At BEDEX 2026 (Brussels European Defence Exhibition), held from March 12 to 14 in Brussels, the Czech holding company Czechoslovak Group (CSG), through its export subsidiary Czechoslovak Export, presented its range of medium- and large-caliber ammunition at booth H11-11161.
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Within the holding, MSM Group of Slovakia is responsible for the design and production of artillery, mortar, tank, and NATO-standard medium-caliber ammunition, in cooperation with companies such as VOP Nováky and ZVS Holding (Slovakia), Fábrica de Municiones de Granada (FMG) of Spain, and ZVI Vsetín of the Czech Republic.
As for 155 mm high-explosive artillery rounds, the following were presented: the MK HE ER-BT with a range of 32 km; the base-bleed MK DV HE ER-BB with a range of 43 km; the export HE ER-BB Type VMK; the M3 SD HE ER FB-BT; the M3 DV HE ER FB-BB; the MKM HE ER-BT; the MKM DV HE ER-BB with a range of 40 km; and the classic HE M107 with a range of 18 km. These munitions are compatible with Western howitzers such as the AHS Krab, Zuzana, CAESAR, PzH 2000, and M109.
Three types of 30×173 mm NATO ammunition were also presented: armor-piercing (AP), high-explosive incendiary tracer (HEI-T), and training tracer (TP-T). The ammunition has an effective range of up to 3,000 m and is compatible with automatic cannons such as the Mk 44S Bushmaster II, Mauser MK 30-2, and GT-30/N.
Tank ammunition in the 120×570 mm caliber was also showcased, along with artillery rounds of other calibers: 105 mm (high-explosive HE M1 and illuminating ILLUM M314A1), 122 mm, and 152 mm, as well as unguided 122 mm rockets in the Grad standard.
Finally, it is worth noting that on December 16, 2025, ZVS Holding (part of the CSG group) launched a new artillery ammunition filling line using the screw-filling method in Dubnica nad Váhom, enabling production capacity of over one million large-caliber rounds annually. Earlier, the company signed a framework agreement worth up to 58 billion EUR with the Ministry of Defence of the Slovak Republic for the supply of medium- and large-caliber ammunition to European Union countries. Meanwhile, at the end of October last year, it was revealed that Czech large-caliber ammunition licensed by CSG is also being produced by the Ukrainian company Ukrainian Armor (Ukrajinśka Bronetechnika).