{"id":672219,"date":"2026-05-15T23:45:14","date_gmt":"2026-05-15T23:45:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/672219\/"},"modified":"2026-05-15T23:45:14","modified_gmt":"2026-05-15T23:45:14","slug":"csg-and-fnss-unveil-cfl-120-karpat-combat-vehicle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/672219\/","title":{"rendered":"CSG and FNSS unveil CFL-120 Karpat combat vehicle"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"invisible\" style=\"display: none\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/bsp_105150-jdw-36043.jpeg\"\/> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/placeholder-16-9.jpg\" class=\"invisible w-100\"\/> <\/p>\n<p class=\"text-body text-muted small\">The CFL-120 Kaplan was displayed at IDEB 2026. (CSG)<\/p>\n<p>Czechoslovak Group (CSG) and T\u00fcrkiye&#8217;s FNSS unveiled the CFL-120 Karpat combat vehicle at the IDEB 2026 defence exhibition held in Bratislava, Slovakia, from 12-14 May 2026. The medium tank is equipped with Leonardo&#8217;s HITFACT MkII turret with a 120 mm gun.<\/p>\n<p>The vehicle was unveiled as part of the strategic cooperation between CSG and FNSS presented at IDEB, with a focus on the production, sale, and further development of selected armoured platforms and related systems. The two companies said in a press release on 12 May that the initial phase of the cooperation will primarily cover the CFL-120 Karpat, with the possibility of later expanding to include additional products.<\/p>\n<p>The companies expect the project to leverage CSG&#8217;s existing industrial capacities in Slovakia and to gradually introduce technology transfer, with the involvement of local suppliers. The cooperation is also intended to strengthen both companies&#8217; ability to respond to growing demand for modern tracked armoured vehicles in Europe and other markets, according to CSG.<\/p>\n<p>Strategic step<\/p>\n<p>CSG Defence CEO Jan Marinov said, \u201cCooperation with FNSS represents an important strategic step for CSG. It combines CSG&#8217;s experience in the production, servicing, and support of land systems with FNSS&#8217;s technological know-how. Our shared objective is to offer modern and competitive vehicles for customers in Europe and other regions while further developing CSG&#8217;s industrial capabilities in the field of combat vehicles.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Emphasising the importance of building resilient industrial partnerships, FNSS CEO and member of the board Selim Bayba\u015f added, \u201cBy combining FNSS&#8217;s long-standing expertise in tracked armoured vehicle design, particularly the proven Kaplan medium tank platform, with CSG&#8217;s industrial capabilities, CFL-120 Karpat brings together mobility, survivability, firepower, and mission adaptability.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>MBT firepower<\/p>\n<p>                        Go beyond the headlines \u2014 with direct links to interconnected entities<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-1\">Get full access to validated equipment, military capabilities, and market insights.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The CFL-120 Kaplan was displayed at IDEB 2026. (CSG) Czechoslovak Group (CSG) and T\u00fcrkiye&#8217;s FNSS unveiled the CFL-120&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":672220,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[437],"tags":[49,48,521,522,520,82],"class_list":["post-672219","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cfl","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-canadian-football-league","tag-canadianfootballleague","tag-cfl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/672219","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=672219"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/672219\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/672220"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=672219"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=672219"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=672219"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}