Draft:VOP CZ

VOP CZ s.p. (VOP CZ ) 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.

Šenov u Nového Jičína

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

Bludovice

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

History of VOP CZ
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

The most famous products of the company VOP CZ (since 2012) :

 * Pandur II CZ - about 107 pcs
 * MDA (Malý dekontaminační automobil) - A small decontamination car
 * LINKA-08 - Equipment for decontamination of combat equipment
 * S-LOV-CBRN (prototype) - Light Armored Reconnaissance Vehicle Kit
 * CAP-6M1
 * CAPL-16M1
 * CNS
 * MGC 01
 * PKM
 * KERBEROS 3D VISION
 * KERBEROS MOBILE
 * KERBEROS HANDY
 * ORTHOS CONVOY
 * ORTHOS GUARD
 * ORTHOS TRACER
 * UGV TAROS
 * MOBILE CHECKPOINT
 * body for NIMR (AJBAN 440A) armored vehicle - more than 400 pcs
 * DAPPER 3000
 * DAPPER 5000



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


 * T-72M4 CZ
 * VT-72M4 CZ
 * Pandur II 8x8 CZ
 * ACHR-90M - Decontamination car
 * CAP-6M
 * CAPL-16M
 * CITRA-M
 * CAP-12,5
 * PDZ-2T/72M4
 * PDZ-V/72M4
 * PD-2ES/72M4
 * PD-OA/72M4
 * PD-2ESE/72M4
 * SDO - Kit for decontamination of persons
 * EDS
 * AKB M4
 * PAN-M4
 * SN-M4
 * PSV-M4
 * SPOT-55 - a special tracked fire fighting vehicle mounted on the chassis of T-55 tank

==== Well-known products of the company VOP CZ from the Bludovicky workplace, in the company VOP 012 Nový Jičín, s.p. (until 2004) : ==== Repaired Artillery Weapons:


 * vz. 53/59B, vz. 53/59M
 * vz. ČS
 * S-60
 * vz. 71 for BVP-1
 * 2A42 for BVP-2
 * D-10TG, D-10T2S, D-10T2S for T-54AM2 / T-55AM2
 * D-30A
 * 2A31 for 2S1
 * 2A46 for T-72
 * vz. 70
 * vz. 77 DANA
 * tower sets BVP-1 a BVP-2

Repaired hand and infantry weapons:


 * 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:


 * Praga V3S - all modifications
 * Tatra 138 - all modifications
 * Tatra 148 - all modifications
 * Tatra 813 - all modifications
 * Tatra 815 - all modifications
 * Karosa C 734 and LC-735
 * Avia A20N, A21.1 FC, A30N