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The content of Active Reserve (Czech Army) was merged into Czech Armed Forces on February 21, 2011. The former page's history now serves to provide attribution for that content in the latter page, and it must not be deleted as long as the latter page exists. For the discussion at that location, see its talk page.

On 15 June 2025, it was proposed that this article be moved from Army of the Czech Republic to Czech Armed Forces. The result of the discussion was moved.

Actual equipment size

I found at www.army.cz information about actual equipment size. They are official so I replace the old ones. If someone disagree I store old info here: (no source or date was cited)

Equipment

582x T72 MBT (30 being upgraded to T72M4 , 478T72 in reserve)
81x T-55 (scrped used for target practice)
675x BMP1 IFV (186 upgraded to BPzV-1 BVP-1 standard)
186x BMP2 IFV
412x OT-90 (scraped - getting replaced by PatriaAPC's)
186x BRDM-2 (scraped - getting replaced by PatriaAPC's)
216x OT 65, OT64, OT-62 "TOPAS" (scraped - getting replaced by PatriaAPC's)
272x DANA 152mm SPH
24x M-30 152mm howitzers
97x 2S1 self-propelled howitzer 122 mm
154x D-30 Towed 122 mm howitzers
96x M43 towed mortar 120 mm
200x M48 81 mm mortar
200x AT-3 sagger anti-tank missile
200x AT-5 Spandrel anti-tank missile
150x RM-70 122 mm MLRS
3x ARTHUR Ground Radar Units.

Tatrgel 14:39, 28 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Vandalizam detected, example with Eagle, Iveco LMV, T-72M4CZ and other equipment, stated numbers are simply ridiculous. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2.25.185.232 (talk) 02:51, 7 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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Factual errors and outdated info

Detailed info about the Czech Air Force is outdated and contains factual errors. Could it just link to the specific article? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Balooo(cz) (talk • contribs) 10:00, 16 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Unclear

Quoting the article: "the Czech Republic is completing a major overhaul of the extensive Czechoslovak Armed Forces"

Is the Czech Republic overhauling both the Czech "portion" and the Slovak "portion" of the former Czechoslovak Armed Forces?

Or were the two portions separated when the Czech Republic and Slovakia became separate countries? If the latter is true, then maybe the Czech Republic is only "overhauling" the Czech portion.

Just wondering. Thanks, Wanderer57 (talk) 20:32, 7 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

The whole article is a mess as a result of converting the "Czechoslovak Army" one into this one. The CS section (1918-1992) should be split into a history article (with CSLA as its subsection) and this article should focus on CZ Army from 1993 onwards same as the Slovak articles do. For thos wondering about original question: Yes, the CS Military was split 2:1 in 1993 (based on population of 10:5 mil betweekn CZ and SK) with the exception of several units - Mig-29 figters were split 9:9 and more rare systems were split by some systems remaining only in CZ and some only in SK. Like S200 air defense in CZ and then-new S300-PMU in SK. 46.135.41.8 (talk) 22:28, 7 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Czech Ground Forces

I have begun to split out the info and details of the Czech Ground Forces into its own article. As I can't do it all on my own, other editors are welcome to help. noclador (talk) 21:57, 24 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Czechoslovak People's Army Structure in 1989

I expanded the English en:Czechoslovak People's Army article with all the info about the en:Czechoslovak army, air defence and air force in 1989 that I could find. I am sure the info is correct and nearly complete, however I still need more info on Electronic Warfare, Pontoon, and Long Distance Signal Communication regiments. Also I might have missed some units. Therefore if anyone has information or corrections, please feel free to either add it directly to the article or leave it on my talk page. Thanks, noclador (talk) 17:45, 3 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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Requested move 15 June 2025

The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review after discussing it on the closer's talk page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

The result of the move request was: moved. (closed by non-admin page mover) -- Maddy from Celeste (WAVEDASH) 16:32, 9 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Army of the Czech Republic → Czech Armed Forces – The Army of the Czech Republic is a literal translation of the Czech name of the military (Czech: Armáda České republiky) not supported by relevant official sources. Recent documents issued by the Czech Ministry of Defence in English (and cited in sources, namely The Czech Armed Forces Development Concept 2035 and Czech Armed Forces in 2022) use the term Czech Armed Forces. Similar example of such naming convention policy may be the Swiss Armed Forces (German: Schweizer Armee; French: Armée suisse; Italian: Esercito svizzero; Romansh: Armada svizra; lit. 'Swiss Army'). Mossback (talk) 20:55, 15 June 2025 (UTC) — Relisting. TarnishedPath^talk 10:09, 25 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose If I understand it correctly, Czech Armed Forces refers to Armed Forces of the Czech Republic not just Army of the Czech Republic. This could mean that the current redirect has an inaccurate target. Btw ngram shows that Army appears more often than Armed Forces. FromCzech (talk) 11:18, 18 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Czech Armed Forces does not refer to Armed Forces of the Czech Republic. To cite the Czech Armed Forces Development Concept 2035 (Koncepce výstavby Armády České republiky 2025, in Czech): "The Armed Forces of the Czech Republic (AFCR) have the key role for ensuring defence as part of the national defence system of the Czech Republic. The AFCR comprise of the Military Intelligence, the Military Police, the Military Office of President and the Castle Guard, and their principal pillar – the Czech Armed Forces (CAF)."

Despite the ngram data, the term/translation "Army of the Czech Republic" does not appear in recent official sources. Mossback (talk) 17:33, 18 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Theoretically, per WP:OFFICIAL, we are mainly interested in the frequency of occurrence in other sources. But it is true that other armies have their pages named after their official names, so I am willing to reconsider. With a possible move, it is necessary to consider merging Armed Forces of the Czech Republic into this page. FromCzech (talk) 18:33, 18 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Note: WikiProject Czech Republic and WikiProject Military history have been notified of this discussion. TarnishedPath^talk 10:09, 25 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Weak support. I changed my mind, the official English title is probably better. It's a shame someone else didn't join the discussion. But after the move, Armed Forces of the Czech Republic really needs to be merged into this page. FromCzech (talk) 17:38, 27 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.