Pandur armoured vehicles will go to Afghanistan in the autumn

The Czech Army has announced it will be sending its first Pandur armoured vehicles to Afghanistan in the autumn. The four personnel carriers were custom-modified as combat versions for use by the Czech Provincial Reconstruction Team in Logar at a cost of tens of millions of crowns. Another 14 Iveco army vehicles will also be sent for use by the training and advisory team in the south of the Wardak province. The armoured carriers in question are currently at the centre of a corruption investigation by Czech and Austrian police, who believe the Austrian manufacturers may have arranged kickbacks on the sale of the vehicles for Czech political parties.