Slovak IFV Procurement Programmes

摘要

After many years of neglect, the Armed Forces of the Slovak Republic finally have a chance to obtain modem armoured fighting vehicles. In two procurement programmes, the Ministry of Defence plans to purchase 228 tracked and 500 wheeled armoured vehicles in different combat and combat support variants. Since 1993, when the Armed Forces of the Slovak Republic (Ozbrojene sily Slovenskej republiky, OS SR) were established, the backbone of their mechanised infantry units has consisted not only of the BVP-2 infantry fighting vehicles, but also of the older BVP-1s. Today, these vehicles are still operated by the 11th, 12th, and 13th Mechanised Battalion within the 1st Mechanised Brigade, as well as by the 21st and 22nd Mechanised Battalion attached to the 2nd Mechanised Brigade.