Ground Forces of the Slovak Republic

Slovak Land Forces
Pozemné sily Slovenskej republiky
Founded 1993 - present
Country Slovakia
Branch Infantry, Artillery, Paratroopers
Part of Military of Slovakia
Command HQ Veliteľstvo Pozemných síl OS SR - Trenčín
Commanders
Land forces commander of the Slovak republic armed forces Major General Ondřej Novosad
Insignia
Roundel

The following is a summary of the Ground Forces of the Slovak Republic, which are part of the Military of Slovakia.

Ground Forces HQ

In Trenčín (Commander: 2 Star General)

1st Mechanized Brigade

Slovak soldiers from 12th Mechanized Battalion

In Topoľčany (Commander: 1 Star General)

2nd Mechanized Brigade

in Prešov (Commander: 1 Star General)

Combat Support Brigade

in Hlohovec (Commander: 1 Star General)

Equipment

ModelImageOriginTypeCaliberDetails
Handguns
Grand Power K100  Slovakia Handgun 9×19mm Parabellum Replacing the ČZ vz. 82.
ČZ vz. 82  Czechoslovakia Handgun 9×18mm Standard service pistol.
Submachine gun
Heckler & Koch UMP  Germany Submachine gun ? Used by the 5th Special Forces Regiment and Military Police.
Heckler & Koch MP5  Germany Submachine gun 9×19mm Parabellum Only used by the 5th Special Forces Regiment.
Škorpion vz. 61  Czechoslovakia Submachine gun .32 ACP Used to be the standard submachine gun of Czechoslovak forces now in reserve and being retired in favor of German models.
Carbine
Heckler & Koch HK416  Germany Carbine 5.56×45mm NATO To become the standard carbine of Slovak forces, already in use with 5th Special Forces Regiment.
vz. 58 V  Czechoslovakia Carbine 7.62×39mm Used by mechanized infantry and airborne units
Assault Rifle
CZ 805 Bren  Czech Republic Assault rifle 5.56×45mm NATO Future standard rifle of Slovak Army, replacing vz. 58.[1]
Heckler & Koch G36  Germany Assault Rifle 5.56×45mm NATO Used only by special forces.
Heckler & Koch HK417  Germany Assault Rifle 7.62×51mm NATO Used only by special forces.
vz. 58  Czechoslovakia Assault Rifle 7.62×39mm Standard service assault rifle of Slovak Army.
Machine Guns
FN MINIMI Para  Belgium Light Machine Gun 5.56×45mm NATO Used by the 5th Special Forces Regiment.
Uk vz. 59  Czechoslovakia General Purpose Machine Gun 7.62×54mmR Standard machine gun of Slovak Army.
Sniper Rifles
Dragunov sniper rifle  Soviet Union Sniper Rifle 7.62×54mmR Standard sniper rifle of the Slovak Army.
SIG Sauer SSG 3000   Switzerland Sniper Rifle 7.62×51mm NATO Used by special forces, but also to become the standard sniper rifle of the Slovak Army.
AW.50 MK2  United Kingdom Sniper Rifle 12.7×99mm NATO
Barrett M82  United States Sniper Rifle 12.7×99mm NATO
Grenades and Grenade Launchers
AGS-17  Soviet Union Automatic grenade launcher 30×29mm grenade Standard grenade launcher of the Slovak Army. In the future will be replaced in favor of as yet undetermined NATO standard grenade launcher which uses 40×53mm grenade.
Anti-tank warfare
MATADOR  Israel Anti-tank weapon 90mm Will become the standard AT weapon and replace both the Carl Gustav and RPG-75.
Carl Gustav M4  Sweden Anti-tank weapon 84mm Today used by the 5th Special Forces Regiment.[2]
RPG-75  Czechoslovakia Rocket-propelled grenade 68mm Standard anti-tank weapon of the Slovak Army.
AT-4 Spigot  Soviet Union Anti-tank Missile 120mm
Man-portable air-defense systems
Igla-2  Soviet Union MANPAD 72mm The only type of manpad active with the Slovak Army.

Vehicles

ModelImageOriginTypeQuantityDetails
Tanks
T-72  Czechoslovakia T-72M1 22 35 in storage. Standard battle tank of the Slovak army.
Infantry Fighting Vehicles
BVP-2  Czechoslovakia 91 Standard IFV of the Slovak army.
BVP-1  Czechoslovakia 72 236 in storage.
BVP-M2  Czechoslovakia 1 Standard IFV of the Slovak army.
Armoured Personnel Carriers
PTS-3  Soviet Union tracked amphibious transport ?
OT-90  Czechoslovakia 56 149 in storage.
OT-64  Czechoslovakia Retired from service.
Tatrapan  Slovakia 70+
International MaxxPro  United States ? Provided by USA during deployment to Afghanistan, after the completion of the mission US let the Slovak army keep the vehicles.[3]
Iveco LMV  Italy 40 Used by 5th Special Forces Regiment.
Aligator 4x4  Slovakia 42
Reconnaissance vehicles
RG-32 Scout  South Africa RG-32M 7 Eventually to replace both the BPsV and BRDM-2, however now the emphasis is to replace the older BRDM-2 first.
BPsV  Czechoslovakia 35 Most in storage.
BRDM-2  Hungary 7
Artillery
RM-70/85 Modular  Czechoslovakia
 Slovakia 		Multiple Rocket Launcher 27
ShKH Zuzana  Slovakia Self Propelled Howitzer 16 Adopted from the original Czechoslovak SpGH DANA (151) with the difference being the old 152mm soviet gun replace with the 155mm NATO standard
D-30  Slovakia Howitzer 9 Used only as ceremonial howitzer. More were sold to Afghanistan.
Air Defense
S-300PMU  Soviet Union
 Russia 		SA-10 Grumble[4] 6 1 battery active. Upgraded to UMP standard by Russia in the first decade of the 2000s.
2K12 Kub  Soviet Union SA-6 Gainful[5] 20 5 batteries in total. Probably in storage due to age.
Engineering Vehicles
VPV  Soviet Union
 Czechoslovakia 		Armoured recovery vehicle ?
VT-72  Czechoslovakia Armoured recovery vehicle ?
VT-55  Soviet Union Armoured recovery vehicle ?
AV-15  Czechoslovakia Armoured recovery vehicle ?
UOS-155 Belarty  Soviet Union
 Czechoslovakia 		Combat engineering vehicle ?
MT-55  Czechoslovakia Armoured vehicle-launched bridge 19
PM-55  Czechoslovakia Armoured vehicle-launched bridge ?
AM-50  Czechoslovakia Armoured vehicle-launched bridge ?
PMS-815  Czechoslovakia Pontoon Bridger ?
Utility Vehicles
Mercedes-Benz G-Class  Germany Utility Vehicle max.10
Land Rover Defender 110 SW  United Kingdom Utility Vehicle 140+
Nissan Navara  Japan Utility Vehicle ?
Nissan Pathfinder  Japan Utility Vehicle 105
Suzuki Jimny  Japan Utility Vehicle ?
UAZ-469  Soviet Union Utility Vehicle 13 300 in storage
Volkswagen Transporter (T4)  Germany Utility Van ?

Military trucks

Lightweight demining equipment

Military fitted ambulance

Note -- All data is current as of 1.1.2016

Sources

  1. ↑ - sme.sk, 27 November 2014
  2. ↑ http://www.janes.com/article/54426/dsei-2015-slovakia-becomes-carl-gustaf-m4-launch-customer
  3. ↑ Army of Slovakia takes delivery of first MRAP Navistar MaxxPro donated by the United States - Armyrecognition.com, 6 December 2013
  4. ↑ http://www.plrb.mil.sk/300/
  5. ↑ http://www.plrb.mil.sk/300/

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