Vojenské Rozhledy

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Vojenské rozhledy / Czech Military Review Nr. 1/2022: 3-20

Approaches to Modernizing the Land Forces of Selected CountriesReviewed - Review

Vladimír Vyklický, Ivo Pikner, Josef Procházka

The modernization of armaments and military technology is one of the ways to increase the combat potential of the Armed Forces and has implications at all levels of the Armed Forces. Its main purpose is to replace obsolete technology with new ones to prepare the Armed Forces to meet the new challenges of the future security environment. New technologies play a key role in this regard. Not only the Armed Forces of the Czech Republic, but also other NATO and EU member states have planned significant modernization projects for conventional military conflict but also unconventional, asymmetric and hybrid conflicts. The authors examine approaches to the modernization of the Land Forces of selected countries. Finally, the armament strategy of selected countries is compared with the armament strategy of the Czech Republic's Land Forces.

Keywords: Armament; Land Forces; Planning; Technology; Warfare.

Published: March 15, 2022  Show citation

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Vyklický, V., Pikner, I., & Procházka, J. (2022). Approaches to Modernizing the Land Forces of Selected Countries. Czech Military Review, 103(1), 3-20
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