Skoda houfnice vz 14 Skoda houfnice vz 14 Skoda houfnice vz 14 ("Howitzer model 1914") and Skoda houfnice vz 14/19 ("Howitzer model 1914/1919") were 100 mm (3.93-inch) field howitzers made in Czechoslovakia by the Skoda works. The "Skoda houfnice vz 14" was created in 1914. It was used by the Austro-Hungarian Army during World War I. Large numbers of the howitzers were acquired by Italy after the break-up of the Austro-Hungarian Empire in 1918. An improved version of the howitzer was created in 1919. The main improvement was a longer barrel offering greater range that which could be mounted in the old howitzer beds.
Name of the Czech Republic and Politics at the British Embassy in Prague, Giles Portman, showed a willingness to accept the name "Czechia". Portman said in 2000, "Czechs still use the name "Česká republika" rather than "Česko", and the English equivalent, "the Czech Republic", rather than "Czechia". Were that pattern to change, we would have no problem at all with adapting accordingly. But we feel that the initiative for that change must come from the Czech side and not from us." In 2013, Czech president Miloš Zeman recommended the wider official use of "Czechia", and on 14 April 2016, the government agreed to make "Czechia"