Czech Armed Forces, Military Police and the Castle Guard
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KEY MISSIONS IN 2017 1. Strengthen and develop capabilities and comprehensive readiness to meet mandatory duties in the territory of the Czech Republic and collective defence missions. 2. Provide and deploy assigned forces and assets for operations, foreign missions and standby readiness forces according to the authorised mandate. 3. Ensure defence of the Czech Republic’s airspace and critical defence infrastructure as part of NATINAMDS and the national air defence system. 4. Develop the capabilities of the Active Reserve Component and start building new reserve units in the Czech Armed Forces, Military Police and the Castle Guard. CZECH 5. Pursuant to authorised recruitment target, enlist and train 2,000 new military professionals in active duty service and 300 new soldiers in the active reserve component. 6. Continue modernisation of the Land Forces and Air Force and development of the Special Forces. ARMED FORCES © Ministry of Defence of the Czech Republic – MHI Prague, 2017 www.army.cz IN 2016 Developed by the General Staff Public Diplomacy Section • Editor: COL Jan Šulc • Design & layout: Adéla Zemanová • Printed in April 2017 • Printed by Military Geographic and Hydrometeorologic Office in Dobruška ISBN 978-80-7278-701-2 Materiel and equipment handled in the Czech Armed Forces in 2016 A SALUTE Materiel class Code Quantity [ea] Weight [t] Items Food 1.0 1,287 25.81 194 Personal use materiel 2.1 2,303,776 47.89 2,763 Dear citizens, soldiers and airmen, defence civilians, the fo- Weapons and weapon systems 2.2 7,179 503.69 4,019 llowing pages offer a traditional Military transport and support 2.3 276,879 1,559.47 8,572 review of how the Czech Armed equipment Forces developed and performed its Electronics and optics 2.4 23,599 115.80 9,591 missions in 2016. First, concerning the security en- Medical and veterinary materiel 2.5 38,975 26.25 1,617 vironment in 2016, the best word to POL, operating substances and gasses 3.0 74,277 76.59 149 describe it is unstable – in reference General use materiel 4.1 672,275 991.16 9,381 to persistent crises in the region of Middle East and North Africa, de- Construction and fortification materiel 4.2 15,951 952.39 5,472 velopment of situation in the east Ammunition of all kinds 5.0 82,749,293 681.11 277 of Europe, terrorist attacks on soft Software 6.2 8,180 0.00 8,180 targets occurring in neighbouring countries, the current migration cri- Total handled 86,171,671 4,980.16 50,215 STOCKS sis and indeed the threats arising in the cyber space. Decommissioned property as per commodities and purpose Such general instability natura- AND Sale – transfer lly increases the demands for the provision of adequate security of the Czech Republic. Thanks to the solid coalition ties in NATO and the EU, we Property Items Weight [t] Note are not alone to face this global instability. We adopt specific measures in Hand weapons 2 21.03 Iraq (total 3,002 pcs) the context of steps taken by our Allies and in line with the conclusions we Land equipment 191 712.44 MATERIEL have jointly reached at the Warsaw Summit last year. But it is not acceptable only to rely on others and not lend a helping Exhibit items, collections 25 68.91 Military History Institute hand ourselves. Medicaments 92 0.61 Military hospitals The strengthening of the Czech Armed Forces’ capabilities is therefore POL sediment separated 33 60.36 Sale more than topical, including in the context of Article 3 of the Washington Military working dogs and birds Treaty, which provides that all states should be responsible for their own 27+2 0.81 EQUIPMENT, security individually. of prey An immediate response by the Czech Republic to the current security si- ICT 3,690 50.29 tuation is the active presence of the Czech Armed Forces’ units in multina- Construction, housing 2,003 95.26 tional operations. In 2016, we have continued operations in Afghanistan, Mali, Sinai and the Balkans and in other hotspots on the globe plus we Recyclables 23 589.90 Outside log centre PROPERTY, have successfully completed the third deployment of air task force to pro- Ammunition of all kinds 179 484.00 79,574,457 ea vide air policing coverage for Iceland. Czech Special Forces newly deploy- Miscellaneous 19,303 2,134.95 ed into the UN mission in Mali. The Czech Armed Forces Air Advisory Team started performing its operational assignment in Iraq in the second half Total sold 25,570 4,218.56 of the year and the Field Surgical Team has done so from December on. SURPLUS I would like to commend the Czech Armed Forces’ ability to quickly re- Decommissioned property reused as training aids OF spond shoulder to shoulder with our coalition partners. I would also like to point out the breadth of tasks we have performed – from mentoring and Property Items Note training assistance, deployment of military medics and other specialists Ballistic protection 527 Load vest, training helmet through combat units that are actively involved in security operations in Equipment 69 Shooting target, 3D aid their areas of deployment. Total reused 596 No less important than deployed operations are standby readiness for- ces. In 2016, we have joined the NRF and EU Battle Groups, in the first half DIVESTITURE with the V4 countries and in the second semester we assigned forces into Disposal – divestiture the Battle Group led by Germany. Property Items Weight [t] Note Likewise, forces and assets of the Czech Armed Forces were assigned for the Police of the Czech Republic and the Integrated Emergency System Software products 6,381 00.01 for potential emergencies and to provide elevated security measures in Chemical material 5, 712 56.40 the territory of the Czech Republic. In this context, I should also mention CIS materiel 1,817 2.07 the fact that the military, based on the decision by the Government, ope- rates the Helicopter Emergency Medical Service in the South Bohemian Medical and veterinary materiel 847 11.82 region from 1 January 2017, in addition to the Pilsen and Karlovy Vary POL – oil waste 15 2.41 regions it has already covered. Munitions and ammunition 30 0.81 The year 2016 was the first year the Czech Armed Forces Development material Concept was realised, and at the same time it saw an increase of de- fence appropriations by CZK 4 billion to CZK 47.8 billion year-to-year. Construction and housing material 2,838 206.40 Consequently, our job was to prepare and realise a variety of acquisition Other materiel 7,005 481.69 processes. The progress we have achieved in individual domains is descri- Total sold 24,645 761.61 bed on the following pages. I would specifically like to highlight additional DIVESTITURE OF SURPLUS PROPERTY, EQUIPMENT, MATERIEL AND STOCKS – VOLUME OF HANDLED PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT In 2016, the volume increased of the sold surplus and redundant government property the Ministry of deliveries of advanced handguns and materiel meant directly for soldiers Defence is authorised to manage. In total, sales and transfers free of charge involved 5,908 tons of surplus and airmen, progress preparations for radar technology replacement property, which represents 21,557,511 units of measure1 in 64,746 items of materiel and equipment. In and development in the domain of electronic warfare and reconnaissan- addition to the property handled in 2016, that quantity also includes property decommissioned from the ce. A number of other major acquisition projects have also made head- Czech Armed Forces in previous years. way; their current status only does not have such visibility and attractive- ness for the media which however makes it all the more challenging for The sales and free transfers mostly involved ammunition, personal and general use materiel, electro- subject matter experts to judge and evaluate specific options. nics, optics and military transport and support equipment. The total quantity of completed sales and Perhaps even more important than replacement of equipment in transfers free of charge was higher than in 2015, but it is still below the average in the long run. the inventory is achieving full manning levels in our military. In 2016, a To the effect of sale, transfer or disposal, the Czech Armed Forces handled a total of 4,980 tons of total of 2,148 citizens were newly enlisted. Besides filling vacant posts, surplus property in aggregate quantity of 86,171,671 units of measure in 2016. The quantity and variety we have commenced progressive transition to objective organisational of the handled property was largely influenced by the adjustment of the reserve stockpiles and the Czech structures already in 2015. I regard this step as extremely important. Armed Forces replacement program to introduce new advanced personal weapons. Donations of wea- From a “standby mode”, we have transitioned to a progressive de- pons and ammunition to the forces fighting Daesh also partially shaped the overall figures. Ammunition, velopment of forces and that cannot do without adequate increase of personal use materiel, and military and transport support equipment traditionally represented the largest the number of commanding officers. In that regard, it gives me a great proportion in the volume of handled units. The tables below offer a basic overview. pleasure to see the strengthening of capabilities of the Land Forces and Newly used as training and exercise load aids, assets that lost use value in terms of service life, ballistic Air Force component commands. resistance or other causes account accounts as an important item in the defence property management.