field of Defense.
In total, thousands of CZ BREN 3 assault rifles and hundreds of pistols, sniper rifles, submachine guns, and various types of small-caliber ammunition from the Colt CZ Group (@ColtCZGroup) will be delivered by the end of this year. The cargo was transported to Montenegro by a new Embraer C-390 aircraft of the Czech Air Force, marking its first cargo flight. Czechia and Montenegro are already discussing a second intergovernmental agreement under which Montenegro could purchase additional weapons, equipment, and vehicles.
