Last December, Czech media reported difficulties in implementing the Leopard 2A8 tank defence program. This is to be caused by a smaller defence budget for the year 2025, which is expected to amount to 154 billion Czech crowns (plus another 6 billion from another departments) alternatively of the assumed 169 billion. In terms of dollars, we are talking about 6.32 billion (plus 246 million) against the planned 6.93 billion. Thus, the implementation of respective large projects is not threatened, but 1 of the possible victims is the acquisition of the latest Leoparda 2 variety.