Czech Army

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land warfare branch military organization

The Czech Army is the land warfare branch of the Armed Forces of the Czech Republic, responsible for national defense, international missions, and cooperation within NATO.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Army of the Czech Republic 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf land warfare branch ⓘ
military organization ⓘ
alliance European Union ⓘ
NATO ⓘ
surface form: North Atlantic Treaty Organization
branchOfService Army ⓘ
budgetControlledBy Ministry of Defence of the Czech Republic ⓘ
commanderInChief President of the Czech Republic ⓘ
componentOf NATO land forces ⓘ
country Czech Republic ⓘ
doctrine NATO-compatible land warfare doctrine ⓘ
established 1993 ⓘ
garrison Prague ⓘ
headquarters Prague ⓘ
legalBasis Act on the Armed Forces of the Czech Republic ⓘ
Constitution of the Czech Republic ⓘ
motto We will not surrender ⓘ
nativeName Armed Forces of the Czech Republic ⓘ
surface form: Armáda České republiky
participatedIn Iraq War coalition operations ⓘ
Kosovo Force ⓘ
surface form: KFOR mission in Kosovo

NATO missions ⓘ
surface form: NATO enhanced Forward Presence

NATO mission in Afghanistan ⓘ
partOf Armed Forces of the Czech Republic ⓘ
precededBy Czechoslovak Army ⓘ
Czechoslovak Army ⓘ
surface form: Czechoslovak People’s Army
primaryLanguage Czech ⓘ
responsibility collective defense within NATO ⓘ
defense of the territory of the Czech Republic ⓘ
support to civil authorities in emergencies ⓘ
role NATO cooperation ⓘ
international missions ⓘ
national defense ⓘ
shortName AČR ⓘ
specialForcesUnit 601st Special Forces Group ⓘ
standardRifle CZ 805 BREN ⓘ
CZ 805 BREN ⓘ
surface form: CZ BREN 2
standardSidearm CZ 75 ⓘ
CZ P-07 ⓘ
subordinateTo General Staff of the Armed Forces ⓘ
surface form: General Staff of the Czech Armed Forces

Ministry of Defence of the Czech Republic ⓘ
trainingFacility Vyškov Military Academy ⓘ
type professional army ⓘ
usesCamouflagePattern Czech woodland pattern ⓘ
desert camouflage pattern ⓘ
usesConscription no ⓘ
usesEquipment CAESAR self-propelled howitzer ⓘ
DANA self-propelled howitzer ⓘ
Iveco ⓘ
surface form: Iveco LMV

JAS 39 Gripen ⓘ
surface form: JAS-39 Gripen (through Czech Air Force coordination)

Pandur II 8x8 armored vehicle ⓘ
T-72M1 ⓘ
surface form: T-72M4 CZ main battle tank

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Czechoslovak Army → followedBy → Czech Army ⓘ
this entity surface form: Army of the Czech Republic
subject surface form: CV90
subject surface form: Leopard 2