| Military of the Czech Republic | | Military Manpower | | Military age | 18 years of age | | Availability | Males age 15-49: 2,414,728 (2005 est.) | | Fit for military service | Males age 15-49: 1,996,631 (2005 est.) | | Reaching military age annually | Males: 66,583 (2005 est.) | | Active troops | 57,050 | | Military Expenditures | | Amount | $2.17 billion (2004) | | Percent of GDP | 1.81% (2005) | The Czech Armed Forces (Czech: Armáda České republiky) consists of Land and Air Forces and of specialized support units. Being a member of NATO since March 12, 1999, the Czech Republic completes a major overhaul of the extensive Czechoslovak armed forces which until 1989 formed one of the pillars of the Warsaw Pact military alliance. Czech forces have been gradually downsized from 200,000 to 35,000 and at the same time modernized and reoriented toward defensive posture. In year 2004 the army transformed into fully professional organization and compulsory military service has been ended. The Czech Air Force is the air force branch of the Czech Republic Army. ...
NATO 2002 Summit in Prague. ...
March 12 is the 71st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (72nd in leap years). ...
1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ...
1989 (MCMLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Unofficial Seal of the Warsaw Pact Distinguish from the Warsaw Convention, which is an agreement about airlines financial liability and the Treaty of Warsaw (1970) between West Germany and the Peoples Republic of Poland. ...
2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Structure of the Czech Armed Forces
Structure of the Czech Armed Forces consis of three parts: - General Staff of Czech Armed Forces (Praha)
- Joint Forces (Olomouc)
- Support and Training Forces (Stará Boleslav)
 Structure of Joint Forces
Prague (Praha in Czech) is the capital and largest city of the Czech Republic. ...
town hall with astronomical clock Olomouc (German Olmütz, Polish Ołomuniec, Latin Eburum or Olomucium) is a city in Moravia, in the east of the Czech Republic. ...
Brandýs nad Labem-Stará Boleslav (-Czech, German: Brandeis-Altbunzlau) is a city in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic on the banks of the Elbe river. ...
Equipment Equipment size at January 1 2007:[1] - 181x T-72 MBT (30 being upgraded to T72M4 , 478T72 in reserve)
- 257x BMP-1 IFV
- 76x BPzV-1
- 174x BMP-2 IFV
- 29x OT-90 (scraped - getting replaced by PatriaAPC's)
- 43x OT-64
- 168x DANA 152mm SPH
- 84x M1982 towed mortar 120 mm
- 8x Self propelled mortar 120 mm
- 60x RM-70 122 mm MLRS
- 3x ARTHUR Ground Radar Units.
- 14x JAS 39 Gripen
- 71x L-159
- 38x Mi-24
The T-72 is a Soviet-designed main battle tank that entered production in 1971. ...
The US M1A1 Abrams tank is a typical modern main battle tank. ...
The BMP-1 is a Soviet infantry fighting vehicle which was first introduced in the early 1960s. ...
A Warrior vehicle with UN markings, on the making of the eponymous film. ...
The BMP-1 is a Soviet infantry fighting vehicle which was first introduced in the early 1960s. ...
RM70. ...
Saab JAS 39C Gripen of the Czech Air Force The Saab JAS 39 Gripen (Griffin or Gryphon) is a fighter aircraft manufactured by the Swedish aerospace company Saab. ...
The Aero L-59 Super Albatros is a Czechoslovakian military trainer aircraft developed from the firms earlier L-39. ...
The Mil Mi-24 is a large combat helicopter gunship and low-capacity troop transport operated from 1976 by the Soviet Air Force, its successors, and over thirty other nations. ...
Recent operations The Czech Republic is a member of the UN and OSCE and has contributed to numerous peacekeeping operations, including IFOR/SFOR in Bosnia, Desert Shield/Desert Storm, Afghanistan, Kosovo and Iraq. The foundation of the U.N. The United Nations (UN) is an international organization whose stated aims are to facilitate co-operation in international law, international security, economic development, social progress and human rights issues. ...
The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) is an international organization for security. ...
The acronym IFOR may also refer to the International Fellowship of Reconciliation. ...
Members of the Dutch, French, German and U.S. military watch as an Italian honour guard hoists the new Stabilisation Force flag during the Stabilisation Force (SFOR) activation ceremony in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, on the 20 of December 1996 Pocket badge of the SFOR The Stabilisation Force (SFOR) was...
Motto: none Anthem: Intermeco Bosnia and Herzegovina() on the European continent() — [] Capital (and largest city) Sarajevo Official languages Bosnian Croatian Serbian Government Parliamentary democracy - Presidency members Nebojša Radmanović1 Haris Silajdžić2 Željko Komšić3 - Chairman of the Council of Ministers Nikola Špirić - High Representative Christian Schwarz...
See also: 2003 invasion of Iraq and Gulf War (disambiguation) C Company, 1st Battalion, The Staffordshire Regiment, 1st UK Armoured Division The Persian Gulf War was a conflict between Iraq and a coalition force of 34 nations led by the United States. ...
See also: 2003 invasion of Iraq and Gulf War (disambiguation) C Company, 1st Battalion, The Staffordshire Regiment, 1st UK Armoured Division The Persian Gulf War was a conflict between Iraq and a coalition force of 34 nations led by the United States. ...
For uses of the name Kosova, see Kosova (disambiguation). ...
Current deployments (as of 2005):
- Kosovo: NATO Operation "Joint Enterprise" (KFOR) - 500 soldiers
- Iraq: Coalition Operation of Multinational Forces - 96 soldiers
- Bosnia and Herzegovina: European Union Operation (ALTHEA) - 65 soldiers
- Afghanistan: NATO Operation (ISAF) - 17 soldiers in Kabul and 83 soldiers in Faizabad
Infantry weapons include: Sa 58 assault rifle, Universal machine gun vz. 59, Sa vz 61 (Škorpion) machine pistol, Dragunov Sniper Rifle (SVD), CZ 700 sniper rifle, CZ 75 pistol, CZ 97B pistol, CZ 100 pistol, RPG-7V anti-tank grenade launcher, FGM-148 Javelin anti-tank guided missile, and Heckler & Koch MP5 submachine gun For uses of the name Kosova, see Kosova (disambiguation). ...
Pocket badge of the KFOR The Kosovo Force (KFOR) is a NATO-led international force responsible for establishing and maintaining security in Kosovo. ...
ISAF can stand for: International Sailing Federation International Security Assistance Force This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists pages that might otherwise share the same title. ...
The Sa vz. ...
The vz. ...
The Dragunov Sniper Rifle (Russian: , abbreviated SVD, GRAU index 6V1), is a semiautomatic rifle designed by Evgeniy Fedorovich Dragunov in the Soviet Union between 1958 and 1963. ...
The CZ 700 is a bolt-action sniper rifle or hunting rifle designed and manufactured in the Czech Republic by the Česká Zbrojovka Uhersky Brod (CZ) company. ...
The CZ-75 is a semi-automatic handgun introduced in 1975 by Česká zbrojovka in caliber 9mm Parabellum. ...
The CZ 97B is a semi-automatic handgun introduced in 1997, in caliber . ...
The CZ 100 was introduced in 1995 by Česká Zbrojovka (Uherský Brod, Czech Republic), the first of CZs weapons to use synthetic materials. ...
An RPG-7 captured by the US Army The RPG-7 (Russian: ) is a widely-produced and used handheld anti-tank grenade launcher designed by the Soviet Union. ...
A soldier practices with the Javelin on a firing range. ...
It has been suggested that Heckler & Koch MP5K be merged into this article or section. ...
Uniforms Military band Olomouc in different types of uniforms: Military Band marching A military band is a group of soldiers assigned to musical duties. ...
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town hall with astronomical clock Olomouc (German Olmütz, Polish Ołomuniec, Latin Eburum or Olomucium) is a city in Moravia, in the east of the Czech Republic. ...
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