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The Czech military ranks are the military insignia used by the Army of the Czech Republic. The ranks are common for all its forces ( Ground , Air , Special , Cyber and Information, Territorial). They are displayed on the beret or a service hat, as well as on the chest of the battledress.
The Czech Armed Forces (Czech: Armáda České republiky, lit. 'the Army of the Czech Republic'), also known as the Czech Army, is the military service responsible for the defence of the Czech Republic as part of the Armed Forces of the Czech Republic (Czech: ozbrojené síly České republiky) [11] alongside the Military Office of the President of the Republic and the Castle Guard. [12]
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The current supreme commander of the Armed Forces of the Czech Republic is President of the Republic Petr Pavel. [1] The term Armed Forces of the Czech Republic is defined by law. However, in several Czech military documents it is also used for the actual Army of the Czech Republic. For example, 2004 Doctrine of the Armed Forces of the Czech ...
The Government Army was only equipped with light arms in the form of vz. 24 pistols, M1898 revolvers, Mannlicher M1895 rifles, and bayonets. [5] [15] A plan to raise a cavalry troop was shelved due to a lack of horses. [5] Its uniforms were based on those of the defunct Czechoslovak Army, using rank insignia from the former Austrian Army. [16]
After the independence of Czechoslovakia, the new republic at first used the ranks of the Austro-Hungarian Army, but from 1920 a system was introduced that was basically similar to the one used by today's Army of the Czech Republic.
Members of a formerly sovereign or mediatized house rank higher than the nobility. Among the nobility, those whose titles derive from the Holy Roman Empire rank higher than the holder of an equivalent title granted by one of the German monarchs after 1806. In Austria, nobility titles may no longer be used since 1918. [44]
The Czech Republic ranks 12th in the UN inequality-adjusted human development and 24th in World Bank Human Capital Index. It was described by The Guardian as "one of Europe's most flourishing economies". [123] As of 2023, the country's GDP per capita at purchasing power parity is $51,329 [124] and $29,856 at nominal value. [125]