Praise The Steph
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🇨🇿Czech & 🇺🇦Ukrainian Army enthusiast, Mil news & Defense technology, tracking Czech equipment (not only) in Ukraine | contact: praisethesteph@gmail.com
Twitter: @praisethesteph
Twitter: @praisethesteph
🇨🇿 #Czechia: Aero L-39 Skyfox in a new color scheme and with additional fuel tanks departing for the 🇦🇪UAE, where the Let L-410NG from Aircraft Industries will also be on display.
The L-39 will be exhibited with a new Phoenix pod from SiNAB Technologies at Dubai AirShow, 17-21 November.
The L-39 will be exhibited with a new Phoenix pod from SiNAB Technologies at Dubai AirShow, 17-21 November.
November 14, 2025 at 7:22 PM
🇨🇿 #Czechia: Aero L-39 Skyfox in a new color scheme and with additional fuel tanks departing for the 🇦🇪UAE, where the Let L-410NG from Aircraft Industries will also be on display.
The L-39 will be exhibited with a new Phoenix pod from SiNAB Technologies at Dubai AirShow, 17-21 November.
The L-39 will be exhibited with a new Phoenix pod from SiNAB Technologies at Dubai AirShow, 17-21 November.
#Ukraine/#Russia 🇺🇦🇷🇺:
🇨🇿 #Czech-made 155mm/L45 self-propelled gun howitzer DITA, made by Excalibur Army, in service with the 41st Separate Mechanized Brigade, 16th Army Corps.
🇨🇿 #Czech-made 155mm/L45 self-propelled gun howitzer DITA, made by Excalibur Army, in service with the 41st Separate Mechanized Brigade, 16th Army Corps.
November 12, 2025 at 9:59 AM
#Ukraine/#Russia 🇺🇦🇷🇺:
🇨🇿 #Czech-made 155mm/L45 self-propelled gun howitzer DITA, made by Excalibur Army, in service with the 41st Separate Mechanized Brigade, 16th Army Corps.
🇨🇿 #Czech-made 155mm/L45 self-propelled gun howitzer DITA, made by Excalibur Army, in service with the 41st Separate Mechanized Brigade, 16th Army Corps.
#Ukraine/#Russia 🇺🇦🇷🇺:
BTR-4 wheeled IFV with slat armor, BMP-1TS IFV with folding anti-drone cage, and M113A3 APC in service with the 🇺🇦 #Ukrainian 58th Separate Motorized Brigade.
BTR-4 wheeled IFV with slat armor, BMP-1TS IFV with folding anti-drone cage, and M113A3 APC in service with the 🇺🇦 #Ukrainian 58th Separate Motorized Brigade.
November 10, 2025 at 10:33 AM
#Ukraine/#Russia 🇺🇦🇷🇺:
BTR-4 wheeled IFV with slat armor, BMP-1TS IFV with folding anti-drone cage, and M113A3 APC in service with the 🇺🇦 #Ukrainian 58th Separate Motorized Brigade.
BTR-4 wheeled IFV with slat armor, BMP-1TS IFV with folding anti-drone cage, and M113A3 APC in service with the 🇺🇦 #Ukrainian 58th Separate Motorized Brigade.
#Ukraine/#Russia 🇺🇦🇷🇺:
Two 🇸🇪 #Swedish-donated 155mm/L52 Archer FH77 self-propelled howitzers on a Volvo A30E chassis in service with the 🇺🇦 #Ukrainian 43rd Separate Artillery Brigade.
Two 🇸🇪 #Swedish-donated 155mm/L52 Archer FH77 self-propelled howitzers on a Volvo A30E chassis in service with the 🇺🇦 #Ukrainian 43rd Separate Artillery Brigade.
November 10, 2025 at 10:33 AM
#Ukraine/#Russia 🇺🇦🇷🇺:
Two 🇸🇪 #Swedish-donated 155mm/L52 Archer FH77 self-propelled howitzers on a Volvo A30E chassis in service with the 🇺🇦 #Ukrainian 43rd Separate Artillery Brigade.
Two 🇸🇪 #Swedish-donated 155mm/L52 Archer FH77 self-propelled howitzers on a Volvo A30E chassis in service with the 🇺🇦 #Ukrainian 43rd Separate Artillery Brigade.
Its modular design also allows for expansion with electronic warfare (EW), close air support (CAS) and counter-unmanned aerial system (C-UAS) functions.
The aim of the cooperation is to implement this pods on the L-39 Skyfox and L-410 NG aircraft supplied by OMNIPOL Group.
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The aim of the cooperation is to implement this pods on the L-39 Skyfox and L-410 NG aircraft supplied by OMNIPOL Group.
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November 6, 2025 at 8:08 AM
Its modular design also allows for expansion with electronic warfare (EW), close air support (CAS) and counter-unmanned aerial system (C-UAS) functions.
The aim of the cooperation is to implement this pods on the L-39 Skyfox and L-410 NG aircraft supplied by OMNIPOL Group.
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The aim of the cooperation is to implement this pods on the L-39 Skyfox and L-410 NG aircraft supplied by OMNIPOL Group.
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🇨🇿 #Czechia: OMNIPOL has signed a strategic cooperation agreement with the Australian company SiNAB Technologies.
SiNAB Technologies develops and manufactures an autonomous pods, which in its basic version is used for training joint air traffic controllers (JTAC).
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SiNAB Technologies develops and manufactures an autonomous pods, which in its basic version is used for training joint air traffic controllers (JTAC).
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November 6, 2025 at 8:08 AM
🇨🇿 #Czechia: OMNIPOL has signed a strategic cooperation agreement with the Australian company SiNAB Technologies.
SiNAB Technologies develops and manufactures an autonomous pods, which in its basic version is used for training joint air traffic controllers (JTAC).
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SiNAB Technologies develops and manufactures an autonomous pods, which in its basic version is used for training joint air traffic controllers (JTAC).
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Members of the 🇺🇦Volunteer Unit "Lyubart" (today's 20th Brigade of Operational Assignment “Lyubart”) with 🇨🇿Czech-supplied Czechoslovak-made vz.58 P rifles in 7.62x39mm caliber during urban combat training near Lutsk, March 2022.
November 5, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Members of the 🇺🇦Volunteer Unit "Lyubart" (today's 20th Brigade of Operational Assignment “Lyubart”) with 🇨🇿Czech-supplied Czechoslovak-made vz.58 P rifles in 7.62x39mm caliber during urban combat training near Lutsk, March 2022.
3D tiskárny jsou určeny konkrétně pro veterány tohoto praporu, kteří v bojích přišli o končetiny, a kteří založili spolek „Nezlomní duchem“ a vyrábí pro své kolegy na frontě drony. Konkrétně T4U chce zakoupit deset českých 3D tiskáren Original Prusa MK4S.
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October 31, 2025 at 11:48 AM
3D tiskárny jsou určeny konkrétně pro veterány tohoto praporu, kteří v bojích přišli o končetiny, a kteří založili spolek „Nezlomní duchem“ a vyrábí pro své kolegy na frontě drony. Konkrétně T4U chce zakoupit deset českých 3D tiskáren Original Prusa MK4S.
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Team 4 Ukraine zahájil sbírku na 3D tiskárny pro střelecký prapor ternopilské policie. Jedná se o policisty, kteří byli převedeni k ZSU a účastní se bojových operací.
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October 31, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Team 4 Ukraine zahájil sbírku na 3D tiskárny pro střelecký prapor ternopilské policie. Jedná se o policisty, kteří byli převedeni k ZSU a účastní se bojových operací.
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#Ukraine/#Russia 🇺🇦🇷🇺:
🇨🇿 #Czech-made 155mm/L45 self-propelled gun howitzer DITA, made by Excalibur Army, in service with the 41st Separate Mechanized Brigade, 16th Army Corps.
🇨🇿 #Czech-made 155mm/L45 self-propelled gun howitzer DITA, made by Excalibur Army, in service with the 41st Separate Mechanized Brigade, 16th Army Corps.
October 28, 2025 at 11:08 PM
#Ukraine/#Russia 🇺🇦🇷🇺:
🇨🇿 #Czech-made 155mm/L45 self-propelled gun howitzer DITA, made by Excalibur Army, in service with the 41st Separate Mechanized Brigade, 16th Army Corps.
🇨🇿 #Czech-made 155mm/L45 self-propelled gun howitzer DITA, made by Excalibur Army, in service with the 41st Separate Mechanized Brigade, 16th Army Corps.
🇨🇿 #Czechia: Low flight over the landscape of AH-1Z Viper (No.0488) and UH-1Y Venom (No.0493) helicopters of the 22nd Helicopter Air Base Náměšt' nad Oslavou, of the Czech Air Force. Beautiful Buchlov Castle can be seen in the background.
The Viper carries 7-round 70mm LAU-68F/A APKWS II launchers.
The Viper carries 7-round 70mm LAU-68F/A APKWS II launchers.
October 27, 2025 at 8:43 AM
🇨🇿 #Czechia: Low flight over the landscape of AH-1Z Viper (No.0488) and UH-1Y Venom (No.0493) helicopters of the 22nd Helicopter Air Base Náměšt' nad Oslavou, of the Czech Air Force. Beautiful Buchlov Castle can be seen in the background.
The Viper carries 7-round 70mm LAU-68F/A APKWS II launchers.
The Viper carries 7-round 70mm LAU-68F/A APKWS II launchers.
🇰🇷#ROK: Model of the 155mm/L52 K9 Mobile Howitzer on a third-generation Tatra Force 8x8 chassis with an armored cabin from Tatra Defence Vehicle, exhibited at the ADEX 2025 expo.
October 23, 2025 at 12:10 PM
🇰🇷#ROK: Model of the 155mm/L52 K9 Mobile Howitzer on a third-generation Tatra Force 8x8 chassis with an armored cabin from Tatra Defence Vehicle, exhibited at the ADEX 2025 expo.
The T-72M4CZ tanks, which until recently formed the backbone of the 73rd Battalion, are in poor technical condition and are currently undergoing repairs and modernization. However, the army is no longer interested in these tanks and intends to transfer them to Ukraine.
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October 23, 2025 at 7:28 AM
The T-72M4CZ tanks, which until recently formed the backbone of the 73rd Battalion, are in poor technical condition and are currently undergoing repairs and modernization. However, the army is no longer interested in these tanks and intends to transfer them to Ukraine.
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🇨🇿 #Czechia: Leopard 2A4 tanks of the 73rd Tank Battalion, 7th Mechanised Brigade, during recent exercises and training courses.
Leopard 2A4s are currently the main tanks of the 73rd Tank Battalion and are used primarily for training crews before the arrival of newly ordered Leopard 2A8.
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Leopard 2A4s are currently the main tanks of the 73rd Tank Battalion and are used primarily for training crews before the arrival of newly ordered Leopard 2A8.
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October 23, 2025 at 7:28 AM
🇨🇿 #Czechia: Leopard 2A4 tanks of the 73rd Tank Battalion, 7th Mechanised Brigade, during recent exercises and training courses.
Leopard 2A4s are currently the main tanks of the 73rd Tank Battalion and are used primarily for training crews before the arrival of newly ordered Leopard 2A8.
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Leopard 2A4s are currently the main tanks of the 73rd Tank Battalion and are used primarily for training crews before the arrival of newly ordered Leopard 2A8.
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SBU presented Sea Baby in two variants. The first is equipped with a naval version of the Tavria 14.5 weapon station with a 14.5x114mm KPVT machine gun. The second variant is equipped with a 122mm 10-tube launcher for Grad rockets.
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October 22, 2025 at 9:40 AM
SBU presented Sea Baby in two variants. The first is equipped with a naval version of the Tavria 14.5 weapon station with a 14.5x114mm KPVT machine gun. The second variant is equipped with a 122mm 10-tube launcher for Grad rockets.
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#Ukraine/#Russia 🇺🇦🇷🇺:
Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) has unveiled a new generation of Sea Baby USVs.
The modernized Sea Babies are capable of traveling up to 1,500 km and carrying up to 2,000 kg of cargo. They also have more powerful engines and a modern navigation system.
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Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) has unveiled a new generation of Sea Baby USVs.
The modernized Sea Babies are capable of traveling up to 1,500 km and carrying up to 2,000 kg of cargo. They also have more powerful engines and a modern navigation system.
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October 22, 2025 at 9:40 AM
#Ukraine/#Russia 🇺🇦🇷🇺:
Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) has unveiled a new generation of Sea Baby USVs.
The modernized Sea Babies are capable of traveling up to 1,500 km and carrying up to 2,000 kg of cargo. They also have more powerful engines and a modern navigation system.
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Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) has unveiled a new generation of Sea Baby USVs.
The modernized Sea Babies are capable of traveling up to 1,500 km and carrying up to 2,000 kg of cargo. They also have more powerful engines and a modern navigation system.
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#Ukraine/#Russia 🇺🇦🇷🇺:
🇨🇿 #Czechia will build and donate a satellite to Ukraine. The satellite will be Czechia's contribution to the development and security of Ukraine.
In the future, the satellite from Czechia should be supplemented by others, which together will form a constellation.
🇨🇿 #Czechia will build and donate a satellite to Ukraine. The satellite will be Czechia's contribution to the development and security of Ukraine.
In the future, the satellite from Czechia should be supplemented by others, which together will form a constellation.
October 21, 2025 at 11:30 AM
#Ukraine/#Russia 🇺🇦🇷🇺:
🇨🇿 #Czechia will build and donate a satellite to Ukraine. The satellite will be Czechia's contribution to the development and security of Ukraine.
In the future, the satellite from Czechia should be supplemented by others, which together will form a constellation.
🇨🇿 #Czechia will build and donate a satellite to Ukraine. The satellite will be Czechia's contribution to the development and security of Ukraine.
In the future, the satellite from Czechia should be supplemented by others, which together will form a constellation.
#Ukraine/#Russia 🇺🇦🇷🇺:
🇨🇿 #Czech made 155mm/L45 wheeled self-propelled howitzer DITA, made by Excalibur Army, in the service of the State Border Guard of 🇺🇦Ukraine.
🇨🇿 #Czech made 155mm/L45 wheeled self-propelled howitzer DITA, made by Excalibur Army, in the service of the State Border Guard of 🇺🇦Ukraine.
October 21, 2025 at 7:37 AM
#Ukraine/#Russia 🇺🇦🇷🇺:
🇨🇿 #Czech made 155mm/L45 wheeled self-propelled howitzer DITA, made by Excalibur Army, in the service of the State Border Guard of 🇺🇦Ukraine.
🇨🇿 #Czech made 155mm/L45 wheeled self-propelled howitzer DITA, made by Excalibur Army, in the service of the State Border Guard of 🇺🇦Ukraine.
#Ukraine/#Russia 🇺🇦🇷🇺:
🇨🇿 #Czech-delivered Mi-24V/35 Hind-E (ex-No.3371) attack helicopter of the 🇺🇦Ukrainian Army Aviation with an incredible 121 (!) kills.
Attack helicopters have proven to be effective hunters of enemy reconnaissance and One-Way Attack UAVs in the Ukrainian-Russian conflict.
🇨🇿 #Czech-delivered Mi-24V/35 Hind-E (ex-No.3371) attack helicopter of the 🇺🇦Ukrainian Army Aviation with an incredible 121 (!) kills.
Attack helicopters have proven to be effective hunters of enemy reconnaissance and One-Way Attack UAVs in the Ukrainian-Russian conflict.
October 20, 2025 at 11:42 AM
#Ukraine/#Russia 🇺🇦🇷🇺:
🇨🇿 #Czech-delivered Mi-24V/35 Hind-E (ex-No.3371) attack helicopter of the 🇺🇦Ukrainian Army Aviation with an incredible 121 (!) kills.
Attack helicopters have proven to be effective hunters of enemy reconnaissance and One-Way Attack UAVs in the Ukrainian-Russian conflict.
🇨🇿 #Czech-delivered Mi-24V/35 Hind-E (ex-No.3371) attack helicopter of the 🇺🇦Ukrainian Army Aviation with an incredible 121 (!) kills.
Attack helicopters have proven to be effective hunters of enemy reconnaissance and One-Way Attack UAVs in the Ukrainian-Russian conflict.
#Ukraine/#Russia 🇺🇦🇷🇺:
🇺🇦M113A3 APC of the 153rd Separate Mechanized Brigade with Ukrainian-made manned turret armed with 12.7mm M2 Browning HMG, slat armor on the sides and front, and folding anti-drone cage.
🇺🇦M113A3 APC of the 153rd Separate Mechanized Brigade with Ukrainian-made manned turret armed with 12.7mm M2 Browning HMG, slat armor on the sides and front, and folding anti-drone cage.
October 20, 2025 at 8:09 AM
#Ukraine/#Russia 🇺🇦🇷🇺:
🇺🇦M113A3 APC of the 153rd Separate Mechanized Brigade with Ukrainian-made manned turret armed with 12.7mm M2 Browning HMG, slat armor on the sides and front, and folding anti-drone cage.
🇺🇦M113A3 APC of the 153rd Separate Mechanized Brigade with Ukrainian-made manned turret armed with 12.7mm M2 Browning HMG, slat armor on the sides and front, and folding anti-drone cage.
…was deployed during the occupation of Czechoslovakia by Warsaw Pact troops in 1968.
The vehicle is now awaiting repair and restoration at the Lešany Tank Museum workshops and could be presented at Tank Days as early as 2026.
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The vehicle is now awaiting repair and restoration at the Lešany Tank Museum workshops and could be presented at Tank Days as early as 2026.
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October 13, 2025 at 8:33 AM
…was deployed during the occupation of Czechoslovakia by Warsaw Pact troops in 1968.
The vehicle is now awaiting repair and restoration at the Lešany Tank Museum workshops and could be presented at Tank Days as early as 2026.
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The vehicle is now awaiting repair and restoration at the Lešany Tank Museum workshops and could be presented at Tank Days as early as 2026.
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🇨🇿 #Czechia: After two years of negotiations, the Military History Institute in Prague (VHÚ) has succeeded in obtaining a donation from Moldova of a BTR-152K armored personnel carrier, which, according to information from historians at the Moldovan military museum Muzeul armatei din Chișinău,…
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October 13, 2025 at 8:33 AM
🇨🇿 #Czechia: After two years of negotiations, the Military History Institute in Prague (VHÚ) has succeeded in obtaining a donation from Moldova of a BTR-152K armored personnel carrier, which, according to information from historians at the Moldovan military museum Muzeul armatei din Chișinău,…
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🇨🇿 #Czechia: KBVP Pandur II 8x8 CZ wheeled infantry fighting vehicle of the 42nd Mechanized Battalion of the 4th Rapid Deployment Brigade with camouflage nets and vegetation during the Rapid Trial 2025 exercise, during which they are preparing for deployment to NATO MN BG Slovakia.
October 13, 2025 at 8:30 AM
🇨🇿 #Czechia: KBVP Pandur II 8x8 CZ wheeled infantry fighting vehicle of the 42nd Mechanized Battalion of the 4th Rapid Deployment Brigade with camouflage nets and vegetation during the Rapid Trial 2025 exercise, during which they are preparing for deployment to NATO MN BG Slovakia.
🇺🇦Soldiers of the 204th Battalion of the 241st Separate Territorial Defense Brigade with a 🇨🇿Czech-made DSS PZD 556 machine gun in 5.56x45mm NATO.
October 13, 2025 at 8:30 AM
🇺🇦Soldiers of the 204th Battalion of the 241st Separate Territorial Defense Brigade with a 🇨🇿Czech-made DSS PZD 556 machine gun in 5.56x45mm NATO.
#Ukraine/#Russia 🇺🇦🇷🇺:
The Chief of the General Staff of the Czech Army, Karel Řehka, announced that after completing repairs and modernization of 30 T-72M4CZ tanks (and most likely also 3 VT-72M4CZ ARVs), he plans to recommend that the Czech Government donate these tanks to Ukraine.
The Chief of the General Staff of the Czech Army, Karel Řehka, announced that after completing repairs and modernization of 30 T-72M4CZ tanks (and most likely also 3 VT-72M4CZ ARVs), he plans to recommend that the Czech Government donate these tanks to Ukraine.
October 2, 2025 at 6:20 PM
#Ukraine/#Russia 🇺🇦🇷🇺:
The Chief of the General Staff of the Czech Army, Karel Řehka, announced that after completing repairs and modernization of 30 T-72M4CZ tanks (and most likely also 3 VT-72M4CZ ARVs), he plans to recommend that the Czech Government donate these tanks to Ukraine.
The Chief of the General Staff of the Czech Army, Karel Řehka, announced that after completing repairs and modernization of 30 T-72M4CZ tanks (and most likely also 3 VT-72M4CZ ARVs), he plans to recommend that the Czech Government donate these tanks to Ukraine.