Paris Air Show 2025: Fulgur air defence missile revealed in anticipation of potential market
The missile was first unveiled at SeaFuture 2023 and later at the Farnborough International Airshow in July 2024. Operational delivery is expected in 2028.
Czechs fix bayonet to latest BREN assault rifle
The Mk I tactical bayonet fitted to a BREN 2 assault rifle. (Photo: Czech MoD/Michal Voska)
Czech infantry are equipped with a new bayonet for their CZ BREN 2 rifles.
The CZ BREN 2 assault rifle for Czech infantry now includes the new Mk I tactical bayonet, developed by the Army of the Czech Republic and manufactured by CZUB.
All variants of the BREN 2 apart from the 11-inch barrel version are compatible with the new bayonet, the Czech MoD noted on 18 February.
‘During testing, the knife underwent a number of demanding tests: it had to withstand chopping, leveraging, breaking, high load on the handle and violent handling both in tactical gloves and in severe contamination,’ it added.
The BREN 2 can be configured to fire 5.56mm or 7.62mm ammunition at up to 850 rounds per minute. The rifle has a fully ambidextrous fire selector, magazine release, bolt release and charging handle.
There is also a simplified trigger system with safe, semi-automatic and full automatic positions.
The army began equipping selected units with the BREN 2 PPS 7.62mm sniper rifle at the end of 2021, under a framework agreement with CZUB for up to 39,000 rifles that was signed in April 2020.
The BREN 2 PPS replaces the SVD Dragunov and SVDN-3 Tiger semi-automatic sniper rifle.
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