Engineer Mobility Support on the Territory of the Czech Republic as One of the Host Nation Support Tasks

Abstract

With NATO's increasing requirements for greater mobility of all ground forces the importance of engineer support to troops is also growing. One of the most debated issues in military operations is the provision of military movements, not only of national but especially of coalition forces in support of the host nation. Infrastructure inadequate to technical parameters of military means is one of the main identified problems in the area of mobility support and redeployment. The article focuses on a partial part of the Host Nations Support issue in relation to the movement ensuring of military vehicles on the territory of the Czech Republic. The paper analyses the possibilities of mobility support by the engineer troops of the Army of the Czech Republic and the paper also deals with the road network and road infrastructure on the territory of the Czech Republic. The proposal section of paper is divided into two parts. The first one suggests a unit that would be predestined to support the movement in our territory. In the second part, sections of the road network suitable for use in the movement of troops through the Czech Republic are proposed.