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By Stijn Mitzer and Joost Oliemans in collaboration with Jakub Janovsky
Amongst
all the countries that have provided military support to Ukraine, the
Czech Republic is often named in one breath with powers such as the U.S.
and the United Kingdom. By early April 2022, the volume of military aid
provided by Czechia to Ukraine already approached some $430 million,
making the country one of the largest contributers of military aid in
NATO. This aid has included anything from small arms and MANPADS to
heavier weaponry like tanks, infantry fighting vehicles (IFVs), SAM
systems, multiple rocket launchers (MRLs) and even Mi-24V attack
helicopters.
Although
the Czech Republic does not disclose details of its arms deliveries, a
great deal of information has meanwhile been uncovered and several
weapon types have already been spotted in Ukraine. Interestingly, this
does not only include equipment delivered from Czech Army stocks, but
also weapons systems purchased from Czech and Bulgarian defence
contractors. In addition, Czech defence companies have started repairing
and overhauling Ukrainian equipment that has been damaged in the
fighting or that was stored prior to the outbreak of the war. [1]
The
following list attempts to keep track of military equipment
delivered or pledged to Ukraine by Czechia during the 2022 Russian invasion of
Ukraine. The entries below are sorted by armament category (with a flag
denoting the country of origin). Due to the confidential nature of
some arms deliveries they can serve only as a lower bound to the total
volume of weaponry delivered. This list doesn't include equipment purchases by Ukraine from Czech defence companies or crowdfunded equipment. This list is updated as further military support is declared
or uncovered.
(Click
on the vehicle or equipment type to get a picture of them)
Tanks (50+)
~50 T-72M1s [April, May and June 2022 and April 2023] (Some delivered from Czech stocks in exchange for 15 Leopard 2A4 MBTs and 1 Büffel ARV through the German 'Ringtausch' programme)
T-72M1s
[June 2022] (Purchased by Czechia from Bulgaria and delivered to Ukraine)
Armoured Fighting Vehicles
- BPzV Svatava Combat Reconnaissance Vehicles [Before May 2023]
Infantry Fighting Vehicles (106)
56 Heavy Mortars
Towed Artillery
- 152mm D-20 Gun-Howitzers [April 2022] (Purchased from Bulgaria and delivered to Ukraine via Czechia)
Self-Propelled Artillery (~40)
- 122mm 2S1 Gvozdikas [April 2022]
- 13 152mm ShKH vz. 77 DANAs [April 2022] (Delivered along with at least 4,006 artillery shells)
Multiple Rocket Launchers (30+)
- 20+ 122mm RM-70s [April 2022]
- 122mm BM-21 Grads [May or June 2022] (Purchased from Bulgaria and delivered to Ukraine via Czechia)
- 122mm RM-70 Vampirs [July 2022]
Surface-To-Air Missile (SAM) Systems (6 Launchers And 2 Batteries)
- 6 9K35 Strela-10Ms [March or April 2022]
- 2 2K12M2 Kub-M2s Batteries [To be delivered]
(Attack) Helicopters (2+)
- 4 Mi-24Vs [July 2022]
Man-Portable Air Defence Systems (160)
- 160 9K32 Strela-2s [March 2022]
Small Arms
- 30,150 Pistole vz. 82 Pistols [February 2022]
- 2,085 vz. 61 Škorpion Machine Pistols [February 2022]
- 5,000 vz. 58 Assault Rifles [February 2022] (Delivered along with at least 3.5 million 7.62mm rounds)
- CZ BREN 2 Assault Rifles [February 2022] (Delivered along with at least 3.5 million 7.62mm rounds)
- 3,200 UK vz. 59 Machine Guns [February 2022] (Delivered along with at least 3.5 million 7.62mm rounds)
- 12 Dragunov Marksman Rifles [February 2022]
- 19 Falcon Anti-Materiel Rifles [February 2022]
- 10.000 RPG-75s [March 2022]
Miscellaneous Equipment (2)
- 2 Pontoon Bridges [June 2022]
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Pbv 501A IFVs (a Swedish modification of the Soviet BMP-1) pictured before their transfer to Ukraine. |
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