According to what Soňa Fialová published in ekonomickydenik-cz on May 16, a proposal to acquire German Leopard tanks may be coming to the Czech government this week in the framework of a donation procedure of its own T-72 tanks to Ukraine. The Minister of Defense Jana Černochová and her team managed to negotiate a variant in which the Czech Republic will receive from Germany a donation of 20 Leopard 2 A4 tanks and will buy 40 Leopard 2A7 tanks.
The modernization of the Czech Army’s tank army in the form of Leopard tanks is also an expression of a change in the strategic concept after the departure of Western armies from Afghanistan. It is a weapon used to protect the territory, not carry on expeditionary operations.
Czech Rep: MoD negotiates acquisition of surplus and new Leopard-2 from Germany