Manufacturer catalog

Konstrukta-Defence

KONŠTRUKTA-Defence is a Slovak defense R&D and manufacturing company that designs artillery, ammunition, command systems, and vehicle-based military platforms. Its catalog relevance centers on the Zuzana 2 wheeled self-propelled howitzer, the lighter EVA truck-mounted howitzer, and the broader Slovak artillery lineage around them.

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KONŠTRUKTA-Defence is the current Slovak successor to the KONŠTRUKTA Trenčín line, which the company's own history places back to 1953. Public company pages describe it as a research and development house for land and air defense weapon systems, ammunition, command and fire control systems, and wheeled or tracked platforms.

The manufacturer context mainly explains the cataloged Zuzana 2 howitzer and the related Slovak artillery design tradition behind it. The current corporate identity sits inside the older KONŠTRUKTA lineage, which helps explain why modern products such as Zuzana 2 and EVA share 155 mm automated-artillery design themes.

Artillery systemsAmmunitionCommand and fire control systemsWheeled and tracked vehicle platformsLand and air defense systems

Notable Systems

Zuzana 2, 155 mm wheeled self-propelled howitzer, Artillery

Zuzana 2

155 mm wheeled self-propelled howitzer

KONŠTRUKTA-Defence's official project page presents Zuzana 2 as the company's 155 mm 52-caliber self-propelled gun howitzer, with automatic loading, NATO-standard artillery ammunition, and a Tatra 8x8 chassis.

Sources: Konstrukta Defence Zuzana 2
155 mm ShKH ZUZANA vz. 2000, 155 mm/45 wheeled self-propelled gun-howitzer, Artillery

155 mm ShKH ZUZANA vz. 2000

155 mm/45 wheeled self-propelled gun-howitzer

The original NATO-caliber ZUZANA record anchors the earlier Slovak 155 mm wheeled self-propelled howitzer lineage behind Zuzana 2. KONŠTRUKTA-Defence's history preserves the KONŠTRUKTA Trenčín succession, while ZTS Special documents the older 155 mm/45-caliber gun and automatic-loader characteristics.

Sources: Konstrukta Defence Company history, ZTS Special 155 mm gun for ZUZANA vs. 2000

Manufacturer History

  1. KONŠTRUKTA Trenčín founded

    The company history page says KONŠTRUKTA Trenčín was founded in 1953 after a defense division of ŠKODA Plzeň moved to Dubnica nad Váhom.

    Sources: Konstrukta Defence Company history

  2. Company divided

    KONŠTRUKTA Trenčín split into separate defense and commercial legal entities, creating KONŠTRUKTA-Defence, State Enterprise and KONŠTRUKTA-Industry, State Enterprise.

    Sources: Konstrukta Defence Company history

  3. Joint-stock company formed

    The company history page says KONŠTRUKTA-Defence, State Enterprise was transformed into KONŠTRUKTA-Defence, joint-stock company in 1996.

    Sources: Konstrukta Defence Company history

  4. Joined DMD Group

    The company history page says KONŠTRUKTA-Defence was integrated into DMD Group, a.s. in 2004.

    Sources: Konstrukta Defence Company history

  5. Moved to Dubnica nad Váhom

    The company history page says KONŠTRUKTA-Defence moved from Trenčín to Dubnica nad Váhom in 2013.

    Sources: Konstrukta Defence Company history

  6. Moldava nad Bodvou maintenance section opened

    The company profile says KONŠTRUKTA-Defence opened its maintenance and repair section in Moldava nad Bodvou in 2018.

    Sources: Konstrukta Defence Company profile

  7. Lieskovec assembly hall opened

    The company profile says the Lieskovec assembly hall was rebuilt and modernized for Zuzana 2 production, with the assembly hall opening in 2019.

    Sources: Konstrukta Defence Company profile

Predecessors
KONŠTRUKTA Trenčín, National Enterprise
Website links
Official websiteCompany profileCompany historyDMD Group company profileZuzana 2 project pageEVA project page

Public company materials use both accented and unaccented KONŠTRUKTA spellings, so the manufacturer name is normalized to Konstrukta-Defence while retaining common variants in aliases. The profile image uses rights-clear Wikimedia Commons provenance rather than remote company-hosted media.

Manufacturer Sources

  • Konstrukta Defence Company profilePublisher: KONŠTRUKTA-Defence | Note: Supports the company's current research-and-development role, product areas, operating locations, and the reconstruction of the Lieskovec assembly hall for Zuzana 2 production. | Accessed: 2026-06-21
  • Konstrukta Defence Company historyPublisher: KONŠTRUKTA-Defence | Note: Supports the 1953, 1993, 1996, 2004, and 2013 history milestones, plus the current address and the successor-company lineage. | Accessed: 2026-06-21
  • DMD Group company profilePublisher: DMD GROUP | Note: Supports the wholly owned subsidiary relationship and the current defense R&D scope spanning land and air defense weapon systems, ammunition, and fire control systems. | Accessed: 2026-06-21
  • Konstrukta Defence Zuzana 2Publisher: KONŠTRUKTA-Defence | Note: Supports the Zuzana 2 product-family context and the company's role in the cataloged 155 mm wheeled self-propelled howitzer line. | Accessed: 2026-06-21
  • Konstrukta Defence EVAPublisher: KONŠTRUKTA-Defence | Note: Supports EVA as a KONŠTRUKTA-Defence 155 mm 52-caliber truck-mounted howitzer using Zuzana 2 design heritage, with 6x6 or 8x8 chassis options, automatic loading, and published range and crew specifications. | Accessed: 2026-07-11
  • ZTS Special 155 mm gun for ZUZANA vs. 2000Publisher: ZTS SPECIAL | Note: Supports the older ZUZANA version 2000 gun characteristics used to contextualize the catalog-linked predecessor system in the Slovak 155 mm wheeled artillery lineage. | Accessed: 2026-07-11
  • Slovak Ground Forces Zuzana 2 first time outside SlovakiaPublisher: Wikimedia Commons | Note: Image provenance page for a public-domain U.S. Army photograph of a Slovak Ground Forces Zuzana 2 firing during a NATO exercise. | Accessed: 2026-07-11

Produced weapons

Category

Artillery

Tube artillery, rocket artillery, and long-range ground fires.

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