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Czechoslovakia Weapons and Military Equipment

Browse 11 weapon systems built or assembled in Czechoslovakia, including aircraft & uavs, armored vehicles, and related systems, with images, specifications, source notes, and conflict records.

11 weapon systems

11Catalog records

5Equipment categories

8Leading builders shown

8Conflict links shown

Category Mix

Aircraft & UAVs2 Armored Vehicles2 Artillery2 Munitions1 Tanks4

Builder Links

ZTS Dubnica nad Vahom3 Aero Vodochody2 Polish and Czechoslovak manufacturers2 Uralvagonzavod2 Various manufacturers2 Bumar-Labedy1 Excalibur Army1 Kharkiv Locomotive Factory1

Conflict Coverage

2014 Russia-Ukraine War82020 Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict42009 Boko Haram Insurgency32011 Syrian Civil War32014 Second Libyan Civil War31990 Gulf War22001 War in Afghanistan22012 Mali War2

Aero L-29 Delfin, Jet trainer and light attack aircraft, Aircraft & UAVs

1988 First Nagorno-Karabakh WarAero L-29 DelfinJet trainer and light attack aircraftBuilt by: Aero VodochodyThe Aero L-29 Delfin is a Czechoslovak two-seat jet trainer built by Aero Vodochody and Let Kunovice for Warsaw Pact and export air forces. Its simple, rugged design was optimized for basic, intermediate, and weapons training, with underwing stores for gun pods, light bombs, or unguided rockets. Azerbaijani forces pressed L-29s into ground-attack service during the 1988 First Nagorno-Karabakh War, where the lightly protected trainers suffered repeated losses to Armenian air defenses.

Aero L-39 Albatros, Jet trainer and light attack aircraft, Aircraft & UAVs

2011 Syrian Civil War, 2009 Boko Haram Insurgency +5 moreAero L-39 AlbatrosJet trainer and light attack aircraftBuilt by: Aero VodochodyThe Aero L-39 Albatros is a Czechoslovak two-seat subsonic jet trainer built by Aero Vodochody as the successor to the L-29 Delfin. The family became a Warsaw Pact and export training aircraft, while armed L-39ZO and L-39ZA variants added reinforced stores stations, cannon or missile options, and light-attack capability.

BMP-1, Infantry fighting vehicle, Armored Vehicles

1973 Yom Kippur War, 1990 Gulf War +5 moreBMP-1Infantry fighting vehicleBuilt by: KurganmashzavodThe BMP-1 was the Soviet Union's first mass-produced infantry fighting vehicle: a tracked, amphibious troop carrier built around a 73 mm 2A28 Grom gun, a coaxial PKT, and the original 9M14 Malyutka missile rail. Its export scale and simple upgrade path have kept BMP-1 hulls in service from the 1973 Yom Kippur War to Ukraine, Syria, Iraq, Afghanistan, and the Caucasus.

OT-90, Tracked armored personnel carrier, Armored Vehicles

2014 Russia-Ukraine WarOT-90Tracked armored personnel carrierBuilt by: VOP-026 Sternberk / Polish and Czechoslovak manufacturersThe OT-90 is a Czechoslovak tracked armored personnel carrier converted from BVP-1 infantry fighting vehicle hulls after the 1990 CFE arms-control limits. It replaced the BMP-1/BVP-1 gun turret with an OT-64 SKOT-derived machine-gun turret, producing a lighter-armed troop carrier later documented with Ukrainian forces during the full-scale phase of the Russia-Ukraine War.

RM-70, 122 mm self-propelled multiple launch rocket system, Artillery

2014 Russia-Ukraine WarRM-70122 mm self-propelled multiple launch rocket systemBuilt by: ZTS Dubnica nad VahomThe RM-70 is a Czechoslovak 122 mm multiple launch rocket system that adapts the Grad rocket package to an armored Tatra 813 8x8 chassis with forty launch tubes and a second forty-round reload set carried on the vehicle. Czech and open-source reporting document baseline RM-70 launchers in Ukrainian service after 2022, separate from the later RM-70 Vampire modernization.

152 mm SpGH DANA, 152 mm wheeled self-propelled gun-howitzer, Artillery

2008 Russo-Georgian War, 2001 War in Afghanistan +2 more152 mm SpGH DANA152 mm wheeled self-propelled gun-howitzerBuilt by: ZTS Dubnica nad Vahom / Excalibur ArmyThe 152 mm SpGH DANA is a Czechoslovak wheeled self-propelled gun-howitzer built around a Tatra 8x8 chassis, a semi-automatic loading system, and a 152 mm gun compatible with Soviet-pattern ammunition. The family appears in several post-Soviet and coalition conflicts: Georgian DANA guns were documented in the 2008 Russo-Georgian War, Polish DANA crews fired in Afghanistan, Azerbaijani DANA M1 systems were reported in the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh fighting, and Czech-supplied DANA and DANA M2 howitzers later gave Ukrainian forces mobile 152 mm artillery during the full-scale Russian invasion.

9M22U / M-21OF Grad rocket, 122 mm high-explosive fragmentation rocket, Munitions

2009 Boko Haram Insurgency, 2014 Second Libyan Civil War +1 more9M22U / M-21OF Grad rocket122 mm high-explosive fragmentation rocketBuilt by: State Research and Production Association Splav / licensed producersThe 9M22U / M-21OF is the standard Soviet 122 mm high-explosive fragmentation rocket associated with the BM-21 Grad family. Missilery identifies it as the M-21OF unguided rocket and traces licensed production to Bulgaria, Romania, and Czechoslovakia, while direct conflict sources document 9M22U use in Libya, Mali, and northeast Nigeria.

T-72M1, Main battle tank, Tanks

2014 Russia-Ukraine WarT-72M1Main battle tankBuilt by: Uralvagonzavod / Bumar-Labedy / ZTS Dubnica nad VahomThe T-72M1 is a T-72A-derived export and licensed-production main battle tank built around a three-person crew, an autoloaded 125 mm gun, improved turret protection, and an added glacis armor plate compared with earlier T-72M export tanks. Poland, Czechoslovakia, and Soviet production made the model common in Warsaw Pact and export inventories, and Polish, Czech, and Bulgarian stocks became part of Ukraine's armored force during the full-scale phase of the Russia-Ukraine War.

T-54/T-55, Main battle tank / medium tank family, Tanks

2014 Russia-Ukraine War, 2009 Boko Haram Insurgency +7 moreT-54/T-55Main battle tank / medium tank familyBuilt by: Uralvagonzavod / Kharkiv Locomotive Factory / Various manufacturersThe T-54/T-55 is a Soviet tank family built around a low-profile tracked hull, four-person crew, and 100 mm D-10-series gun. It became one of the most widely produced tank families of the Cold War, with Soviet and licensed production spreading across Warsaw Pact and partner states. Direct conflict sourcing traces the family from North Vietnamese T-54 use in the 1975 fall of Saigon and Iraqi T-55s in the Gulf War to recent secondary fire-support, capture, and loss contexts in Ukraine, Yemen, Libya, Syria, Nagorno-Karabakh, Nigeria, and Sudan.

T-34/85 Tank, Medium tank, Tanks

2014 Russia-Ukraine War, 2014 Yemen Civil WarT-34/85 TankMedium tankBuilt by: Soviet state tank factories / Polish and Czechoslovak manufacturersThe T-34/85 is the 85 mm-gun version of the Soviet T-34 medium tank, built in large numbers in the Soviet Union and later in Poland and Czechoslovakia. Its modern relevance comes from isolated post-Cold War survival rather than contemporary capability: sources document reactivated Yemeni tanks used as mobile direct-fire support and exceptional 2014 Russia-Ukraine War appearances involving recovered monument vehicles.

T-55AM-2, Upgraded T-55 main battle tank, Tanks

1983 Sri Lankan Civil WarT-55AM-2Upgraded T-55 main battle tankBuilt by: Various manufacturersThe T-55AM-2 is a Czechoslovak T-55 modernization that added passive BDD applique armor, side skirts, smoke dischargers, improved mobility equipment, modern radios, and the Kladivo fire-control lineage while retaining the manually loaded 100 mm D-10-series gun. Sri Lankan Army records document T 55 AM 2/AM II tanks arriving for the 4th Armoured Regiment before the final phase of the 1983 Sri Lankan Civil War, where the regiment used tank squadrons for assault, defensive holding, and direct-fire support.