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In 1991, a foreign partner for the passenger car works Škoda Auto a.s. was sought by the Czech government. Volkswagen was chosen, and the German firm initially took a 30% stake, rising to 100% ownership by 1999. Škoda Auto is now a completely-independent entity from other companies bearing the Škoda name.
The Škoda Works was founded by Czech engineer Emil von Škoda in 1859 in Plzeň, then in the Kingdom of Bohemia, Austrian Empire, and was originally an arms manufacturer. It was one of the largest European industrial conglomerates in the 20th century, and is the predecessor of today's Škoda Auto, Doosan Škoda Power and Škoda Transportation ...
Škoda Transportation a.s. is a Czech engineering company that continues the legacy of Škoda Works' rolling stock manufacturing that started at the end of 19th century in Plzeň. Following the first world war, the Works commenced locomotive production in a separate factory dedicated to that purpose.
Czechoslovakia: Service history; ... The Škoda Fiat Torino was a Czechoslovak-designed armored car built by Škoda Works in 1920, based on the Italian Fiat 18BL truck.
The K series was an entirely new design by the Škoda Works company of Czechoslovakia. The original K1 model was in production by 1933, and was a successful export weapon, with sales to Turkey, Romania, and Yugoslavia.
The origins of the 8 cm kanon vz. 30 began in 1930 at the Škoda Works in Plzeň. It was modified from an earlier Skoda design, the 8 cm kanon vz. 28, which attempted to combine the field, mountain and anti-aircraft roles into one weapon. It proved to be fairly successful at the first two, but was a failure at the third.
The 76.5 mm L/50 was produced by the Škoda Works in Plzeň.It was designed to replace an assortment of earlier Austro-Hungarian anti-aircraft guns that were in Czech use. . Photos of the gun indicate that it had a box trail, a single unsprung axle, two spoked wheels, two recoil cylinders beneath the barrel and a muzzle brake
The Škoda 75 mm Model 1928 (75 mm M.28) was a mountain gun manufactured by Škoda Works and exported to Yugoslavia. It was a modernized version of the Škoda 75 mm Model 15 . The gun typically had a 75 mm barrel; however, it could be fitted with a 90 mm barrel.