During his visit to Ukraine, Czech President Petr Pavel visited a Ukrainian enterprise where the assembly of CZ BREN 2 assault rifles had been established under a license from the Czech company Česká Zbrojovka. Minister of Strategic Industry of Ukraine Herman Smetanin shared this information in a post on his social media accounts.
He emphasized that Petr Pavel was introduced to various stages of the rifle assembly process and was also shown the first CZ BREN 2 assault rifles assembled in Ukraine.
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"The Ukrainian defense industry has significant capabilities, and we are ready to expand cooperation up to the full localization of rifle production in Ukraine, including its components," Smetanin noted.
According to him, during the meeting with the Czech side, a series of documents were signed, including those regarding the supply of components for the localized production of small arms ammunition, as well as the further assembly of CZ BREN 2 assault rifles.
It should be reminded that the Czech Ministry of Defense first announced the beginning of negotiations on the production of the CZ BREN 2 assault rifle in Ukraine (its localized name is Sich) in 2023. At that time, we also provided detailed information about this assault rifle. Additionally, discussions included deeper cooperation, particularly the creation of a small caliber ammunition production line in collaboration with Sellier & Bellot.
In early 2024, it became known that Ukrainian Defense Industry JSC (also known as Ukroboronprom) and the Czech company Česká Zbrojovka a.s. officially signed an agreement for the licensed production of the CZ BREN 2 assault rifle in Ukraine.
At the same time, a few months ago, in December 2024, Ukroboronprom reported that licensed assembly of BREN-2 assault rifles had started in November.
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