Military of the Czech Republic
- Highest Commander of the Armed Forces: President of the Republic Václav Klaus
- Chief of the General Staff: Lieutenant General Vlastimil Picek
- Chief of the General Staff Office: Colonel Milan Šeiner
- First Deputy Chief of the General Staff: Lieutenant General Jaroslav Kolkus
- Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the ACR-Chief of Staff: Lieutenant General František Hrabal
- Deputy Chief of the General Staff - Director of JOC (Operations Commander): Major General Josef Prokš
- Director of Division for Development of Forces Branches - Operations Division: Brigadier General Josef Bečvář
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- Immediately Subordinated Offices:
- Military Regional Office, Boletice
- Military Regional Office, Brdy
- Military Regional Office, Březina
- Military Regional Office, Hradiště
- Military Regional Office, Libavá
- Support Policy Division: Director Major General Pavel Jevula
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- Immediately Subordinated Institutions:
- Central Military Hospital, Prague
- Military Hospital, Brno
- Military Hospital, Olomouc
- Institute of Aviation Medicine, Prague
- Communication and Information Systems Division:Director - Chief of the Signal Corps of ACR: Colonel Jan Kaše
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- Immediately Subordinated Institutions:
- 6th Communication Centre
- Research and Communication Centre 080
- Information Technology Development Agency
- Force Planning Division: Acting Director Colonel František Mičánek
- Reconnaissance and Electronic Warfare Department: Director Colonel Miroslav Žižka
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- Immediately Subordinated Office:
- Military Geography and Hydrometeorology Office
- Military Aviation Authority: Director Colonel Josef Otta
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Equipment
Equipment size at January 1 2007:[1]
IFV:
- 257x BMP-1 IFV(most in reserve - getting replaced by Pandur 8X8 APC and APC's)
- 76x BPzV-1
- 174x BMP-2 IFV
- APC:
- 29x OT-90 (scraped - getting replaced by Pandur 8X8 APC)
- 43x OT-64 (scraped)
- Aritillery:
- 64x DANA 152mm SPH
- 84x M 1982 towed mortar 120 mm
- 8x Self propelled mortar 120 mm
- 60x RM-70 122 mm MLRS
- 3x ARTHUR Artillery Hunting Radar
- Non armoured vehicles:
- UAZ-469 - light off road vehicle
- Land Rover Defender 110 - light off road vehicle
- PRAGA V3S military trucks (will be scraped and replaced by new Tatra 810)
- Tatra T815 (4x4, 6x6, 8x8 versions) military heavy trucks
- ZIL 131
- 4x ATF Dingo armored military truck (ordered to be delivered by February 2008)
- 4x Iveco LMV armored light off road vehicle
Air defence missiles:
- 2K12 KubM2(SA-6 GAINFUL)
- 9K35 Strela-10M(SA-13 GOPHER)
- RBS 70
Combat aircraft and helicopters:
- 14x JAS 39 Gripens fighter
- 71x Aero L-159 Alcas light attack aircraft(46 in reserve)
- 38x Mil Mi-24V Hind-E attack helicopters
- Support) (transport aircraft and helicopters:
- 11x PZL W-3 Sokół - utility helicopters
- 40x Mil Mi-8 Hip and Mil Mi-17 Hip-H - transport helicopters
- 4x Antonov An-26 Curl - transport aircraft
- 2x Tupolev Tupolev Tu-154M Careless - transport aircraft (will be scraped during 2007 and replacement by A319)
- 2x Yakovlev Yak-40 Codling - VIP transport
- 2x Airbus 319CJW - Airbus A320 family transport (1 active, 1 ordered)
- 1x Bombardier Challenger 600 - VIP transport
- 1x Let L-410 Turbolet - transport
Training aircraft and helicopters:
- 26x Aero L-39 Albatros - jet trainer)
- 20x Zlin Z 142CAF - basic trainer
- 5x Mil Mi-2 Hoplite - trainer helicopters
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Recent operations
The Czech Republic is a member of the UN and the OSCE and has contributed to numerous peacekeeping operations, including IFOR/SFOR in Bosnia, Desert Shield/Desert Storm, Afghanistan, Kosovo and Iraq.
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 vz. 58 assault rifle, Uk vz. 59, Škorpion vz. 61, 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,Carl Gustav recoilless rifle and Heckler & Koch MP5 submachine gun
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Uniforms
Military band Olomouc in different types of uniforms:
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See also
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External links
- (English) Ministry of Defence of the Czech Republic
- (Czech) Information Center about NATO
- (Czech) A Czech army commercial on Google Video
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