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152mm self-propelled gun howitzer vz. 77 DANA is an artillery weapon built on Tatra 815 VP31 29 265 8x8.1R chassis with automatic loading capable of providing effective fire support to ground troops.
It is designed to engage enemy artillery and mortars, silencing and destroying command posts, fire and radio technical means and enemy's live forces, demolishing permanent defensive structures and field defence objects. May conduct direct (circular if necessary) and indirect fire.

The vehicle is designed to conduct psychological warfare (psychological effects on members of the enemy's armed forces as well as on the enemy's own soldiers) in the frontline and near-frontline zones.

The impetus for the development of the OT-62 was given by the commander of the tank and mechanized troops, which in the spring of 1956 submitted to the Technical board of General Staff the preliminary technical - tactical requirements for medium-track, floating transporter weighing 12 tons to transport mechanized infantry.

In the late 1950s Czechoslovakia bought a license to produce BTR-50s from the Soviet Union. The received documentation was used to develop a new tracked armoured personnel carrier for Czechoslovak army and Ludowe Wojsko Polskie (LWP). The work started in 1958 and the first prototype was completed in 1962. After it passed the trials it was accepted and received the name TOPAS.

The PP Mi-Na 1 anti-personnel landmine is designed to mine the terrain against the enemy's manpower and wheeled vehicles. The mine is designed mainly for fast surface mechanized laying from vehicles and helicopters.

The Praga RN (Fast Freight) was a medium-sized truck produced by the Praga car factory from 1933. The vehicle was powered by a petrol six-cylinder engine. In 1934, the Praga RND (Fast Freight Diesel) version was produced, equipped with a four-cylinder diesel engine. The RN/RND cars were modernized many times over time and remained in production for about 20 years. Both types became one of the most widely used trucks in Czechoslovakia, with several thousand being used by the Czechoslovak army.

The PTS is an amphibious vehicle of Soviet origin. It was developed in the early 1960's as a replacement for the earlier K-61 amphibious vehicle. The name PTS stands for "Plavayushchij Transportyer Sryednyj", which is Russian for "medium amphibious vehicle". Although the PTS may also transport cargo on land it is slower and less fuel economic than regular transport vehicles.