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Czech Government To Open Arms, Ammo Manufacturing In Ukraine

 

The seemingly endless expansion of the Czech Republic’s arms and ammo manufacturing continues, with news of the country expanding production inside the borders of Ukraine.

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Building Bren 2s?

The news was announced at a press conference earlier this summer with Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal appearing alongside Czech Prime Minister Petr Fiala (watch it here, but you’ll need some help with interpretation… ).

Details at this point are very thin. As far as we understand, the Czechs plan to set up a new ammunition manufacturing facility in Ukraine, and also plan to make firearms there.

Earlier this year, the Czech government announced a plan to build Bren 2 rifles in Ukraine, and presumably, this announcement is tied to that plan. As we told you then:

Over the past six months, there have been discussions of establishing full-scale manufacture of the Bren 2 in Ukraine, with the signing of an agreement between the Ukrainian Defense Industry (Ukroboronprom) and the Colt CZ Group SE. This has moved a step closer with the assembly of 5.56x45mm variants of the rifle in Ukraine. The Ukrainian assembled rifles will reportedly be known as the ‘Sich’ (meaning castle or stronghold in Ukrainian). The exact configuration of the rifles remains unclear, numerous different configurations have been seen in theatre, including 11 and 14 inch versions.

See the whole write-up here.

A busy year

It’s been a very busy year for the Czech arms industry, as they buy up other brands and start new enterprises. Less than 12 months ago, CZ Colt (itself a hybrid of an American company with a Czech company) bought Sellier & Bellot. The Czechoslovak Group is in the middle of buying Vista Outdoors’ ammo business. CZ is also expanding production into Hungary. And back in April, the RSBC Investment Group (based in Czechia) announced it had bought Steyr.

Where’s all the money coming from, you might wonder? Wherever the cash is flowing from, the Czech Republic appears to be getting ready to arm the world.