Soldiers of the 🇺🇦119th Separate Territorial Defense Brigade during training with their 🇨🇿CZ TSR (Tactical Sniper Rifle) rifles in 7.62x51mm NATO equipped with Vortex Razor HD rifle scopes, bipods, factory-made compensators and Ase Utra S series suppressors.
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🇨🇿Czechia: Joint exercise of forward air controllers (FAC) and unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) operators of the Czech Special Forces. The aim of the exercise was to increase expertise in direct air support procedures during dynamic scenarios simulating an asymmetric warfare environment. 🧵1/3
🇨🇿 #Czechia: Recent photos of Leopard 2A4 tanks from the 73rd Tank Battalion of the 7th Mechanized Brigade from ongoing Armored Lancer II exercise. 🧵1/3
#Ukraine/#Russia 🇺🇦🇷🇺: BMP-1TS infantry fighting vehicles (IFVs) of the 17th Separate Poltava Brigade 'Raid' of the National Guard of Ukraine during crew training.
🇨🇿 #Czechia: Aero L-39 Skyfox in a new color scheme and with additional fuel tanks departing for the 🇦🇪UAE, where the Let L-410NG from Aircraft Industries will also be on display. The L-39 will be exhibited with a new Phoenix pod from SiNAB Technologies at Dubai AirShow, 17-21 November.
#Ukraine/#Russia 🇺🇦🇷🇺: 🇨🇿 #Czech-made 155mm/L45 self-propelled gun howitzer DITA, made by Excalibur Army, in service with the 41st Separate Mechanized Brigade, 16th Army Corps.
#Ukraine/#Russia 🇺🇦🇷🇺: BTR-4 wheeled IFV with slat armor, BMP-1TS IFV with folding anti-drone cage, and M113A3 APC in service with the 🇺🇦 #Ukrainian 58th Separate Motorized Brigade.
#Ukraine/#Russia 🇺🇦🇷🇺: Two 🇸🇪 #Swedish-donated 155mm/L52 Archer FH77 self-propelled howitzers on a Volvo A30E chassis in service with the 🇺🇦 #Ukrainian 43rd Separate Artillery Brigade.
🇨🇿 #Czechia: OMNIPOL has signed a strategic cooperation agreement with the Australian company SiNAB Technologies. SiNAB Technologies develops and manufactures an autonomous pods, which in its basic version is used for training joint air traffic controllers (JTAC). 🧵1/2
Members of the 🇺🇦Volunteer Unit "Lyubart" (today's 20th Brigade of Operational Assignment “Lyubart”) with 🇨🇿Czech-supplied Czechoslovak-made vz.58 P rifles in 7.62x39mm caliber during urban combat training near Lutsk, March 2022.
I přes težké zranění bojují dál. 💪❤️🩹 Veteráni, kteří slouží u Ternopilské policie, založili spolek 'Nezlomní duchem' a vyrábí drony na frontu. Pojďme se jim složit na 3D tiskárny, ať jim to pěkně jde! 👉 donio.cz/dvoji-pomoc-3d-tiskarny-pro-veterany Světlem proti temnotě! ✨
Team 4 Ukraine zahájil sbírku na 3D tiskárny pro střelecký prapor ternopilské policie. Jedná se o policisty, kteří byli převedeni k ZSU a účastní se bojových operací. 🧵1/3
#Ukraine/#Russia 🇺🇦🇷🇺: 🇨🇿 #Czech-made 155mm/L45 self-propelled gun howitzer DITA, made by Excalibur Army, in service with the 41st Separate Mechanized Brigade, 16th Army Corps.
🇨🇿 #Czechia: Low flight over the landscape of AH-1Z Viper (No.0488) and UH-1Y Venom (No.0493) helicopters of the 22nd Helicopter Air Base Náměšt' nad Oslavou, of the Czech Air Force. Beautiful Buchlov Castle can be seen in the background. The Viper carries 7-round 70mm LAU-68F/A APKWS II launchers.
🇰🇷#ROK: Model of the 155mm/L52 K9 Mobile Howitzer on a third-generation Tatra Force 8x8 chassis with an armored cabin from Tatra Defence Vehicle, exhibited at the ADEX 2025 expo.
🇨🇿 #Czechia: Leopard 2A4 tanks of the 73rd Tank Battalion, 7th Mechanised Brigade, during recent exercises and training courses. Leopard 2A4s are currently the main tanks of the 73rd Tank Battalion and are used primarily for training crews before the arrival of newly ordered Leopard 2A8. 🧵1/2
#Ukraine/#Russia 🇺🇦🇷🇺: Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) has unveiled a new generation of Sea Baby USVs. The modernized Sea Babies are capable of traveling up to 1,500 km and carrying up to 2,000 kg of cargo. They also have more powerful engines and a modern navigation system. 🧵1/2
#Ukraine/#Russia 🇺🇦🇷🇺: 🇨🇿 #Czechia will build and donate a satellite to Ukraine. The satellite will be Czechia's contribution to the development and security of Ukraine. In the future, the satellite from Czechia should be supplemented by others, which together will form a constellation.
#Ukraine/#Russia 🇺🇦🇷🇺: 🇨🇿 #Czech made 155mm/L45 wheeled self-propelled howitzer DITA, made by Excalibur Army, in the service of the State Border Guard of 🇺🇦Ukraine.
#Ukraine/#Russia 🇺🇦🇷🇺: 🇨🇿 #Czech-delivered Mi-24V/35 Hind-E (ex-No.3371) attack helicopter of the 🇺🇦Ukrainian Army Aviation with an incredible 121 (!) kills. Attack helicopters have proven to be effective hunters of enemy reconnaissance and One-Way Attack UAVs in the Ukrainian-Russian conflict.
#Ukraine/#Russia 🇺🇦🇷🇺: 🇺🇦M113A3 APC of the 153rd Separate Mechanized Brigade with Ukrainian-made manned turret armed with 12.7mm M2 Browning HMG, slat armor on the sides and front, and folding anti-drone cage.
🇨🇿 #Czechia: After two years of negotiations, the Military History Institute in Prague (VHÚ) has succeeded in obtaining a donation from Moldova of a BTR-152K armored personnel carrier, which, according to information from historians at the Moldovan military museum Muzeul armatei din Chișinău,… 🧵1/2
🇨🇿 #Czechia: KBVP Pandur II 8x8 CZ wheeled infantry fighting vehicle of the 42nd Mechanized Battalion of the 4th Rapid Deployment Brigade with camouflage nets and vegetation during the Rapid Trial 2025 exercise, during which they are preparing for deployment to NATO MN BG Slovakia.
🇺🇦Soldiers of the 204th Battalion of the 241st Separate Territorial Defense Brigade with a 🇨🇿Czech-made DSS PZD 556 machine gun in 5.56x45mm NATO.
#Ukraine/#Russia 🇺🇦🇷🇺: The Chief of the General Staff of the Czech Army, Karel Řehka, announced that after completing repairs and modernization of 30 T-72M4CZ tanks (and most likely also 3 VT-72M4CZ ARVs), he plans to recommend that the Czech Government donate these tanks to Ukraine.
🇭🇷 #Croatia: Croatia will join the framework agreement of the Czech MoD for the purchase of Tatra Force trucks. This agreement has currently been signed by Czechia and Slovakia. Croatia is interested in ordering up to 420 Tatra Force trucks, including 6x6 flatbeds and 8x8 container carriers.
🇺🇦Soldier of the 61st Separate Mechanized Steppe Brigade with a 🇨🇿Czech CZ Bren 2 rifle with a 14" barrel, Holosun HS512C collimator, Holosun HM3X magnifier, and foregrip.
#Ukraine/#Russia 🇺🇦🇷🇺: Ukrainian 🇺🇸US-supplied M2A2 ODS-SA Bradley IFV with BRAT protection kit, slat armour and folding anti-drone cage, in service with the 13th Brigade of Operational Assignment ‘Khartia’. 🧵1/2
🇯🇵 #Japan: First Patria AMV APC, manufactured by Japan Steel Works under license from Patria, delivered to the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force (JGSDF). Under a contract with the Ministry of Defense from May 2024, Japan Steel Works will produce 26 vehicles in cooperation with Patria. 🧵1/3