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The Army of the Czech Republic was formed after the Czechoslovak Armed Forces split after the 31 December 1992 peaceful dissolution of Czechoslovakia. Czech forces stood at 90,000 in 1993. They were reduced to around 65,000 in 11 combat brigades and the Air Force in 1997, to 63,601 in 1999, [28] and to 35,000 in 2005.
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. On the display uniform, the rank insignia is worn on ...
A Report : čtrnáctideník Ministerstva obrany ČR (in Czech). Vol. 3. Ministry of Defense of the Czech Republic. pp. 36–41. ISSN 1211-801X; Handbook On The Satellite Armies. Washington, D.C.: Department of the Army. 1 April 1960
CSPA tank parade in Prague on Victory Day, 9 May 1985. The Czechoslovak People's Army (Czech: Československá lidová armáda, Slovak: Československá ľudová armáda, ČSLA) was the armed forces of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia (KSČ) and the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic from 1954 [1] until 1989. From 1955 it was a member force ...
Czechoslovakian military ranks. Czechoslovak infantry armed with vz. 24 rifles. The Czechoslovak Army (Czech and Slovak: Československá armáda) was the name of the armed forces of Czechoslovakia. It was established in 1918 following Czechoslovakia's declaration of independence from Austria-Hungary.
The Czech Air Force (Czech: Vzdušné síly) [Note 1] is the air force branch of the Army of the Czech Republic. Along with the Land Forces, the Air Force is the major Czech military force. With traditions of military aviation dating back to 1918, the Czech Air Force, together with the Slovak Air Force, succeeded the Czechoslovak Air Force in ...
The Armed Forces of the Czech Republic (Czech: Ozbrojené síly České republiky) are the military forces of the Czech Republic. They consist of the Army of the Czech Republic, the Military Office of the President of the Czech Republic and the Castle Guard, as defined by the Act No. 219/1999, on the Armed Forces of the Czech Republic.
A Prague Castle Guard on duty in summer uniform. The Prague Castle Guard[1][2] or simply the Castle Guard[2][3][4] (Czech: Hradní stráž) is a specific and autonomous unit of the Armed Forces of the Czech Republic directly subordinate to the Military Office of the President of the Czech Republic. Its main task is to guard and defend the seat ...