Bohemian Brotherhood: List Of Czech Weapon Deliveries To Ukraine

By Stijn Mitzer and Joost Oliemans in collaboration with Jakub Janovsky

Amongst all the countries that have provided military support to Ukraine, the Czech Republic is often named in one breath with powers such as the U.S. and the United Kingdom. By early April 2022, the volume of military aid provided by Czechia to Ukraine already approached some $430 million, making the country one of the largest contributers of military aid in NATO. This aid has included anything from small arms and MANPADS to heavier weaponry like tanks, infantry fighting vehicles (IFVs), SAM systems, multiple rocket launchers (MRLs) and even Mi-24V attack helicopters.

Although the Czech Republic does not disclose details of its arms deliveries, a great deal of information has meanwhile been uncovered and several weapon types have already been spotted in Ukraine. Interestingly, this does not only include equipment delivered from Czech Army stocks, but also weapons systems purchased from Czech and Bulgarian defence contractors. In addition, Czech defence companies have started repairing and overhauling Ukrainian equipment that has been damaged in the fighting or that was stored prior to the outbreak of the war. [1]

The following list attempts to keep track of military equipment delivered or pledged to Ukraine by Czechia during the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine. The entries below are sorted by armament category (with a flag denoting the country of origin). Due to the confidential nature of some arms deliveries they can serve only as a lower bound to the total volume of weaponry delivered. This list will be updated as further military support is declared or uncovered.

(Click on the vehicle or equipment type to get a picture of them)

Tanks

40~ T-72M1 [April 2022]
T-72M1 [May or June 2022] (Purchased from Bulgaria and delivered to Ukraine via Czechia)

Infantry Fighting Vehicles (IFVs)

5+ BVP-1 [April 2022]
56 Pbv 501A [April 2022]

Towed Artillery

152mm D-20 gun-howitzer [April 2022] (Purchased from Bulgaria and delivered to Ukraine via Czechia)

Self-Propelled Artillery

122mm 2S1 Gvozdika [April 2022]
20+ 152mm ShKH vz. 77 DANA [April 2022] (Delivered along with at least 4,006 artillery shells)

Multiple Rocket Launchers (MRLs)

20+ 122mm RM-70 [April 2022]
122mm BM-21 Grad [May or June 2022] (Purchased from Bulgaria and delivered to Ukraine via Czechia)
122mm RM-70 Vampir [July 2022]

Surface-To-Air Missile (SAM) Systems

6 9K35 Strela-10M [March or April 2022]

(Attack) Helicopters

2+ Mi-24V [July 2022]

Reconnaissance UAVs

3 Bivoj (Crowdfunded) [July 2022]

Man Portable Air Defence Systems (MANPADS)

160 9K32 Strela-2 [March 2022]

Small Arms

30,150 Pistole vz. 82 Pistols [February 2022]
2,085 vz. 61 Škorpion Machine Pistols [February 2022]
5,000 vz. 58 Assault Rifles [February 2022] (Delivered along with at least 3.5 million 7.62mm rounds)
CZ BREN 2 Assault Rifles [February 2022] (Delivered along with at least 3.5 million 7.62mm rounds)
3,200 UK vz. 59 Machine Guns [February 2022] (Delivered along with at least 3.5 million 7.62mm rounds)
12 Dragunov Marksman Rifles [February 2022]
19 Falcon Anti-Materiel Rifles [February 2022]
10.000 RPG-75s [March 2022]