[GUEST ACCESS MODE: Data is scrambled or limited to provide examples. Make requests using your API key to unlock full data. Check https://lunarcrush.ai/auth for authentication information.] [@praisethesteph](/creator/twitter/praisethesteph) "#Ukraine/#Russia : #Czech-made 155mm/L45 self-propelled gun howitzer DITA made by @excaliburarmycz of the #Ukrainian 4th Brigade of the Operational Assignment 'Rubizh' shelling Russian positions. A total of XX howitzers have been purchased by the #Netherlands for Ukraine X in February 2024 and another X in October 2024"  [@praisethesteph](/creator/x/praisethesteph) on [X](/post/tweet/1947197873927360577) 2025-07-21 07:32:04 UTC 18K followers, 22.3K engagements "#Ukraine/#Russia : CZ Colt Group and Ukroboronprom have started assembling CZ Bren X rifles under the local name 'Sich' in Ukraine. Currently about XXX rifles are assembled per day (about 12000 per month) and local production of components is being prepared. The plan is to completely switch the Ukrainian army to CZ Bren X rifles and 5.56x45mm NATO ammunition which will be produced in Ukraine by the Czech company Sellier & Bellot which is part of the CZ Colt Group. The assembly and production of CZ Scorpion EVO3 A1 submachine guns and CZ P-10 pistols are also being prepared in Ukraine"  [@praisethesteph](/creator/x/praisethesteph) on [X](/post/tweet/1897990638005547461) 2025-03-07 12:40:05 UTC 18K followers, 124.8K engagements "#Czechia: Czechoslovak Group (CSG @CSG_HOLDING) buys majority stake in the arms factory ZVI Vsetn. MSM Group the Slovak subsidiary of the CSG has entered into a purchase agreement with MPI Group for the acquisition of ZVI a.s. a Czech manufacturer of medium calibre ammunition. ZVI is the only Czech manufacturer of 30mm ammunition certified for MK44 Bushmaster II and Mauser MK 30-2 cannons. CSG plans to invest in extensive modernisation and expansion of production mainly due to expected growth in orders. In addition CSG plans to invest in the development of new products within the ammunition"  [@praisethesteph](/creator/x/praisethesteph) on [X](/post/tweet/1947616099819782504) 2025-07-22 11:13:57 UTC 18K followers, 4448 engagements "#Czechia: The Ministry of Defence has approved a contract for the conclusion of a framework agreement with ZUB for the supply of CZ BREN X rifles CZ GL XX grenade launchers and CZ P-10 C pistols including accessories - optoelectronic sights (including day and night optics and laser sights) spare parts kits armourers' kits holsters etc. The framework agreement will cover the years 2025 to 2031 and is scheduled to be concluded during this summer. The value of the new framework agreement is CZK XXXX billion ($203.8 million) excluding VAT"  [@praisethesteph](/creator/x/praisethesteph) on [X](/post/tweet/1948375837130027501) 2025-07-24 13:32:53 UTC 18K followers, 8380 engagements "#Czechia: According to Novinky the Ministry of Defence of the Czech Republic is pressuring KNDS France to start taking the Czech Army's reservations about the XX Caesar 8x8 CZ self-propelled howitzers it has ordered seriously and is threatening to stop payment of advances. The Chief Armaments Director Lubor Koudelka sent a letter to the French company that if KNDS does not start fulfilling the terms of the contract and does not prepare the howitzers for military tests the Czech Republic will stop paying advances. The Ministry of Defence has already paid CZK X billion in advances and this year"  [@praisethesteph](/creator/x/praisethesteph) on [X](/post/tweet/1947220759450964392) 2025-07-21 09:03:01 UTC 18K followers, 51.7K engagements "#Czechia: The 15th Engineer Regiment received new GROVE cranes. The crane has a crew of two. The chassis has three axles and 6x6 drive. It is powered by a 254kW engine and automatic transmission. The dimensions are 11.3m in length 2.6m in width and 3.8m in height. It weighs XX tonnes and the boom capacity is up to XX tonnes"  [@praisethesteph](/creator/x/praisethesteph) on [X](/post/tweet/1945899926074150960) 2025-07-17 17:34:30 UTC 18K followers, 8793 engagements "#Czechia: Leopard 2A4 tanks with camouflage nets of the 73rd Tank Battalion 7th Mechanised Brigade during the Armored Lancer I exercise in the Boletice training area. 🧵1/3"  [@praisethesteph](/creator/x/praisethesteph) on [X](/post/tweet/1947908878408061217) 2025-07-23 06:37:21 UTC 18K followers, 11.8K engagements "The tanks fired DM98 training rounds at the decommissioned armoured vehicles - T-72M tanks and OT-90 APCs. 🧵2/3"  [@praisethesteph](/creator/x/praisethesteph) on [X](/post/tweet/1947908892509212780) 2025-07-23 06:37:25 UTC 18K followers, 1993 engagements "#Ukraine/#Russia : #Ukraine-made UAT-D Gyurza IMV with 12.7mm M2HB Browning machine gun in manned turret in service with the State Border Guard of Ukraine. The Gyurza is built on a Dodge RAM 5500 Tradesman chassis"  [@praisethesteph](/creator/x/praisethesteph) on [X](/post/tweet/1942468221132583280) 2025-07-08 06:18:07 UTC 18K followers, 6640 engagements "#Netherlands: Dutch PULS MLRS during test firing at Afsluitdijk training range in July 2025. In March 2023 the Netherlands ordered XX PULS MLRS from Israel's @ElbitSystemsLtd at a cost of $XXX million. The first four PULS delivered are on Tatra Force 6x6 chassis while sixteen will be delivered on Scania Gryphus 8x8 chassis"  [@praisethesteph](/creator/x/praisethesteph) on [X](/post/tweet/1947572738111017285) 2025-07-22 08:21:39 UTC 18K followers, 24.5K engagements "#Ukraine/#Russia : The #Czech initiative Drek pro Putina (Gift for Putin @DarPutinovi @GiftPutin) raised funds for the purchase of six 122mm D-30 howitzers for the #Ukrainian armed forces. A total of 16454 donors mostly from Czechia and Slovakia contributed to the howitzers worth CZK XX million ($2.83 million). At the same time the initiative announced a new collection for the purchase of XXX FPV drones with ammunition made by @stv_group for the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) for CZK XXXX million ($590k)"  [@praisethesteph](/creator/x/praisethesteph) on [X](/post/tweet/1947168786676674863) 2025-07-21 05:36:30 UTC 18K followers, 14.9K engagements "So it's a framework contract for Bren X P-10C and GL XX worth up to XXXX billion. So if I understand correctly the Ministry will award individual contracts under a framework contract in which it defines how many and what weapons it wants and with what accessories. There may be several such contracts therefore up to a total of XXXX billion but the entire amount does not have to be spent. So the numbers of types of weapons to be purchased will become known gradually as contracts are awarded (if the content of the contract is made public)"  [@praisethesteph](/creator/x/praisethesteph) on [X](/post/tweet/1948851570960949627) 2025-07-25 21:03:17 UTC 18K followers, XX engagements "#Czechia: Ministry of Defence is interested in a loan of CZK XX billion ($2.47 billion) for German-made Leopard 2A8 tanks. It can get it by participating in the European Union's new financial instrument SAFE which will allow loans for military equipment. Prime Minister Petr Fiala said this at a press conference after a government meeting. The Czech Republic plans to buy up to XX Leopard 2A8 tanks for CZK XXXX billion. Negotiations on the contract for the acquisition of the tanks are in the final stages and the Ministry of Defence expects to sign it in the summer"  [@praisethesteph](/creator/x/praisethesteph) on [X](/post/tweet/1948063355014611363) 2025-07-23 16:51:11 UTC 18K followers, 23.2K engagements "#Ukraine/#Russia : #Czech-supplied Mi-24V/35 Hind-E (ex-No.3362) attack helicopter of the #Ukrainian 18th Separate Army Aviation Brigade armed with 80mm B-8V20A rocket pods. The helicopter has modified camouflage with gray spots added probably during damage repair or during routine paint repair due to wear"  [@praisethesteph](/creator/x/praisethesteph) on [X](/post/tweet/1945023398653952102) 2025-07-15 07:31:29 UTC 18K followers, 21.4K engagements "#Czechia: Today the Ministry of Defence signed a contract with the Swedish company SAAB Dynamics AB for the purchase of XX MARS armoured vehicles with integrated air defence system RBS XX NG. The value of the contract is CZK XXX billion ($200 million) excluding VAT. Deliveries are planned for 2028 to 2030"  [@praisethesteph](/creator/x/praisethesteph) on [X](/post/tweet/1947631739666358734) 2025-07-22 12:16:06 UTC 18K followers, 14.7K engagements "One of the Bergepanzer X Bffel ARVs of the 73rd Tank Battalion donated to Czechia by Germany. 🧵2/3"  [@praisethesteph](/creator/x/praisethesteph) on [X](/post/tweet/1948645392675110947) 2025-07-25 07:24:00 UTC 18K followers, 1997 engagements "#Czechia: Camouflaged Leopard 2A4 with camouflage nets and vegetation of 73rd Tank Battalion 7th Mechanized Brigade during Armored Lancer I exercise"  [@praisethesteph](/creator/x/praisethesteph) on [X](/post/tweet/1948269911240786085) 2025-07-24 06:31:58 UTC 18K followers, 7764 engagements "The exercise also involved a mechanized company with its BVP-2 IFVs which carried out an attack on a target in the form of a decommissioned T-72M tank with its 30mm 2A42 autocannons and 9M113 Konkurs ATGMs. Note the storage boxes on the rear of the BVP-2 turret which are from T-72M/M1 tanks. 🧵3/3"  [@praisethesteph](/creator/x/praisethesteph) on [X](/post/tweet/1948645405463367758) 2025-07-25 07:24:03 UTC 18K followers, 2524 engagements "#Czechia: The Ministry of Defence has announced a contract for 4x4 MRAP vehicles which should serve mainly as ambulances engineers pyrotechnics or reconnaissance vehicles. The vehicles should carry up to ten people or four tonnes of cargo and not exceed a total weight of XX tonnes. The vehicles should also be transportable by C-130 aircraft. The ministry plans to sign the contract early next year and the army should receive the first vehicles by the end of 2026. More than XX potential suppliers have already expressed interest. Important candidates may be the domestic manufacturer Excalibur"  [@praisethesteph](/creator/x/praisethesteph) on [X](/post/tweet/1943971603320111164) 2025-07-12 09:52:02 UTC 17.9K followers, 16.9K engagements "#Belgium: DAF has received an order from the Belgian Ministry of Defence for an additional XX DAF CF Protected Evacuation Vehicles (PEVs) with trailers. It is a Tatra Phoenix 8x8 with an armoured cab from Tatra Defence Vehicle (TDV) powered by a XXXX litre PACCAR MX-13 engine with XXX kW (460 hp). If only such a PEVs could enter service with the Czech Army"  [@praisethesteph](/creator/x/praisethesteph) on [X](/post/tweet/1947921467649196204) 2025-07-23 07:27:23 UTC 18K followers, 7603 engagements
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"#Ukraine/#Russia : #Czech-made 155mm/L45 self-propelled gun howitzer DITA made by @excaliburarmycz of the #Ukrainian 4th Brigade of the Operational Assignment 'Rubizh' shelling Russian positions. A total of XX howitzers have been purchased by the #Netherlands for Ukraine X in February 2024 and another X in October 2024"
@praisethesteph on X 2025-07-21 07:32:04 UTC 18K followers, 22.3K engagements
"#Ukraine/#Russia : CZ Colt Group and Ukroboronprom have started assembling CZ Bren X rifles under the local name 'Sich' in Ukraine. Currently about XXX rifles are assembled per day (about 12000 per month) and local production of components is being prepared. The plan is to completely switch the Ukrainian army to CZ Bren X rifles and 5.56x45mm NATO ammunition which will be produced in Ukraine by the Czech company Sellier & Bellot which is part of the CZ Colt Group. The assembly and production of CZ Scorpion EVO3 A1 submachine guns and CZ P-10 pistols are also being prepared in Ukraine" @praisethesteph on X 2025-03-07 12:40:05 UTC 18K followers, 124.8K engagements
"#Czechia: Czechoslovak Group (CSG @CSG_HOLDING) buys majority stake in the arms factory ZVI Vsetn. MSM Group the Slovak subsidiary of the CSG has entered into a purchase agreement with MPI Group for the acquisition of ZVI a.s. a Czech manufacturer of medium calibre ammunition. ZVI is the only Czech manufacturer of 30mm ammunition certified for MK44 Bushmaster II and Mauser MK 30-2 cannons. CSG plans to invest in extensive modernisation and expansion of production mainly due to expected growth in orders. In addition CSG plans to invest in the development of new products within the ammunition" @praisethesteph on X 2025-07-22 11:13:57 UTC 18K followers, 4448 engagements
"#Czechia: The Ministry of Defence has approved a contract for the conclusion of a framework agreement with ZUB for the supply of CZ BREN X rifles CZ GL XX grenade launchers and CZ P-10 C pistols including accessories - optoelectronic sights (including day and night optics and laser sights) spare parts kits armourers' kits holsters etc. The framework agreement will cover the years 2025 to 2031 and is scheduled to be concluded during this summer. The value of the new framework agreement is CZK XXXX billion ($203.8 million) excluding VAT" @praisethesteph on X 2025-07-24 13:32:53 UTC 18K followers, 8380 engagements
"#Czechia: According to Novinky the Ministry of Defence of the Czech Republic is pressuring KNDS France to start taking the Czech Army's reservations about the XX Caesar 8x8 CZ self-propelled howitzers it has ordered seriously and is threatening to stop payment of advances. The Chief Armaments Director Lubor Koudelka sent a letter to the French company that if KNDS does not start fulfilling the terms of the contract and does not prepare the howitzers for military tests the Czech Republic will stop paying advances. The Ministry of Defence has already paid CZK X billion in advances and this year" @praisethesteph on X 2025-07-21 09:03:01 UTC 18K followers, 51.7K engagements
"#Czechia: The 15th Engineer Regiment received new GROVE cranes. The crane has a crew of two. The chassis has three axles and 6x6 drive. It is powered by a 254kW engine and automatic transmission. The dimensions are 11.3m in length 2.6m in width and 3.8m in height. It weighs XX tonnes and the boom capacity is up to XX tonnes" @praisethesteph on X 2025-07-17 17:34:30 UTC 18K followers, 8793 engagements
"#Czechia: Leopard 2A4 tanks with camouflage nets of the 73rd Tank Battalion 7th Mechanised Brigade during the Armored Lancer I exercise in the Boletice training area. 🧵1/3" @praisethesteph on X 2025-07-23 06:37:21 UTC 18K followers, 11.8K engagements
"The tanks fired DM98 training rounds at the decommissioned armoured vehicles - T-72M tanks and OT-90 APCs. 🧵2/3" @praisethesteph on X 2025-07-23 06:37:25 UTC 18K followers, 1993 engagements
"#Ukraine/#Russia : #Ukraine-made UAT-D Gyurza IMV with 12.7mm M2HB Browning machine gun in manned turret in service with the State Border Guard of Ukraine. The Gyurza is built on a Dodge RAM 5500 Tradesman chassis" @praisethesteph on X 2025-07-08 06:18:07 UTC 18K followers, 6640 engagements
"#Netherlands: Dutch PULS MLRS during test firing at Afsluitdijk training range in July 2025. In March 2023 the Netherlands ordered XX PULS MLRS from Israel's @ElbitSystemsLtd at a cost of $XXX million. The first four PULS delivered are on Tatra Force 6x6 chassis while sixteen will be delivered on Scania Gryphus 8x8 chassis" @praisethesteph on X 2025-07-22 08:21:39 UTC 18K followers, 24.5K engagements
"#Ukraine/#Russia : The #Czech initiative Drek pro Putina (Gift for Putin @DarPutinovi @GiftPutin) raised funds for the purchase of six 122mm D-30 howitzers for the #Ukrainian armed forces. A total of 16454 donors mostly from Czechia and Slovakia contributed to the howitzers worth CZK XX million ($2.83 million). At the same time the initiative announced a new collection for the purchase of XXX FPV drones with ammunition made by @stv_group for the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) for CZK XXXX million ($590k)" @praisethesteph on X 2025-07-21 05:36:30 UTC 18K followers, 14.9K engagements
"So it's a framework contract for Bren X P-10C and GL XX worth up to XXXX billion. So if I understand correctly the Ministry will award individual contracts under a framework contract in which it defines how many and what weapons it wants and with what accessories. There may be several such contracts therefore up to a total of XXXX billion but the entire amount does not have to be spent. So the numbers of types of weapons to be purchased will become known gradually as contracts are awarded (if the content of the contract is made public)" @praisethesteph on X 2025-07-25 21:03:17 UTC 18K followers, XX engagements
"#Czechia: Ministry of Defence is interested in a loan of CZK XX billion ($2.47 billion) for German-made Leopard 2A8 tanks. It can get it by participating in the European Union's new financial instrument SAFE which will allow loans for military equipment. Prime Minister Petr Fiala said this at a press conference after a government meeting. The Czech Republic plans to buy up to XX Leopard 2A8 tanks for CZK XXXX billion. Negotiations on the contract for the acquisition of the tanks are in the final stages and the Ministry of Defence expects to sign it in the summer" @praisethesteph on X 2025-07-23 16:51:11 UTC 18K followers, 23.2K engagements
"#Ukraine/#Russia : #Czech-supplied Mi-24V/35 Hind-E (ex-No.3362) attack helicopter of the #Ukrainian 18th Separate Army Aviation Brigade armed with 80mm B-8V20A rocket pods. The helicopter has modified camouflage with gray spots added probably during damage repair or during routine paint repair due to wear" @praisethesteph on X 2025-07-15 07:31:29 UTC 18K followers, 21.4K engagements
"#Czechia: Today the Ministry of Defence signed a contract with the Swedish company SAAB Dynamics AB for the purchase of XX MARS armoured vehicles with integrated air defence system RBS XX NG. The value of the contract is CZK XXX billion ($200 million) excluding VAT. Deliveries are planned for 2028 to 2030" @praisethesteph on X 2025-07-22 12:16:06 UTC 18K followers, 14.7K engagements
"One of the Bergepanzer X Bffel ARVs of the 73rd Tank Battalion donated to Czechia by Germany. 🧵2/3" @praisethesteph on X 2025-07-25 07:24:00 UTC 18K followers, 1997 engagements
"#Czechia: Camouflaged Leopard 2A4 with camouflage nets and vegetation of 73rd Tank Battalion 7th Mechanized Brigade during Armored Lancer I exercise" @praisethesteph on X 2025-07-24 06:31:58 UTC 18K followers, 7764 engagements
"The exercise also involved a mechanized company with its BVP-2 IFVs which carried out an attack on a target in the form of a decommissioned T-72M tank with its 30mm 2A42 autocannons and 9M113 Konkurs ATGMs. Note the storage boxes on the rear of the BVP-2 turret which are from T-72M/M1 tanks. 🧵3/3" @praisethesteph on X 2025-07-25 07:24:03 UTC 18K followers, 2524 engagements
"#Czechia: The Ministry of Defence has announced a contract for 4x4 MRAP vehicles which should serve mainly as ambulances engineers pyrotechnics or reconnaissance vehicles. The vehicles should carry up to ten people or four tonnes of cargo and not exceed a total weight of XX tonnes. The vehicles should also be transportable by C-130 aircraft. The ministry plans to sign the contract early next year and the army should receive the first vehicles by the end of 2026. More than XX potential suppliers have already expressed interest. Important candidates may be the domestic manufacturer Excalibur" @praisethesteph on X 2025-07-12 09:52:02 UTC 17.9K followers, 16.9K engagements
"#Belgium: DAF has received an order from the Belgian Ministry of Defence for an additional XX DAF CF Protected Evacuation Vehicles (PEVs) with trailers. It is a Tatra Phoenix 8x8 with an armoured cab from Tatra Defence Vehicle (TDV) powered by a XXXX litre PACCAR MX-13 engine with XXX kW (460 hp). If only such a PEVs could enter service with the Czech Army" @praisethesteph on X 2025-07-23 07:27:23 UTC 18K followers, 7603 engagements