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Czech Land Forces.

The Land Forces are designed to form and train the task forces groups which can solve tactical and operation-tactical tasks on the Czech territory and beyond, and to fulfill other tasks in the Czech Republic in accordance with domestic legislation.

The tactical and operational tactical tasks include defence and attack combat activities, protection of communications, installations and areas outside direct combat activity, monitoring situation in the assigned area, maintaining order and protection of civil population during foreign peace operations outside the country, reinforcement of the state boundary, guarding of important objects and installations on the Czech territory and fulfilling tasks in favour of the Police of the Czech Republic.

Units of the Land Forces engage in tasks of prevention and response to crises situation both within domestic and allied framework. Their organisation enables forming of necessary tasks forces for solving tactical tasks and operations by a part of by all land forces, independently or in formation of allied task groups on the territory of the Czech Republic or outside the country.

Forces and equipment of the Land Forces are capable of being deployed in support of the Integrated Rescue System during natural disasters on request. Soldiers participated in saving lives and property of people, and elimination of damages caused by floods in this country in 1997, 2002, 2009, 2010, and in June 2013.