CZECHOSLOVAK SOCIALIST REPUBLIC   ČEHOSLOVAČKA SOCIJALISTIČKA REPUBLIKA

1954-1990

      Čehoslovačka Narodna Armija (Češki: Československá lidová armáda, Slovački: Československá ľudová armáda, ČSLA) bila je vojna snaga Čehoslovačke države u periodu od 1954. do 1990. godine. 14.03.1990. iz naziva se "izbacuje" ono Narodna. Od 1950. godine bili su u članstvu Varšavskog ugovora. Raspadom Čehoslovačke države 01.01.1993. godine oružane snage razdvajaju se na Armiju Češke Republike i Oružane snage Slovačke republike.

      The Czechoslovak People's Army (Czech: Československá lidová armáda, Slovak: Československá ľudová armáda, ČSLA) was the army of the Czechoslovak state from 1954 until 1990. On March 14, 1990 the Army's name was changed to the Czechoslovak Army removing the adjective "People's" from the name. Since 1955 it was a member force of the Warsaw Pact. The force was split into the Army of the Czech Republic and the Armed Forces of the Slovak Republic after the 1 January 1993 split of the two states.

      Od otprilike 201.000 aktivnih pripadnika Narodne armije (stanje 1989.god) njih oko 145000, što je oko 72 posto, služilo je u Kopnenoj vojsci. Od toga broja njih 100.000 su bili na odsluženju obaveznog vojnog roka. Postojala su dva vojna okruga, Zapadni i Istočni. U Zapadnoj vojnoj zoni su bile: 1. armija u Pribramu, koja u svojem sastavu ima jednu tenkovsku i tri mehanizirane divizije. Tu je i 4. armija koja ima dvije tenkovske i dvije mehanizirane divizije. Istočna zona je imala dvije tenkovske divizije (13. i 14.) a centar im je bio u Trenčinu. Uz ove jedinice Narodna armija je imala i 22. padobransku regimentu, stacioniranu u Prostějovu.

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      The ČSLA was composed of Ground Forces, Air Forces and Air Defense Forces.Of the approximately 201,000 personnel on active duty in the ČSLA in 1987, about 145,000, or about 72 percent, served in the ground forces (commonly referred to as the army). About 100,000 of these were conscripts. There were two military districts, Western and Eastern. A 1989 listing of forces shows two Czechoslovak armies in the west, the 1st at Pribram with one tank division and three motor rifle divisions, the 4th at Pisek with two tank divisions and two motor rifle divisions. In the Eastern Military District, there were two tank divisions, the 13th and 14th, with a supervisory headquarters at Trencin in the east of the country. There was also an airborne infantry regiment (brigade-sized prior to 1968), the 22nd, based at Prostějov.

BORDER GUARD 1966-1972   GRANIČNA STRAŽA 1966-1972

      Granična straža (Pohraniční stráž PS) su bile čehoslovačke oružane jedinice koje su bile zadužena za čuvanje i nadzor državne granice. Granična straža je osnovana po Zakonu o zaštiti državnih granica. Njegova se organizacijska integracija promijenila nekoliko puta, a najdulje je potpadalo pod Ministarstvo unutarnjih poslova (posljednji put od 1972. do ukidanja 1990.). Pod Ministarstvom obrane (Ministerstvo národní obrany) su bili od 1966 do 1972. Njihove aktivnosti nisu utjecale na ekonomski prekogranični kriminal (za to je bila zadužena carinska straža), ali su nadzirali kretanje ljudi oko državne granice. Svoje aktivnosti najoštrije je razvio na dionici granice s Njemačkom i Austrijom, gdje je izgrađena ograda, takozvana željezna zavjesa.

      *Oznake Granične straže su nosili vojnici na odsluženju vojnog roka u pograničnoj službi kao i profesionalni vojnici do čina zastavnika, dok ih viši činovi nisu nosili.

      Border Guard - a sleeve patch from the uniform of soldiers of the full-time military basic service serving in the Border Guard. Professional soldiers (from ensign ranks above) serving in the Border Guard did not wear this sleeve patch.

      The Border Guard (PS) was a Czechoslovak armed unit that was in charge of guarding and controlling the state border. It was established in accordance with the Act on the Protection of State Borders. Its organizational integration has changed several times, the longest falling under the Ministry of the Interior (most recently from 1972 until its abolition in 1990). Its activities did not affect economic cross-border crime (the customs guard was in charge of it), but monitored the movement of people around the state border. It developed its activities most sharply on the section of the border with Germany and Austria, where a fence, the so-called Iron Curtain, was built.

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