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VOP CZ
Company typestátní podnik
FounderČeskoslovenský stát

VOP CZ s.p. (VOP CZ [1]) is a Czech state-owned enterprise that focuses on military technology and development, as well as engineering production. The company has its own development center with projects that are used in the army, security forces and in the civilian sector. The company specializes and mainly deals with repairs and modernization of military equipment, service in the field of defense and security.Own research and development is followed by the modernization and production of military equipment and the production of civilian products.

The company is an integrator of military orders for a key customer, the Army of the Czech Republic.

The business is currently located at two locations. The main part is located in Šenov near Nový Jičín, another part of the company is in nearby Bludovice.

Current production sites edit

Šenov u Nového Jičína edit

  • 171 500 m² - total area
  • 37 700 m² - production
  • 19 300 m² - warehouses
  • 12 200 m² - administration

Bludovice edit

  • 215 900 m² - total area
  • 7 800 m² - production
  • 2 600 m² - warehouses
  • 1 000 m² - administration

History of VOP CZ [2] edit

1946 · COMPANY ESTABLISHED

1952 – 1959 · 1,220 T-34 TANKS REPAIRED

1960 – 1983 · 3,300 T-54, T-55 TANKS REPAIRED

1983 – 2015 · 260 T-72 TANKS, INCLUDING T-72M4 CZ TANKS REPAIRED

1992 – 1995 · DISPOSAL OF APPROX. 1,300 T-54 AND T-55 Z TANKS FROM THE ARSENAL OF THE ARMED FORCES OF THE CZECH AND SLOVAK REPUBLIC

1992 – PRESENT · CIVIL PRODUCTION COOPERATION

2003 – 2005 · SERIES PRODUCTION OF 30 MODERNISED T-72M4 CZ TANKS

2009 – 2013 · MANUFACTURE OF 107 PANDUR II 8X8 CZ WHEELED ARMOURED PERSONNEL CARRIERS

Products VOP CZ edit

The most famous products of the company VOP CZ (since 2012)[3]: edit

 
UGV Taros 6x6, VOP CZ, IDET/PYROS/ISET 2019, Brno
 
UGV Taros 6x6, VOP CZ, IDET/PYROS/ISET 2019, Brno

Other well-known products of the company VOP CZ, in the previous company VOP 025 Nový Jičín, s.p. (up to 2010)[4]: edit

 
Tank T-72M4 CZ na Šestém tankovém dni ve VTM Lešany
 
Tank T-72M4 CZ na Šestém tankovém dni ve VTM Lešany

Well-known products of the company VOP CZ from the Bludovicky workplace, in the company VOP 012 Nový Jičín, s.p. (until 2004)[5]: edit

Repaired Artillery Weapons:

Repaired hand and infantry weapons:

 
Czechoslovak pistol CZ 83 caliber 7.65 Browning
  • vz. 52
  • vz. 82
  • vz. 58
  • vz. 59
  • SGMT - Tank version of the SGM machine gun (modernized SG-43)
  • PKT – tank version of the PK machine gun also used as a coupled machine gun
  • DŠK
  • NSV
  • KPVT - KPV version for use in armored vehicles

Repaired automotive technology:

 
Nákladní automobil Tatra T-810 ve službě Armády ČR

See also edit

Category:Articles with VIAF identifiers Category:Articles with NKC identifiers Category:Articles with unsourced statements Category:Articles with weasel words

  1. ^ "válka.cz - VOP CZ (2012)". 8 May 2012.
  2. ^ "VOP history". 26 April 2023.
  3. ^ "válka.cz - VOP CZ (since 2012)". 8 May 2012.
  4. ^ "válka.cz - VOP-025". 8 December 2010.
  5. ^ "válka.cz - VOP-012". 2 December 2017.