Biggest buildup of Czech Armed Forces in 30 years.

1.10. 2025, 14 Territorial Defence Battalions were officialy formed. One for each region of the Czech Republic.

They are being raised from current 14 active reserves companies under Regional Military Headquarters (KVV)

⬇️ Each battalion will consist of tens of professional soldiers and the rest will be made up by Active Reserve component. Territorial Defence battalion will have about 600 soldiers.

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Drone warfare during exercise Joint Viking 2025. 🇳🇴 Forsvaret shows the way. This is a much needed approach.

UAS are reality, both advantage and threat. Same as with mines or anti-tank weaponry, we need to adapt&integrate both technical AND tactical solutions to..

⬇️1/8 ...utilize this technology and new layer (not replacement!) of ground, aerial and maritime warfare, as effectively as possible for our gains, and at the same time, minimize the threats and effects that enemy unmanned systems will have on our own forces.

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Lvkv90. Swedish CV90 SPAAG.

Should Czech Forces look for such or similar vehicle or.... do we already have it?

THREAD

⬇️1/x First. Let´s look how and why Lvkv90 came to life.

While Strf9040A´s had UTAAS, they lacked several aspects that would make them truly effective against aerial targets. And Swedes wanted mobile SPAAG´s to protect their maneuver formations.

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3 years...

It was on 24th February 2022 when I stayed awake and in the late night/early morning I saw first videos of Russian invasion into a sovereign state.... Russia attacked its neighbour. After Russians have been telling for months, that they won't and its just...

⬇️1/x "scare tactics" and "war mongering" of the West... Well. Russians lied in 2014, in 2022 and they will continue to do so. Treaties are just a piece of paper.

Europe has changed that day. Sadly. We had 3 years. Yet changes, are only coming slowly...

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News from IAV conference 2025.

Slovak 🇸🇰 and Czech 🇨🇿 fleets of CV90Mk.IV

In total 398 vehicles. Lets take a closer look at Czech variants

#CzechCV90saga

THREAD ⬇️1/x First. Lets look at PBV (IFV) variants. With D30 turrets (30mm Mk.44 autocannon) and APS Iron First.

PBVP: 141 vehicles
PBV-V: 31 vehicles
PBV-Pz: 18 vehicles

PBV-Pz (recce will be equipped with Czech MIZAR electroptical and battlefield radar reconaissance complet.

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As this year comes to an end slowly. Lets look at what will happen in the next one.

2025 for 🇨🇿 Czech Armed Forces.

THREAD.

⬇️1/X Spyder GBAD 🕷️. Yes, some parts of this Air Defence system are already in the Czech Republic, next year first complet should be presented and tested. 4 batteries will be fielded in 2025-2026 with more advanced munition for LR configuration (100km range) coming in 2027.

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MAD21, Maskovací Design 21 (camouflage design 21)

This camouflage should be fielded in 2026 as a new and standard camouflage pattern of 🇨🇿 Armed Forces

It will replace current Vz.95 that has been in service since 1995

Winter variant of MAD21, MAD21Z is also in development

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MAD21 is a step in the multiterrain type of camouflage pattern that is darker than standard multicam.

MAD21 uses the national scheme seen with Vz.95, yet uses more complex range of coulors and shapes.

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CV90CZ Mk.IV project. 🇨🇿

New informations THREAD

#CzechCV90Saga 1) EW suite. Both Czech and Slovak CV90 (CV9030CZ and CV9035SK) will utilize anti-drone and C-RCIED jammers from URC Systems and Jisr Institute 🇨🇿. These along with other solutions are deployed all around the vehicle, including both turret and hull.

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Of course I had to forget something. And something important...

🇨🇿 MoD was able to obtain CV90 full license for domestic use that is worth about 10 bln CZK (440 mil USD)

This means that MoD (and its state companies and private subcontractors) can repair, modify, develop,

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https://twitter.com/Danny_elMayor/status/1833493650157801737

and also build new CV90´s for the needs of Czech Armed Forces. This is one of the key aspects of strategic security and domestic sustainability of the CV90 fleet during the whole lifecycle.

According to 🇨🇿 defence minister Jana Černochová.

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PART 2 - Indutrial participation of Czech Defense industry in the CV90 project for Czech Armed Forces - is here.

#CzechCV90saga

THREAD 🧵

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https://twitter.com/Danny_elMayor/status/1830898547497279969

One of the demands of Czech MoD concerning the new tracked IFV project was at least 40% participation of domestic defense industry. BAE Hagglunds, given their already proved and utilized offset industrial program was able to meet the demands and to actually exceed them.

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Lets take a closer a look at Czech 🇨🇿 CV90 Mk.IV

#CzechCV90saga

1) The vehicle itself
2) Czech Defense Industry participation and connected benefits (in part 2)

THREAD 🧵

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https://twitter.com/Danny_elMayor/status/1826136274442338403

1) CV9030CZ is a modified CV90Mk.IV, the newest iteration of proven CV90 platform. CV90 is currently the most widely used tracked IFV in Europe and thanks to Czech and Slovak acquisitions of 400 CV's with delivery till 2030, it will stay that way. Not to speak about 🇺🇦 or 🇩🇰

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Bahna 2024, Day of the Czech Land Forces.

Photo THREAD 🧵

CAP-6M1 4x4 cistern and Titus
Titus CZ 6X6
Leopard 2A4
Tatra 815-7-V 8x8 ARV

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Tatra 815-7 8x8 PRAM
Tatra 815-7-D mobile workshop
Tatras 815-7 6x6 flatbeds
Tatra 815 VVN with P-50N trailer

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There are some comparisons between Czech and Polish Forces and that is fine by me, as long as it is not dickmeasuring and out of context mumbling.

Lets put things into perspective in this thread🧵

Population
Economy&Politics
Funding
Strategic Reality & History

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🇨🇿: 11 millions
🇵🇱: 38 millions

This parameter alone allows Polish Forces to be (and they are) larger by several times. Without other implications, multiplication factor is roughly 3,5.

Of course, that is without said politics, actual funding etc.

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I like details. And there are 4 interesting ones on the CV9035 Mk.IV presented at Eurosatory 2024, that I have noticed

1) What seems to be upgraded CMS-1 commander COAPS (EOPS in case of CV) made by Czech EVPÚ Defence company. CMS-1 isnt used one the CV for the first time

⬇️1/8 Since it has been used with the testing Mk.III+ vehicle and its E30 turret, during Czech and Slovak military trials. And was also presented with the CV9035 Mk.IV already.

That is a change from Israeli solution that was applied to first Mk.IV presentation model and that..

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CZ Bren 3 series. What we know so far.

Complex THREAD 🧵.

Czech Armory is here with new modular weapon system, that was developed also based on Ukrainian experience with Bren 2 and Bren 807, that are being used in quite large numbers for last 2,5 years in war in Ukraine

⬇️1/19 Bren 3 is a multicaliber (5.56x45/.300 AAC Blackout) short stroke piston, modular system, that comes with different barrel lengths, charging handles, handguards and 2 types of stocks.

Barrel lengths for .300 are: 7'' and 9"

5.56 is available with 7", 11", 14.5" and 16.5"

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🇨🇿 Czech Armored Fist by 2030.

🧵 In wider European context

Near future of Czech Army heavy and medium mechanized brigades. Numbers with support variants included.

77 Leopard 2A8CZ,
45 Leopard 2A4,
246 CV90Mk.IV (CV9030CZ)
Circa 180 Pandur II MLU/EVO.

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4th rapid deployment brigade "Obrany národa" and 7th mechanized brigade "Dukelská" also need support vehicles. That is being taken care of as well.

For example

29 more mobile workshops 8x8
Already fielded Tatra 815-7 ARV.
6 service sets for Leo2A8CZ.
Titus CZ 6X6 for C3

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Modernization and enlargement of German 🇩🇪 artillery till 2035.

Future indirect fire support and deep strike of Bundeswehr.

Short thread 🧵

⬇️1/ By 2035, Bundeswehr plans to have 10 (+3 units from 🇳🇱 deeply integrated into German Forces) separate artillery battalions on corps, divisional and brigade level

These 🇩🇪 units are:

1x Corps rocket artillery battalion equipped with 36 MLRS. Long range deep strike fires...

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🧵New munition supply vehicles for Czech Artillery and its new 155mm SPH Caesar 8x8 CZ 155mm howitzers.

We now have more information.

1) 26 vehicles will be delivered till 2027, with first delivered till 2025 for military testing (about 9 weeks)

⬇️1/x 2) Vehicles will be based on Tatra 815-7T3RC1 8x8.1R chassis, will have 4-door armored cabin (either KAPA or new 3rd gen) and new Tatra V12 Euro 3 Air-cooled diesel engine

3) 26 complets will consist of 26 8x8 flatbed trucks with cranes in the rear and 26 offroad trailers

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"Its the little things". Yeah details matter (to me atleast) so here is not really that interesting thread 🧵about...

Smoke grenade dischargers on CV90, coaxial machine gun positions and more interesting bits about CV90.

Spoilers. Czech variant will be quite interesting.

⬇️1/ Lets start where it started. Sweden. Mk.0, used to this day as Strf9040A/B/C.

A/B. 3 externally mounted on both sides of the turret. So 6 smoke dischargers.

Same case also with Strf9040C (to my surprise). Yet there, they were moved into a different position, higher.

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TDV. Tatra Defence Vehicle company. A less known, yet increasingly important strategic asset of Czech Defense Industry for armored wheeled platforms.

THREAD 🧵

1/25 ⬇️ TDV is a company, that started as a sidekick of Tatra Trucks Kopřivnice. While specializing in armored cabins for Tatras at first. (You can see their lvl 2 armored cabs used by Ukrainian Neptun ASM for example.)

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Scania Trucks in Czech Armed Forces 🇨🇿. Newly fielded logistic transport assets.

Short THREAD. 🧵

Complete numbers based on publicly known contracts.

⬇️1/x 12x Scania R590 8x4 with Hammar 190 HB sideloaders. 434 kw engine.

All delivered

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